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Researchers at Hacktron discovered a vulnerability, HEIF Heist, named for its ability to trigger memory corruption errors in affected software, allowing the attacker to pilfer sensitive data from its victims. (Image Source: Getty)

Researchers use AI to find widespread software decoder flaw

The bug, since patched, gave attackers remote code execution privileges and access to user accounts and production environments, including Meta’s core product suite and an OpenAI software…

1 day ago By Derek B. Johnson

In recent conversations, cybersecurity and national security professionals raised questions about both the technical solutions OpenAI and Anthropic use to contain their models, as well as the glaring absence of federal oversight from federal regulators or truly independent third-party review. (Image via Getty)

The AI hacking apocalypse is not inevitable

While large language models present real risks to society, experts say they can be tested and largely controlled using well-worn cybersecurity and policy choices.

2 days ago By Derek B. Johnson

Richard Grabowski, acting branch chief of service delivery and deputy program manager for CISA’s CDM program, speaks at the Elastic Federal Cyber Defense Breakfast produced by FedScoop on Sept. 15, 2026. (Scoop News Group)

What’s next for CISA’s CDM program that gives cybersecurity tools to federal agencies

Three feds spoke about future plans for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, and lessons they’ve learned.

4 days ago By Tim Starks

OpenAI confirmed it was investigating an incident in May where the company’s AI agents uploaded thousands of malicious software packages to a public code repository RubyGems. (Source: RubyGems)

Researchers say OpenAI agents were behind May hacking campaign targeting RubyGems

OpenAI confirmed their agents were behind a campaign in May that researchers say flooded the popular online code repository with malicious software packages.

Sep 11, 2026 By Derek B. Johnson

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European parliament members call for slowdown of Serbia’s EU entry over spyware use

The letter follows revelations about Serbian student activists being infected with Pegasus and NoviSpy, and coincides with other pressures on Belgrade.

Sep 4, 2026 By Tim Starks

This photograph shows the G7 sign during the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 16, 2026. A working group report from the summit called on countries to speed up adoption of post-quantum encryption. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

The G7 tells industry to hurry up and prep for post-quantum encryption

The nations warn that governments and industry can no longer treat quantum codebreaking as a distant or theoretical possibility.

Sep 3, 2026 By Derek B. Johnson

The seal for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen in the agency’s briefing room during a meeting at headquarters on Feb. 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FCC proposes public scorecard to rate telecoms on anti-robocall efforts

The agency also booted 14 phone service providers from U.S. networks for violating existing robocalling regulations.

Sep 2, 2026 By Derek B. Johnson

This aerial photograph shows demonstrators and students as they gather in front of Serbia’s Constitutional Court building during a protest to demand accountability for the Novi Sad railway station tragedy, in Belgrade, on January 12, 2025. Thousands of Serbians protested in the capital Belgrade on January 12, 2025, against corruption and demanding justice for those killed in a train station roof collapse. The demonstrations have been ongoing for two months since a roof in a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad, which had recently undergone restoration work, collapsed on November 1, 2024, and killed 15 people. (Photo by TADIJA ANASTASIJEVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists

It’s the first Pegasus infection of 2026 that Citizen Lab is forensically confirming, and the SHARE Foundation said it’s the biggest wave of spyware surveillance in Serbia…

Sep 2, 2026 By Tim Starks

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks to reporters following the weekly Democrat Senate policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on May 6, 2025. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Wyden seeks upgraded NSA security guidance on commercial VPN use

it’s the latest in a sequence of letters to feds from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on commercial VPNs.

Sep 2, 2026 By Tim Starks

The Collective Cyber Defense letter wrote your next vendor questionnaire

More than 200 companies have now signed to an August 27 letter about improving cyber defenses in the age of AI. Buried in it are three metrics…

Sep 1, 2026 By Rob Smith