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1 week ago | esecurityplanet.com | Megan Crouse

OpenAI accepted a $200 million contract with the US Department of Defense on June 17. The deal includes consolidating all the AI company’s existing public sector products under one banner, OpenAI for Government, which encompasses ChatGPT Gov, as well as existing partnerships with the US National Labs, the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and the Treasury Department.

1 week ago | esecurityplanet.com | Megan Crouse |Aerospace Electronics

Megan Crouse has a decade of experience in business-to-business news and feature writing, including as first a writer and then the editor of Manufacturing.net. Her news and feature stories have appeared in Military & Aerospace Electronics, Fierce Wireless, TechRepublic, and eWeek. She copyedited cybersecurity news and features at Security Intelligence. She holds a degree in English Literature and minored in Creative Writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

3 weeks ago | esecurityplanet.com | Aminu Abdullahi

The Trump administration’s newly released Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal outlines a significant reduction to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which would slash nearly 30% of its workforce and cut nearly half a billion dollars from its operating budget.

3 weeks ago | esecurityplanet.com | Aminu Abdullahi

Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and finance executives across six global regions have become the target of a highly sophisticated phishing campaign. The attackers are using a legitimate remote-access tool, NetBird, to stealthily take control of victims’ computers without exploiting any vulnerability in the tool itself. According to a detailed analysis by cybersecurity firm Trellix, the campaign first came to light on May 15, when their email security products detected suspicious activity.

4 weeks ago | esecurityplanet.com | Aminu Abdullahi

Thousands of ASUS routers have been hacked in an ongoing cyberattack that experts warn may be laying the foundation for a large-scale botnet. Discovered in March but disclosed publicly on Wednesday, the campaign has already compromised over 9,000 internet-exposed ASUS routers, and the number continues to grow. Security firm GreyNoise, which uncovered the breach, described the attack as stealthy, persistent, and executed with high-level precision.