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Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte attends a kick-off celebration for the "Great American State Fair" on the National Mall in Washington, DC, June 24, 2026. Jemal COUNTESS / AFP via Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW July 28, 2026 01:15 PM ET The acting
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Imagine a world where the most powerful weapon isn't a missile, but a software update. In less than 72 hours, a software engineer can patch a drone on the front line and turn an enemy's multi-million-dollar electronic warfare system into little more than expensive scrap. This
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More organizers prohibit camera-equipped specs, even with prescription lenses Ahead of DEF CON 2026 opening its doors in Las Vegas next week, conference organizers said they have imposed a ban on “Meta-style glasses with recording capabilities.” Statements made via its social media channels went on to say that no exceptions
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For years, cybersecurity advice sounded simple: use a strong password, turn on two-factor authentication, and don’t click suspicious links. That advice still matters. Agencies such as CISA still recommend stronger authentication, password managers, software updates, and phishing-resistant MFA where possible. [7] But in 2026, that advice is no longer
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For many years, Linux firewall management was dominated by iptables. It became the standard tool used by system administrators to protect servers, networks, and production environments. However, modern Linux systems introduced a new firewall framework: nftables. Designed as the successor to iptables, nftables provides a cleaner architecture, improved flexibility, better
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The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence is changing how organizations think about cybersecurity. Security operations teams are expected to investigate incidents faster, respond more quickly, and manage increasingly sophisticated attacks that can evolve at machine speed. At the same time, enterprises remain cautious about relying on AI systems whose conclusions
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * LG is cracking down on apps that quietly turn smart TVs into residential proxies. * Your device could be routing residential traffic without your explicit consent. * Research shows the problem might be more widespread than we
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TL;DR Mate Security has closed a $35M Series A led by Canaan Partners with Insight Partners, Team8, and M12. Total funding now exceeds $50M, less than a year after stealth. The company’s bet is that AI security agents need organizational context, not just alert data, to make trustworthy
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Microsoft wants to fight AI-powered cyberattacks with AI defenders of its own. The company has unveiled Project Perception, a new agentic security system designed to hunt down weaknesses, investigate threats, and strengthen defenses at machine speed. Its argument is that conventional security tooling, built around the assumption of human attackers,
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A cyberattack on Georgia-based medical billing provider Medical Computer Business Services (MCBS) has exposed sensitive personal and health records of over 1.2 million individuals. MCBS, an Augusta-headquartered company, which provides billing, coding, accounts receivable, and administrative services for healthcare providers, disclosed the full scale of the breach in a
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If you're looking to get ahead for college in the fall, then a VPN is one of the most sensible back-to-school staples to tick off your list now. You're going to spend a lot of time connected to campus Wi-Fi and it's often not
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Data Protection Oasis Security recently raised $120 million in Series B funding for its agentic access management platform. Data security company Cyera announced on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire agentic access management provider Oasis Security. Cyera confirmed to SecurityWeek multiple reports that this is a
