National Security Agency senior executive Patrick Ware has been appointed as the U.S. Cyber Command's new executive director, replacing Morgan Adamski, who was noted to be entering the private sector.
House Select Committee on China Chair Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and committee ranking member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., have introduced the new No Adversarial AI Act that would prohibit federal agencies from using the DeepSeek large language model and other AI tools associated with the Chinese government.
Operators of critical infrastructure entities were reported to have significantly fewer cyber conversations with the federal government following the Department of Homeland Security's removal of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council.
Spain is advancing its digital sovereignty with the launch of Quantix, a 40 million public-private initiative focused on cybersecurity and microelectronics, centered in the region of Murcia, according to Biometric Update.
Data security gaps within WhatsApp have prompted the U.S. House of Representatives to restrict the use of the Meta-owned messaging app on staffers' government-issued devices.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ordered UK-based payment processor Paddle and its U.S. subsidiary to pay a $5 million penalty to resolve its alleged screening and fraud prevention lapses that allowed credit card system exploitation by tech support firms Restoro, Reimage, and PC Vark.
