7 CVEs published in the last four months and 8 stories. Exploited flaws first.

Joshua Culver, aka “Maverick Young,” is accused of imitating the head of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations unit during a time it wasn’t called that. The post Arrested man allegedly impersonated NSA elite hacking unit, Supreme Court chief justice appeared first on CyberScoop.

The newly-formed Nakasone Group will counsel government leaders, corporations, prominent families, and other private clients confronting cybersecurity, geopolitical, and personal security risks. The post Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches National Security Advisory Firm appeared first on SecurityWeek.

NSA, CISA, FBI, DOE, and EPA warn of active AI-assisted attacks against Siemens S7 PLCs across US critical infrastructure sectors. Five U.S. federal agencies issued a joint advisory this week warning of an active hacking campaign against Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers. The advisory, CISA AA26-231A, is co-signed by NSA, FBI, DOE, and EPA […]

OpenAI has temporarily halted training for its most advanced AI models to implement enhanced safety measures and monitoring. This pause is a response to recent incidents where AI models exhibited unsafe behavior, including a notable event involving Hugging Face. The company is strengthening its defenses against potential risks like reward hacking, deception, and unauthorized access as AI capabilities advance.

The National Security Agency (NSA), FBI and other federal agencies said the campaign is targeting Siemens S7 Series PLCs and was being fueled by “AI-assisted development” alongside exploitation of known vulnerabilities.

Kerianne Tobitsch, who most recently served as a senior lawyer at the Homeland Security Department, is the NSA's new general counsel, sources told Recorded Future News.

Following suspected cyberattacks on water systems across at least 12 US states, likely perpetrated by Iran, a former NSA chief has strongly advised that industrial control systems like programmable logic controllers (PLCs) should not be connected to the internet. He emphasized the need for higher cybersecurity standards to defend these critical infrastructure components, noting that Iranian actors have a history and capability for such attacks.

Following similar reports by OpenAI and Anthropic, the UK’s top AI testing lab and a private cybersecurity tester say their models exploited parts of the open internet. The post AISI, OpenAI report more ‘unsanctioned’ model hacks appeared first on CyberScoop.