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Draft SP 800-53 Controls on Secure and Reliable Patches Available for Comment (No image available)

Draft SP 800-53 Controls on Secure and Reliable Patches Available for Comment

NIST News July 22, 2025

NIST has issued draft updates to Special Publication (SP) 800-53 to provide additional guidance on how to securely and reliably deploy patches and updates in response to the Executive Order 14306, Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s
How WIRED Analyzed the Epstein Video (No image available)

How WIRED Analyzed the Epstein Video

Wired News July 21, 2025

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into the differences between what the US government said about a Jeffrey Epstein video it released and the story told by its metadata.
At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds (No image available)

At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds

Wired News July 19, 2025

Of those, more than 200 appear to have had outages of services related to patient care following CrowdStrike’s disastrous crash, researchers have revealed.
China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Breached the US National Guard for Nearly a Year (No image available)

China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Breached the US National Guard for Nearly a Year

Wired News July 19, 2025

Plus: Secret IRS data-sharing with ICE, a 20-year-old hackable vulnerability in train brakes, and more.
How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyberspies (No image available)

How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyberspies

Wired News July 18, 2025

A new report traces the history of the early wave of Chinese hackers who became the backbone of the state's espionage apparatus.
Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records (No image available)

Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records

Wired News July 17, 2025

Newly published research shows that the domain name system—a fundamental part of the web—can be exploited to hide malicious code and prompt injection attacks against chatbots.
DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children (No image available)

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children

Wired News July 16, 2025

The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”
Adoption Agency Data Exposure Revealed Information About Children and Parents (No image available)

Adoption Agency Data Exposure Revealed Information About Children and Parents

Wired News July 16, 2025

A trove of 1.1 million records left accessible on the open web shows how much sensitive information can be created—and made vulnerable—during the adoption process.
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out (No image available)

The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out

Wired News July 15, 2025

Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
Comment Now: Reducing the Cybersecurity Risks of Portable Storage Media in OT Environments (No image available)

Comment Now: Reducing the Cybersecurity Risks of Portable Storage Media in OT Environments

NIST News July 15, 2025

The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has developed the draft two-pager NIST Special Publication (SP) 1334, Reducing the Cybersecurity Risks of Portable Storage Media in OT Environments . The cybersecurity considerations in this two
AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars (No image available)

AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars

Wired News July 14, 2025

Millions of people are accessing harmful AI “nudify” websites. New analysis says the sites are making millions and rely on tech from US companies.
4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree (No image available)

4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree

Wired News July 12, 2025

Plus: An “explosion” of AI-generated child abuse images is taking over the web, a Russian professional basketball player is arrested on ransomware charges, and more.
Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified (No image available)

Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified

Wired News July 11, 2025

There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death.
DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’ (No image available)

DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’

Wired News July 10, 2025

DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’ (No image available)

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

Wired News July 09, 2025

Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.