CISA issues BOD 26-04 prioritizing high-risk vulnerability patching for federal agencies
CISA's Binding Operational Directive 26-04 directs federal agencies to prioritize patching high-risk vulnerabilities to build a more resilient federal enterprise. By focusing on the most critical security gaps, the directive aims ...
CISA launches VINCE-NT vulnerability disclosure platform
CISA introduced VINCE-NT, an upgrade to its Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure operations. The agency said the platform modernizes how vulnerability reporters, suppliers, and case managers collaborate with CISA, with stated impr...
Judge orders Google ad-tech interoperability, declines DOJ breakup
A federal court order unsealed Wednesday requires Google to make parts of its ad-tech systems interoperable with rival products, share more auction data with publishers, and appoint an internal monitor to oversee compliance. US D...
US nearly boarded Chinese ship on false AI-assisted cargo report, CNN says
CNN reported that the United States narrowly avoided boarding a Chinese ship after a Special Operations Command analyst submitted an "entirely false" intelligence report generated with AI tools. The report said the vessel was tra...
Unredacted Times filing quotes Microsoft scientist calling AI scraping historic theft
Newly unredacted material in The New York Times copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft quotes Microsoft director of Applied Science Brent Hecht calling the firms' training-data practices "the largest theft of labor in huma...
Meta Oversight Board orders removal of two AI deepfake videos
Meta's Oversight Board on 17 September ordered the company to remove two AI-generated Facebook videos and said Meta's deepfake rules are "consistently and fundamentally inadequate." The decisions are binding on Meta. One video, p...
