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Google says it is starting a cyber “disruption unit,” a development that arrives in a potentially shifting U.S. landscape toward more offensive-oriented approaches in cyberspace. But the contours of that larger shift are still unclear, and whether or to what extent it’s even possible. While there’s some momentum in policymaking and industry circles to put a greater emphasis on more …

Nevada DMV closes offices indefinitely after cyber attack disrupts network services  KRNV Nevada state offices, statewide services crippled by cyberattack  KRNV Nevada state government offices closed after network security incident  CNN Nevada targeted in cyber attack; state, federal investigation underway  KLAS 8 News Now Third-party services wait to help fill gap during Nevada DMV disruptions  KSNV Source link

Russian Government Cyber Actors Targeting Networking Devices, Critical Infrastructure  Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) (.gov) Russian state-sponsored espionage group Static Tundra compromises unpatched end-of-life network devices  Cisco Talos Blog FBI warns of Russian hacks targeting US critical infrastructure  Reuters FBI Warns FSB-Linked Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Cisco Devices for Cyber Espionage  The Hacker News Russian cyber group exploits seven-year-old network vulnerabilities for long-term espionage  CyberScoop Source …

Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, one of the most prominent organizations investigating government spyware abuses, is sounding the alarm to the cybersecurity community and asking them to step up and join the fight against authoritarianism.  On Wednesday, Deibert will deliver a keynote at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, one of the largest gatherings of information …

Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency during the Biden administration, said her appointment to a position at West Point was “unfortunately” rescinded.  Easterly referred CBS News to a LinkedIn post she wrote on Thursday: “Unfortunately, the opportunity to serve again at my alma mater was rescinded —a casualty of casually manufactured outrage that drowned out …

Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for SharePoint RCE Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Cyber Attacks  The Hacker News Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say  The Washington Post Microsoft alerts businesses, governments to server software attack  Reuters Microsoft Server Software Comes Under Widespread Cyberattack (MSFT)  Bloomberg.com Microsoft SharePoint servers under attack via zero-day vulnerability with no patch (CVE-2025-53770)  Help Net Security Source link

In the last 30 years or so, cybersecurity has gone from being a niche specialty within the larger field of computer science, to an industry estimated to be worth more than $170 billion made of a globe-spanning community of hackers. In turn, the industry’s growth, and high-profile hacks such as the 2015 Sony breach, the 2016 U.S. election hack and …

State Department cyber, tech cuts deeper than previously known  Politico State Department layoffs affect key Trump priorities like intelligence, energy and China  AP News ‘It’s sort of scary’: Officials flag surprising revelations from deep State Department cuts  Fox News Senate Democrats Rail at ‘Sloppy, Rushed’ State Dept. Firings  The New York Times Sources describe disarray at State Department after Trump administration’s layoffs  CBS News Source …