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Rep. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., speaks during a press conference in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2024. Legislation from Ross and two colleagues to add AI systems to the National Vulnerability Database cleared a House panel on Sept. 25, 2024. (Photo by ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

House panel moves bill that adds AI systems to National Vulnerability Database

The AI Incident Reporting and Security Enhancement Act would put NIST in charge of setting up a vulnerability reporting process for AI systems.
Chairman Michael Turner (R-OH) speaks at a hearing with the House (Select) Intelligence Committee in the Cannon Office Building on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House Intel Republicans request FBI, SEC briefing on Temu

The members cited concerning news reports, including the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability by parent company Pinduoduo in 2023.
Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) listens during a meeting of a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment against President Donald Trump, December 17, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC. (Photo by Erin Schaff / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

House Dem urges FCC to press ahead with disclosure rule around AI in political ads

The top Democrat on the House Administration Committee is signaling “strong support” for the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing efforts to mandate disclosure of AI use in political…
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 11: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson looks on as Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaks during a House Administration Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building at the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. The hearing examined “American Confidence in Elections” while looking forward to the 2024 Presidential Election in just under two months. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

Cybersecurity, disinformation dominates hearing on elections

Once a side issue, nearly every topic brought up during a House hearing on elections related to cybersecurity or false claims around election fraud.
Congolese soldiers sit in their military vehicle at the base of the United Nations Organization Mission for the Stabilization of the Congo (MONUSCO) in Kamanyola, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Feb. 28. (Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP)

Predator spyware resurfaces with signs of activity, Recorded Future says

Sanctions and public exposure might have driven Intellexa into silence for months, but that doesn’t mean its Predator spyware is gone for good.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on Aug. 26 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

Who would be the cyber pros in a second Trump term?

If elected again, the former president might draw both on returning officials and yet-untapped pockets of talent.
Brandon Wales, then-Acting Director Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency at U.S. Department of Homeland Security speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty Images)

Brandon Wales reflects on 20 years of cyber as he leaves CISA

SolarWinds, election security and protecting federal networks were among the highlights, he said in an interview with CyberScoop.
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) leaves a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on December 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Johnson was joined by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN). (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House panel abruptly cancels federal privacy bill vote

The sweeping bill had garnered opposition from GOP leadership and others.
(L-R) Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Mike Gallager (R-WI) talk with reporters after the House of Representative’s voted on legislation they co-sponsored to ban TikTok at the U.S. Capitol on March 13. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Federal privacy law faces new hurdles ahead of markup

Business groups and civil rights activists have raised objections to the latest version of the legislation, due for committee consideration Thursday.
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