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Trump scraps Biden software security, AI, post-quantum encryption efforts in new executive order

16 hours ago | cybersecuritydive.com | Eric Geller

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) Friday that scratched or revised several of his Democratic predecessors’ major cybersecurity initiatives.
Trump’s national cyber director nominee dodges criticism of funding cuts

1 day ago | cybersecuritydive.com | Eric Geller

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump’s nominee for national cyber director spent his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday calling for bold action to repel hackers but ducking questions about the impact of the administration’s proposed cybersecurity funding cuts.
Vast array of solar power equipment left exposed online

2 days ago | cybersecuritydive.com | Eric Geller

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Nearly 35,000 solar power devices are remotely manageable and openly accessible to anyone from anywhere in the world, according to a new report from industrial cybersecurity firm Forescout. These exposed devices with internet-accessible management interfaces, which are made by 42 different companies, include equipment that is essential for operating solar energy infrastructure, according to the Tuesday report.
CISA workforce cut by nearly one-third so far

2 days ago | cybersecuritydive.com | Eric Geller

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Trump administration’s campaign to purge the federal workforce has already driven roughly 1,000 employees out of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, nearly the same number that President Donald Trump’s recently released CISA budget proposes cutting. Between buyouts, early retirements and layoffs, “we've lost about 1,000 people, down to around 2,200,” one CISA employee told Cybersecurity Dive.
Trump’s cyber nominees gain broad industry support

3 days ago | cybersecuritydive.com | Eric Geller

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Two coalitions of cybersecurity companies, professional associations and experts have endorsed Sean Plankey and Sean Cairncross, President Donald Trump’s nominees to serve as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and national cyber director, respectively.
Microsoft, CrowdStrike, other cyber firms collaborate on threat actor taxonomy

4 days ago | cybersecuritydive.com | David Jones

Microsoft and CrowdStrike will lead a cooperative effort to map out the overlapping web of hacker groups that their researchers have disclosed and named, the companies said on Monday. Palo Alto Networks and Google and its Mandiant unit have also agreed to join the collaborative effort on streamlining threat group taxonomy.
SentinelOne analysis links service disruption to software flaw

5 days ago | cybersecuritydive.com | David Jones

SentinelOne said on Saturday that a global service disruption a few days earlier was the result of a software flaw in the company’s infrastructure control system that led to a widespread loss of network connectivity. In a root-cause analysis report, the company said Thursday’s major connectivity loss — which crippled its services worldwide — was not the result of a cyberattack. Instead, critical network routes and DNS resolver rules were deleted due to a software flaw in an automated process.
Trump’s CISA budget lays out deep job cuts, program reductions

5 days ago | cybersecuritydive.com | Eric Geller

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump wants to cut $425 million and nearly 30% of positions at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, with deep cuts to the agency’s partner engagements and risk-management work.
Senate Democrats urge DHS to reconstitute CSRB

1 week ago | cybersecuritydive.com | Eric Geller

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Four Democratic senators are urging the Department of Homeland Security to reconstitute its Cyber Safety Review Board, citing a pressing need to investigate significant cyberattacks. Senate Intelligence Committee ranking member Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Sens.
ConnectWise warns of threat activity linked to suspected nation-state hackers

1 week ago | cybersecuritydive.com | David Jones

ConnectWise is investigating suspicious activity — likely associated with a nation-state actor — affecting a limited number of customers that use ScreenConnect. In a post on its website, ConnectWise said it has notified all affected customers, alerted law enforcement to the attack and retained Mandiant to help with its investigation. A company spokesperson added that ConnectWise implemented enhanced monitoring and hardening measures across its environment.