Stolen passwords are exposing America’s water providers to hackers

New security research has found that well over a thousand U.S. water and wastewater providers are exposed to hacks due to malware that’s capable of stealing their employees’ passwords and active logged-in sessions. The findings by cybersecurity defense firm SpyCloud Read More …

ShinyHunters hackers say they breached FBI, stole data on bureau employees

The digital extortion group known as “ShinyHunters” said on Tuesday that it had breached the Federal Bureau of Investigation and stolen data on a huge number of current and former FBI employees. The bureau did not respond to repeated messages seeking Read More …

US proposes AI incident alert system in talks with China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. has proposed a new “notification mechanism” for artificial intelligence incidents that could affect national security, part of weekend discussions ahead of talks at the White House this week between President Donald Trump Read More …

FBI, Coast Guard boarded hacked oil tankers heading toward US coast

Cybersecurity teams with the U.S. Coast Guard and the FBI boarded two U.S.-bound oil tankers last month after hackers reportedly compromised at least one of the ship’s networks and took control of its navigation, propulsion, and cargo systems. According to Read More …

Flock cameras are tracking people as well as cars

Flock Safety’s cameras are automated license plate readers (ALPRs) designed to help police find stolen cars or wanted suspects. A joint investigation by 404 Media and WIRED, based on data recovered from a physically removed Flock camera, found that its Read More …

CenterPoint Energy confirms hackers compromised networks and stole data, and the hackers claim theft of 7.5 million files

CenterPoint Energy has confirmed suffering a cyberattack and data theft, days after a criminal advertised the stolen files on an underground hacking forum. CenterPoint Energy is a large US energy utility company that delivers electricity and natural gas to homes Read More …

Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database

The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files from a Florida state database of vehicles and driver information. The hackers said they published the stolen data on its leak site “because the victim did not pay a Read More …

Iranian Cyber Targeting of Dissidents, Activists and Journalists

CHOSEN BRICK is a malware family that has been used to target individuals around the world including in the UK, US and the Netherlands from at least 2025. CHOSEN BRICK enables Iranian state cyber actors to collect information on a Read More …

CISA, NSA, FBI warn Chinese AI firms of industrial‑scale knowledge distillation

Chinese AI companies’ core development strategy is to steal proprietary functionalities and capabilities from their US counterparts, law enforcement agencies have warned. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a new security advisory, drafted jointly with the National Security Read More …

FBI Cyber Strategy

This Strategy sets the course for FBI Cyber Division to defend the American people and the nation’s critical infrastructure in cyberspace. It defines our priorities, objectives, and framework for countering malicious cyber activity directed at the United States. It guides Read More …