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China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House
2024-12-09 19:01

No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets? Chinese cyberspies recorded "very senior" US political figures' calls, according to White House security boss Anne Neuberger.…

White House: Salt Typhoon hacked telcos in dozens of countries
2024-12-04 23:00

​Chinese state hackers, known as Salt Typhoon, have breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries, President Biden's deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said today. [...]

Putin really wants Trump back in the White House
2024-09-18 19:34

US govt, Microsoft report on Kremlin trolls' latest antics to Make America Grate Again Russia really wants Donald Trump to be the next US President, judging by reports from American government...

White House’s new fix for cyber job gaps: Serve the nation in infosec
2024-09-05 22:04

Now do your patriotic duty and fill one of those 500k open roles, please? The White House has unveiled a new strategy to fill some of the hundreds of thousands of critical cybersecurity vacancies...

White House seizes 32 domains, issues criminal charges in massive election-meddling crackdown
2024-09-05 02:27

Russia has seemingly decided who it wants Putin the Oval Office The Biden administration on Wednesday seized 32 websites and charged two employees of a state-owned media outlet connected to a $10...

White House thinks it's time to fix the insecure glue of the internet: Yup, BGP
2024-09-03 22:34

Better late than never The White House on Tuesday indicated it hopes to shore up the weak security of internet routing, specifically the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).…

White House urged to double check Microsoft isn't funneling AI to China via G42 deal
2024-07-12 20:22

Two House committee chairs have sent a public letter to the White House asking it to look into a deal between AI R&D outfit G42 and Microsoft. The missive [PDF] to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is authored by Reps Michael McCaul and John Moolenaar, respectively the chairs of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party.

Microsoft answered Congress' questions on security. Now the White House needs to act
2024-06-15 01:20

Feature Microsoft president Brad Smith struck a conciliatory tone regarding his IT giant's repeated computer security failings during a congressional hearing on Thursday - while also claiming the Windows maker is above the rule of law, at least in China. Specific to Microsoft and America: The US government uses everything from the super-corp's cloud infrastructure to its operating system and productivity tools, and then also adds on Redmond's security products, which Trellix and other infosec vendors say discourages competition in the marketplace.

White House report dishes deets on all 11 major government breaches from 2023
2024-06-12 16:15

The number of cybersecurity incidents reported by US federal agencies rose 9.9 percent year-on-year in 2023 to a total of 32,211, per a new White House report, which also spilled the details on the most serious incidents suffered across the government. Brute force attacks on networks and services were the only other vector to register more than 1,000 cases - but took the price for the biggest YoY percentage increase in incidents, up from just 197 the year before.

Lawmakers advance bill to tighten White House grip on AI model exports
2024-05-23 00:16

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