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• Arizona sounds alarm as federal cuts leave election security gaps March 12, 2025 2:20 am KPNX 12 News - Arizona Arizona officials criticize federal cuts to election cybersecurity programs, warning of increased threats. PHOENIX — Arizona officials are raising alarms after the federal government cut key election cybersecurity programs once used to track threats across …
• Senator Cynthia Lummis reintroduces her BITCOIN Act bill to US Congress March 12, 2025 2:18 am Cryptopolitan The crypto-loving Senator Cynthia Lummis has officially reintroduced the BITCOIN Act, a bill that aims to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the United States. The legislation, which builds on President Trump’s executive order, is designed to make …
• NITDA identifies key barriers to cybersecurity in Nigeria March 12, 2025 2:13 am Tribune Online The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has identified outdated frameworks, inadequate expertise and low awareness as major barriers to effective cybersecurity interventions in Nigeria. Dr Ayodele Bakare, deputy director, …
• FTC Requests Input from Tech Platform Users About Speech March 12, 2025 2:13 am JD Supra [co-author: James O'Reilly*] The Federal Trade Commission recently requested public comment from users of tech platforms. In particular, the impact the platforms may have on user speech. Input is sought -by May 21- on the extent to which tech firms are …
• Fake Binance Wallet Email Promises TRUMP Coin, Installs Malware March 12, 2025 2:12 am Hackread A new email scam impersonating cryptocurrency exchange Binance is tricking users into downloading malware disguised as a desktop app promising access to “TRUMP coin.” Cybersecurity firm Cofense, who first spotted the scam, warns that victims who follow the …
• Thailand: International Cooperation to Combat Online Crime March 12, 2025 2:12 am OpenGov Asia The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DE) reinforced its commitment to combating online crime through international cooperation, technological integration and capacity building. The Anti-Online Crime Operation Centre (AOC 1441) hosted key …
• Lazarus Group Hid Backdoor in Fake npm Packages in Latest Attack March 12, 2025 2:12 am Hackread The notorious Lazarus Group, a North Korean state-backed hacking group, is back at it again. This time, they’re sneaking malicious code into the popular npm software repository, a vital resource for countless developers worldwide. Cybersecurity researchers …
• CISA worker says 100-strong Red Team fired after DOGE cancelled contract March 12, 2025 2:10 am The Register A penetration tester who worked at the US govt's CISA claims his 100-strong team was dismissed after Elon Musk's Trump-blessed DOGE unit cancelled a contract – and that more staff at the cybersecurity agency have also been let go. “On Friday, …
• Energy security: Lead, don’t lag March 12, 2025 2:08 am The Interpreter Two decades ago, the United States was beholden to foreign oil, navigating each supply disruption with urgency. The fear of energy scarcity dictated foreign policy, as price spikes and geopolitical turmoil rattled markets. Every president since Richard …
• Cyberattack on X Hit Servers Faulted for Lacking Key Protection March 12, 2025 2:07 am Mint (Bloomberg) -- A cyberattack that brought down Elon Musk’s X targeted servers that were insufficiently protected from malicious traffic, according to cybersecurity analysts. Users of the social media platform faced intermittent outages through Monday, …
• GAO offices in Atlanta, Huntsville, and Norfolk have been removed from a termination list tied to a DOGE effort to reduce purported government waste. March 12, 2025 2:07 am Defense One The General Services Administration walked back terminations of some privately-owned buildings leased to the Government Accountability Office where employees conduct oversight of sensitive national-security programs, according to an email obtained by …
• Even anti-China think tanks left in the lurch March 12, 2025 2:06 am China Daily Global US President Donald Trump holds an executive order about tariffs increase, flanked by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, Feb 13, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] After US President Donald Trump …
• Everything We Know So Far About the Cyberattack on X March 12, 2025 2:05 am Techstory On March 11, 2025, the world witnessed a massive cyber-attack on the social media platform X, which disrupted services across the globe. The attack, which began early in the morning, crippled the platform for hours, leaving millions of users unable to …
• X suffered a DDoS attack. Its CEO and security researchers can’t agree on who did it. March 12, 2025 2:04 am CyberScoop Social media service X was hit by a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks Monday, which rendered the platform formerly known as Twitter inaccessible at times for users with intermittent outages and errors, according to researchers. The cause of …
• Apple discloses zero-day vulnerability, releases emergency patches March 12, 2025 2:04 am CyberScoop Apple released emergency software patches Tuesday that address a newly identified zero-day vulnerability in the company’s WebKit web browser engine.  Tracked as CVE-2025-24201, an attacker can potentially escape the constraints of Webkit’s Web Content …