A UAE brigadier general received permission from the Pentagon to recruit former members of the Defense Digital Service to work on artificial intelligence for the UAE military — despite past warnings from US spy agencies and federal lawmakers that UAE…
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UAE Recruiting US Personnel Displaced by DOGE to Work on AI for its Military
A UAE brigadier general received permission from the Pentagon to recruit former members of the Defense Digital Service to work on artificial intelligence for the UAE military — despite past warnings from US spy agencies and federal lawmakers that UAE…
Trump Signs Memorandum Revoking Security Clearance of Former CISA Director Chris Krebs
President Donald Trump today signed a Presidential Memorandum today revoking any active security clearance currently held by Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, who famously rumbled publicly with Trump over the latter's false allegations…
Did Trump Admin Order U.S. Cyber Command and CISA to Stand Down on Russia? (Story updated)
Two blockbuster stories published on Friday that appear to confirm what many Americans suspected would occur under the Trump administration – that the new regime is going to be softer on Russia than previous administrations, particularly with regard to the…
Did Trump Admin Order U.S. Cyber Command and CISA to Stand Down on Russia?
Two blockbuster stories published on Friday that appear to confirm what many Americans suspected would occur under the Trump administration – that the new regime is going to be softer on Russia than previous administrations, particularly with regard to the…
Court Documents Shed New Light on DOGE Access and Activity at Treasury Department
New court documents shed light on what a 25-year-old DOGE employee named Marko Elez did inside Treasury Department payment systems. They also provide extensive new details about which systems Elez accessed, the security precautions Treasury IT staff took to limit…
U.S. Government Disclosed 39 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in 2023, Per First-Ever Report
The number of zero-day vulnerabilities the government disclosed to vendors to be fixed, rather than keep them secret to exploit, comes out to about three a month. But the figure could rise dramatically under the Trump administration. In a first-of-its-kind…
Anatomy of a Nuclear Scare
How fake radiation readings in New York and New Jersey, coupled with a mysterious drone swarm, fueled a nuclear scare and became a harbinger for things to come The ongoing mystery around a New Jersey drone swarm ignited a number…
Voting Machine Company Involved in Bribing Scandal Has Long History of Controversy
Last week the U.S. Justice Department charged three current and former executives of a U.S.-founded voting machine company with paying bribes to win lucrative election contracts in the Philippines. Roger Piñate, a Venezuelan citizen and president and co-founder of Smartmatic,…
Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers
Russian cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Lab, has told workers in its U.S.-based division that they are being laid off this week and that it is closing its U.S. business, according to several sources. The sudden move comes after the U.S. Commerce…