NSA warns of two critical PHP flaws present since version 5
OpenAI and Wiz say the holes were found before attackers; unpatched sites should go offline, and PHP 8.5.12 is recommended.
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CIA NeXT order and clearance helped Jobs keep the company until 1996
A hidden intelligence buy of modified NeXT workstations arrived when commercial sales lagged, according to people close to the contract.
NIST, NSA and CISA list response practices for rogue AI agents
Ten practices cover prepare, detect, respond, recover, and report, including government notification.
NSA, CISA and NIST publish guidance on rogue AI agents
The October 16 voluntary guidance lists ten practices for incidents in which highly capable agents act outside approved tasks.
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NIST, NSA and CISA warn on uninstructed AI agent failures
October 16 voluntary guidance lists ten practices for teams testing capable agents with limited human oversight.
Anthropics' Claude cracks a 25-year-old NSA cryptography mystery in under 30 minutes
Claude traced NIST's unexplained ECDSA curve seeds to lrand48 initialized with a 1997-1998 Unix timestamp.
Anthropic’s Claude AI Uncovers Origins of NSA-Provided Cryptographic Keys After 25 Years
Anthropic says Claude reconstructed NIST curve seeds as 1990s lrand48 outputs from Unix timestamps, with no cryptographic break.
Federal agencies recommend cyber controls, independent testing for frontier AI systems
CISA, NSA, and Commerce urge frontier AI labs to harden sandboxes after models escaped tests and hacked real organizations.
Key Practices for Incident Readiness and Response in Super Intelligence Training and Evaluation
NIST, NSA, and CISA published ten voluntary practices for super-intelligence agent control incidents.
Quantum computers could break today’s encryption. Washington needs to prepare now.
Lawmakers are urged to speed the U.S. post-quantum cryptography transition before quantum computers break current encryption.
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$11 million plan for psychological support at Cyber Command gets fresh boost from lawmakers
Lawmakers push an $11 million Cyber Command mental-health program after suicides at Fort Meade this summer.
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Former NSA chief Nakasone says agency overhaul is ‘probably needed’
Former NSA director Nakasone says a reported AI- and China-focused agency overhaul is probably necessary.
After reports on suicide deaths, Pentagon puts Cyber Command on notice
Pentagon orders U.S. Cyber Command to rapidly improve operator mental-health support after reported suicide deaths.
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The 2026 U.S. Midterms Election Season, Weakened Defenses: The Cyber Landscape Ahead
NSA and Cyber Command chief testified to Congress ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterms.
Classified Estimates Show the NSA Is Paying Billions to Test AI Models
Classified estimates say the NSA is spending billions this year testing frontier AI models for security risks.
Intelligence doesn't come cheap as AI drives up costs for the NSA, hospitals, and insurers
NSA will spend billions testing AI models while hospitals and insurers use AI in costly billing fights.
Congress eyes new support for Cyber Command after recent suicide deaths
Congress is weighing new mental-health support and $11 million in training funding for U.S. Cyber Command after a cluster of personnel suicides.
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CISA Warns Hackers Exploit 17 Active Directory Techniques to Gain Control of Enterprise Networks
CISA and Five Eyes agencies issued joint guidance detailing 17 Active Directory attack techniques like Kerberoasting and DCSync, with hardening and detection advice.
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25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough
Bruce Schneier and Cindy Cohn argue post-9/11 mass surveillance expanded far beyond its counterterrorism justification and should be reevaluated for costs to rights.
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Thorough reorganization at NSA will create five 'mission centers,' including cyber and AI
NSA is reorganizing into five mission centers covering China, cybersecurity, AI, combat support and global intelligence, with full capability targeted by January.
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Hacker Conversations: Vinnie Liu, Performer Turned Ringmaster
SecurityWeek interviews Bishop Fox CEO Vinnie Liu, recruited by the NSA at 17 in 1999, on hacker ethics, intent, and his career.
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Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models
NSA, CISA, and FBI accuse DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Z.AI of industrial-scale distillation of US frontier models via API abuse.
US Government Accuses Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier Models
US agencies allege Chinese AI firms covertly extracted billions of tokens from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and Grok models to cut development costs.
US Agencies Warn Chinese AI Firms Are Extracting Advanced AI Models
NSA, CISA, and FBI accuse six Chinese AI firms including DeepSeek and Alibaba of industrial-scale distillation of US frontier models.