The federal government’s not the only thing shutting down on Oct. 1 The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday will cut its ties to – and funding for –  the Center for Internet Security, a nonprofit that provides free and low-cost cybersecurity services to state and local governments.… READ MORE HERE…

Baroness Manningham-Buller cites Kremlin sabotage, cyberattacks, and assassinations as signs of an undeclared conflict The former head of MI5 says hostile cyberattacks and intelligence operations directed by The Kremlin indicate the UK might already be at war with Russia.… READ MORE HERE…

Alleges bias and security problems US President Donald Trump has demanded Microsoft fire its recently appointed head of global affairs Lisa Monaco.… READ MORE HERE…

Not to be confused with all the other reports of Chinese intruders on US networks that came to light this week RedNovember, a Chinese state-sponsored cyberspy group, targeted government and critical private-sector networks around the globe between June 2024 and July 2025, exploiting buggy internet-facing appliances to deploy a Go-based backdoor called Pantegana and other offensive security tools, including Cobalt Strike and SparkRAT.… READ MORE HERE…

Chinese giant maps out datacenters across Europe and beyond, yet US chip curbs cast a long shadow Analysis  Alibaba this week opened an AI war chest containing tens of billions of dollars, a revamped LLM lineup, and plans for AI datacenters in Europe. But it also prompted a flurry of questions over how it will achieve all this in an increasingly fragmented IT landscape, when critical resources are in short supply.… READ MORE HERE…