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An ancient Microsoft Excel security flaw could let hackers hijack your entire system, so patch now

CISA is warning about ongoing exploitation of a 2008 bug in multiple versions of Excel.

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A 17-year-old Excel vulnerability is currently being exploited by threat actors, and it's been flagged by the US' cyber defence agency

The little exploit that could.

PC Gamer

DHS Forces Staff to Return to Work Without Pay As Shutdown Continues

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered thousands of furloughed staff back to duty despite an ongoing funding lapse. A leaked memo reveals that FEMA and CISA employees must report in person or face disciplinary action.

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US cybersecurity agency issues an urgent alert as Iranian hackers attack critical infrastructure — CISA guidance warns organizations to immediately shield certain programmable logic controllers from the internet to thwart future attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in conjunction with the FBI and NSA, have issued an alert that Iranian-affiliated cyber attacks are threatening critical infrastructure, exploiting programmable logic controllers made by Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley to gain access.

Tom’s Hardware

Critical Citrix NetScaler flaw gets official patch warning from CISA

CISA is giving FCEB agencies a tight deadline to patch as researchers discover evidence of abuse.

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TSA staffing shortage and upcoming World Cup will create ‘perfect storm’, warns acting head

Ha Nguyen McNeill testified before House committee about airport wait times amid DHS funding shutdown

The Guardian - US

Russian hackers are targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts, says US's FBI

Attackers impersonate official support accounts on messaging platforms, luring users to click malicious links.

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Signal is being targeted by Russian hackers in a huge new phishing campaign, FBI says

The campaign is allegedly already a success, as Russians access people's devices.

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Russian hackers hijack thousands of ‘high intelligence’ messaging app accounts, FBI warns

Targets include current and former US government officials, military personnel, political figures, and journalists

The Independent UK

Secure your Microsoft system or suffer the same fate as Stryker – US tells companies to secure corporate accounts

CISA says hackers are actively seeking targets and urges companies to bolster their defenses.

TechRadar

This Wing FTP Server flaw is being actively exploited in attacks – CISA says mitigate now

CISA adds a new vulnerability to KEV, signaling abuse in the wild.

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How AI may have handed Iran’s proxies a map to US infra

BENGALURU: Within hours of US and Israeli strikes hitting Iran on Feb 28, over 50 hacktivist groups aligned with Iranian interests had activated on Telegram. Many possibly had no background in industrial control systems and no state direction.

The Times of India

Republicans issue a stark warning tied to Iran as they push Democrats to fold on DHS funding

Republicans say that Iran is a serious threat, requiring DHS to have funding for their agencies.

We Got This Covered

Cisco warns of critical SD-WAN security flaw which has been open since 2023

Maximum-severity Cisco flaw is being actively abused, and FCEB agencies were given just a few days to patch.

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Kristi Noem tightens her grip on the Department of Homeland Security

High-level leadership ousters have overlapped with a growing staff exodus.

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Honeywell CCTV cameras vulnerable to hijacking which allows hackers to crack passwords easily

CISA tells Honeywell CCTV users to patch now - or risk hackers hijacking their devices.

The Guardian - UK

US builds website that will allow Europeans to view blocked content

Freedom.gov appears to be administered by a branch of the Department of Homeland Security

Roll Call

House lawmakers spar over harms of potential DHS shutdown

Republicans and Democrats sparred about the potential real-world harms of a partial shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security.

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CISA tells federal agencies to replace at-risk end-of-life edge devices

CISA has given federal agencies 12 months to remove and replace edge devices which have reached end-of-service.

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Russian hackers are targeting a new Office 365 zero-day, so patch now or face attack

Ukraine's defenders have spotted a new hacking attack using a freshly fixed Office flaw.

The Times of India

'My team lead is Indian. My boss is Indian': US software engineer slams MAGA supporter for calling Indian workers 'incompetent'

Recently, Madhu Gottumukkala, the Indian-origin acting director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), came under fire after uploading sensitive government contracting documents into the AI model ChatGPT.

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The acting cyber defense director got special permission to use ChatGPT, but now classified secrets are at the center of a brewing scanda

Cybersecurity chief... doing this?

The Times of India

Meet Madhu Gottumukkala: Indian-origin US cybersecurity chief accused of sharing internal files on ChatGPT

The acting head of US federal cybersecurity, Madhu Gottumukkala, is under review for uploading internal government documents marked "For Official Use Only" into a public ChatGPT version. While officials state no classified information was involved and no malicious intent is alleged, the incident raises concerns given CISA's role in warning…

The Independent UK

Trump’s head of cyber security uploaded ‘sensitive’ materials to a public ChatGPT, report says

He had previously requested special access to ChatGPT — which most DHS employees were barred from

The Times of India

'For official use only': Indian-origin CISA acting director uploaded sensitive government files to public ChatGPT, says report

CISA's acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, uploaded sensitive "for official use only" contracting documents into the public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple security warnings. Despite the non-classified nature of the files, the incident prompted an internal review by DHS officials to assess potential harm to government security.

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