2026-03-08
honestly it's on me for not thinking that this could drop on a random friday afternoon after months of anticipation — my b — www.whitehouse.gov/articles/ 202...
CyberScoop
The Trump administration debuts its cyber strategy, outlining priorities including promoting offense operations, securing AI tech, and streamlining regulations
2026-03-07
honestly it's on me for not thinking that this could drop on a random friday afternoon after months of anticipation — my b — www.whitehouse.gov/articles/ 202...
CyberScoop
The Trump administration debuts its cyber strategy, outlining priorities including promoting offense operations, securing AI tech, and streamlining regulations
The administration also released an executive order on cybercrime and fraud. — Learn more.
2025-12-04
one of the wildest stories i've seen in a minute: twin brothers who previously pled guilty to hacking the State Department while gov't contractors... got new jobs as gov't contractors.... then allegedly deleted a bunch of gov't data... and were just arrested again. — www.axios.com/2025/12/03/v...
Axios
The US DOJ indicts two Virginia twin brothers, Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, for allegedly deleting 96 US government databases while working as Opexus contractors
The Justice Department arrested Virginia-based twin brothers who formerly worked at a federal contractor on Wednesday …
2025-07-13
this is a really good overview of how the CVE and NVD programs have been struggling to keep up with the avalanche of vulnerabilities in recent years — www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/11/ 1...
MIT Technology Review
A look at US-backed NVD, as its parent org NIST scrambles to hire contractors to help clear a backlog of 25K+ vulnerabilities, ~10x the previous high in 2017
www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/11/ 1...
2025-03-01
apparently CISA analysts have also been told not to follow or report Russian cyber threats, according to the @theguardian.com — www.theguardian.com/us-news/ 2025...
The Record
Sources: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the US Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia …
2024-12-04
New: The U.S. government is still trying to kick Salt Typhoon out of telecom networks, officials confirmed today. — No timeline yet for when Salt Typhoon could be completely removed, and officials are still trying to even determine the full scope of the intrusion. — www.axios.com/2024/12/03/s...
NBC News
Amid the Salt Typhoon hacks, US officials recommend that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers
Stop Sending Texts Jonny Evans / Computerworld : The FBI now says encryption is good for you — Apple has been battling to maintain encryption for a decade. Cynthia B Brumfield / ...
New: The U.S. government is still trying to kick Salt Typhoon out of telecom networks, officials confirmed today. — No timeline yet for when Salt Typhoon could be completely removed, and officials are still trying to even determine the full scope of the intrusion. — www.axios.com/2024/12/03/s...
Axios
The FBI and CISA give US telcos best practices to harden their systems against attacks, as senior US officials say Salt Typhoon hackers remain on their networks
- Officials added that they don't yet know the full scope of the intrusions, despite starting the investigation in late spring.