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CISA: Patch Samsung flaw exploited to deliver spyware (CVE-2025-21042)

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CISA: Patch Samsung flaw exploited to deliver spyware (CVE-2025-21042) 2025-11-11 at 17:38 By Zeljka Zorz CISA has added CVE-2025-21042, a vulnerability affecting Samsung mobile devices, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, and has ordered US federal civilian agencies to address it by the start of December. “This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack […]

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CMMC Live: Pentagon Demands Verified Cybersecurity From Contractors

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CMMC Live: Pentagon Demands Verified Cybersecurity From Contractors 2025-11-11 at 16:59 By Eduard Kovacs Enforcement of the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements started on November 10, 2025. The post CMMC Live: Pentagon Demands Verified Cybersecurity From Contractors appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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How far can police push privacy before it breaks

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How far can police push privacy before it breaks 2025-11-11 at 10:29 By Sinisa Markovic Police use drones, body cameras, and license plate readers as part of their daily work. Supporters say these tools make communities safer. Critics see something different, a system that collects too much data and opens the door to abuse. When

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The Congressional Budget Office Was Hacked. It Says It Has Implemented New Security Measures

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The Congressional Budget Office Was Hacked. It Says It Has Implemented New Security Measures 2025-11-07 at 13:00 By Associated Press The Congressional Budget Office confirmed it had been hacked, potentially disclosing important government data to malicious actors. The post The Congressional Budget Office Was Hacked. It Says It Has Implemented New Security Measures appeared first

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How nations build and defend their cyberspace capabilities

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How nations build and defend their cyberspace capabilities 2025-11-04 at 11:54 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dr. Bernhards Blumbergs, Lead Cyber Security Expert at CERT.LV, discusses how cyberspace has become an integral part of national and military operations. He explains how countries develop capabilities to act and defend in this domain,

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Protecting the Systems that Sustain Us: Securing Critical Infrastructure During Cybersecurity Awareness Month

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Protecting the Systems that Sustain Us: Securing Critical Infrastructure During Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025-10-30 at 15:46 By To close out Trustwave’s, A LevelBlue Company, Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025 coverage, we will take a look at securing critical infrastructure, one of the focus areas for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This article is an

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Bolstering Cybersecurity Resilience in the Public Sector

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Bolstering Cybersecurity Resilience in the Public Sector 2025-10-29 at 19:07 By With digital transformation continuing unabated, the prevalence of legacy systems, and the rising interconnectedness of complex systems and services, organizations in the public sector face a plethora of challenges and cyber risks. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source

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Python Foundation rejects US government grant earmarked for security improvements

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Python Foundation rejects US government grant earmarked for security improvements 2025-10-29 at 14:23 By Zeljka Zorz The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has rejected a $1.5 million government grant due to restrictive conditions that would force the foundation to betray its mission and its community, the programming non-profit announced on Monday. “In January 2025, the PSF

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72 states sign first global UN Convention against Cybercrime

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72 states sign first global UN Convention against Cybercrime 2025-10-27 at 14:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec The world’s first global convention to prevent and respond to cybercrime opened for signature today in Hanoi, Vietnam, and will remain open at United Nations Headquarters in New York until 31 December 2026. Adopted by the UN General Assembly in

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Public Sector Ransomware Attacks Relentlessly Continue

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Public Sector Ransomware Attacks Relentlessly Continue 2025-10-22 at 17:12 By In 2025, 36 years after the first ransomware attack was recorded, actors continue to zero in on the public sector, and there is no evidence they will slow down any time soon. In fact, our numbers suggest that ransomware attacks against government organizations are ramping

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Data in the Dark: The Public Sector on the Dark Web

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Data in the Dark: The Public Sector on the Dark Web 2025-10-15 at 16:44 By The dark web serves as a refuge for threat actors to gather intel, trade illicit goods and tools, and network with other cybercriminals. Aside from allowing threat actors to connect and learn from other individuals who share the same interests,

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What Chat Control means for your privacy

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What Chat Control means for your privacy 2025-10-14 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz The EU’s proposed Chat Control (CSAM Regulation) aims to combat child sexual abuse material by requiring digital platforms to detect, report, and remove illegal content, including grooming behaviors. Cybersecurity experts warn that such measures could undermine encryption, create new attack surfaces, and

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Six metrics policymakers need to track cyber resilience

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Six metrics policymakers need to track cyber resilience 2025-10-09 at 07:48 By Anamarija Pogorelec Most countries are still making national cyber policy decisions without reliable numbers. Regulations often focus on incident reporting after damage is done, but they fail to give governments a forward-looking picture of resilience. A new report from Zurich Insurance Group argues

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North Korea’s IT workers are targeting firms beyond tech, crypto, and the U.S.

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North Korea’s IT workers are targeting firms beyond tech, crypto, and the U.S. 2025-10-01 at 17:24 By Zeljka Zorz North Korea’s clandestine IT Worker (ITW) program, which is long known for targeting U.S. technology firms and crypto firms, has broadened its scope to attempt to infiltrate a variety of industries worldwide, including finance, healthcare, public

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Too many Cisco ASA firewalls still unsecure despite zero-day attack alerts

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Too many Cisco ASA firewalls still unsecure despite zero-day attack alerts 2025-10-01 at 13:36 By Zeljka Zorz Despite Cisco and various cybersecurity agencies warning about attackers actively exploting zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362) in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) for months, there are still around 48,000 vulnerable appliances out there. The number is provided by

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CISA says it will fill the gap as some federal funding for MS-ISAC dries up

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CISA says it will fill the gap as some federal funding for MS-ISAC dries up 2025-09-30 at 18:45 By Zeljka Zorz The cooperative agreement between the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the not-for-profit Center for Internet Security is ending today, the agency has announced on Monday, and CISA will take it upon

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New Guidance Calls on OT Operators to Create Continually Updated System Inventory

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New Guidance Calls on OT Operators to Create Continually Updated System Inventory 2025-09-30 at 15:06 By Eduard Kovacs Agencies in several countries have created guidance titled ‘Creating and Maintaining a Definitive View of Your OT Architecture’. The post New Guidance Calls on OT Operators to Create Continually Updated System Inventory appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Creating AI Safety Measures

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Creating AI Safety Measures 2025-09-30 at 14:53 By Mike Lennon The Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA) requires AI companies to implement and disclose publicly safety protocols to prevent their most advanced models from being used to cause major harm. The post California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill

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The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Faces Expiration

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The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Faces Expiration 2025-09-30 at 04:02 By Kevin Townsend The CISA is set to expire on September 30, 2025, raising urgent questions about risk, politics, and the future of threat intelligence. The post The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Faces Expiration appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Cyberattack on JLR Prompts £1.5 Billion UK Government Intervention

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Cyberattack on JLR Prompts £1.5 Billion UK Government Intervention 2025-09-29 at 14:37 By Eduard Kovacs The government has announced a support package, but a cybersecurity expert has raised some concerns. The post Cyberattack on JLR Prompts £1.5 Billion UK Government Intervention appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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