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Major Film Studios File Copyright Suit Against Midjourney - The Illusion of More
Disney and Universal file the first copyright infringement suit by major studios against an AI developer in Disney et. al v. Midjourney.

Detecting, intercepting, and ejecting adversaries is getting harder as cybercriminals move faster and smarter.
Check out my latest CSO piece on how CISOs need to rethink their digital playbooks in light of these trends.
Thanks to Matt Immler of Okta, Tom Etheridge of CrowdStrike and Pierre Cadieux of Cisco Talos for their insight.

CISOs must rethink defense playbooks as cybercriminals move faster, smarter
Facing faster, stealthier intruders, CISOs are under pressure to modernize their cybersecurity strategies, toolsets, and tactics. From detection to post-mortem, here are key points of renewed emphasis.

Falsch konfigurierte DNS-Einträge: URLs von Bose und Co mit Malware verseucht
Cyberkriminelle nutzen im großen Stil URLs seriöser Anbieter, um ihre Malware zu verbreiten. Ein Vektor ist dabei offenbar falsche DNS-Konfiguration.

Strengthening Cybersecurity Resilience in Agriculture Through Educational Interventions: A Case Study of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
George Grispos, Logan Mears, Larry Loucks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23800

Strengthening Cybersecurity Resilience in Agriculture Through Educational Interventions: A Case Study of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
The increasing digitization of agricultural operations has introduced new cybersecurity challenges for the farming community. This paper introduces an educational intervention called Cybersecurity Improvement Initiative for Agriculture (CIIA), which aims to strengthen cybersecurity awareness and resilience among farmers and food producers. Using a case study that focuses on farmers from the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, the research evaluates pre- and post- intervention survey data to assess partici…

SentinelOne researchers detail over 10 offensive cybersecurity patents filed by Shanghai Firetech, a company allegedly involved in Beijing's Silk Typhoon hacks (Jonathan Greig/The Record)
https://therecord.media/patents-silk-typhoon-company-beijing

Patents by Silk Typhoon-linked company shed light on Beijing’s offensive hacking capabilities
Researchers have discovered more than 10 patents for powerful offensive cybersecurity technologies filed by a prominent Chinese company allegedly involved in Beijing’s Silk Typhoon campaign.

Cybercom’s defensive arm elevated to sub-unified command
https://defensescoop.com/2025/05/30/cybercom-jfhq-dodin-dcdc-designated-sub-unified-command/

Cybercom’s defensive arm elevated to sub-unified command
Joint Force Headquarters-DOD Information Network will now be known as the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command (DCDC).

Prophet Security, which develops fully autonomous AI agents for cybersecurity defense, raised a $30M Series A led by Accel (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai-vs-ai-prophet-security-raises-30m-to-repla…

AI vs. AI: Prophet Security raises $30M to replace human analysts with autonomous defenders
Prophet Security raises $30 million to launch a fully autonomous AI cybersecurity platform that investigates and responds to threats without human intervention, promising 10x faster response times and 96% fewer false positives.

https://cyberscoop.com/att-wireless-account-lock-sim-swapping-protection/
AT&T deploys new account lock feature to counter SIM swapping

The proposed cuts are spread across CISA’s various divisions. CISA’s cybersecurity division would go from 1,267 positions to 1,063 jobs. CISA’s infrastructure security division would go from about 343 positions to 325 jobs,
DHS budget request would cut CISA staff by 1,000 positions
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DHS budget request would cut CISA staff by 1,000 positions
Budget documents show DHS wants to reduce CISA funding in areas like cyber training and stakeholder engagement.

Whoa, a positive development on the federal government funding front, where it's needed, perhaps, most - state and local grants.
DHS Launches Over $100 Million in Funding to Strengthen Communities’ Cyber Defenses