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Security News Bites for July 18, 2025

DOGE Staffer Leaked Private xAI API Key This does not appear to be malicious but both careless and of questionable judgement. Marko Elez, a special government employee who recently worked on systems at Treasury, Social Security and Homeland, published code to his GitHub. The code contained a private API key that exposed dozens of models […]

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Security News Bites for May 23, 2025

Lazy Passwords Still Prevail A new study of over 19 billion newly exposed passwords manifests a widespread weak password reuse crisis. Lazy keyboard patterns, such as 123456, still reign supreme, and 94% of passwords are reused or duplicated, data leaks from 2024-2025 reveal. Names like Ana rank as the second most popular component. Only 6 […]

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Firings and Staff Cuts at CISA Imperil Efforts to Stop Chinese Hacking

In testimony before Congress about Chinese cyberattacks, Rob Joyce, former cybersecurity director at the NSA, told Congress that he had  “grave concerns that the aggressive threats to cut U.S. government probationary employees will have a devastating impact on cybersecurity and national security.”  The government already has a LOT of trouble hiring competent cybersecurity staff because […]

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Security News Update for October 25, 2024

Global Police Crackdown Arrests 5,000, Shuts Down Sites A global police crackdown in June and July against illegal sports gambling led to thousands of arrests and website shutdowns while also disrupting scam centers and their related human trafficking and money laundering operations, Interpol reported Thursday. They arrested 5,100 people, recovered $59 million in proceeds and […]

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Security News Update for September 27, 2024

White House Proposes Ban of Chinese, Russian Connected Vehicles and Software The Department of Commerce on Monday announced it is proposing a rule which would ban the sale or import of connected vehicles containing specific software and hardware produced by China or Russia or with a “sufficient nexus” to them. While it has national security […]

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Security News Update for the Week Ending June 7, 2024

Trump Decides to Join TikTok Instead of Banning It I know that politicians are hypocritical; it just comes with the game. When Trump was president, he attempted to ban TikTok via an executive order that he signed because it was a national security risk. This year Congress passed a law that would ban TikTok as […]

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