Executive summary China-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies are conducting systematic extraction of proprietary functionalities and capabilities of U.S. AI companies’ models through industrial-scale knowledge distillation campaigns that form the core—not merely a supplement—of their AI development strategy. While “distillation” is recognized as a legitimate and useful technique in AI research, China-based AI companies are engaging in aggressive, malicious, and targeted distillation activities at an industrial scale that extract restricted proprietary functionalities and capabilities of U.S. frontier AI models. The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau…
Newly declassified NSA emails are raising disturbing questions about whether politics infected America’s intelligence agencies — and whether Communist China benefited. According to documents released by the White House Government Transparency Task Force, NSA analysts spent months trying to publish intelligence about Chinese efforts to target U.S. elections, only to see officials delay or block […] The post NSA Hid China Influence From President Trump appeared first on StoneZone .
Newly declassified NSA emails are raising disturbing questions about whether politics infected America’s intelligence agencies — and whether Communist China benefited. According to documents released by the White House Government Transparency Task Force, NSA analysts spent months trying to publish intelligence about Chinese efforts to target U.S. elections, only to see officials delay or block distribution. One analyst wrote that the information had been held up for 16 months, while another account said the NSA deputy director feared releasing it during the Trump administration would damage the agency’s credibility and make it appear part of the so-called “deep state.” The emails indicate the concern was not that the…Open
Executive summary Note: This advisory relates to an active threat to Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs). However, ongoing PLC targeting activity is broader than Siemens PLCs. All PLC owners and operators should apply relevant mitigations to reduce the risk to their devices and systems. The Siemens-specific content in this advisory should be understood and applied as one subset of the wider threat landscape. Top Mitigations - Inventory all Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) - Apply critical security patches - Ensure PLCs are not accessible from the Internet - Strengthen access controls - Monitor for unauthorized activity - Harden PLC services, protocols, and ladder logic…
Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite Executive summary A group of Russian state-supported cyber actors has been targeting and compromising various Western government and commercial organizations using the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) software since at least July 2025. The Russian state-supported advanced persistent threat (APT) group’s activity is tracked in the cybersecurity community under several names (see Cybersecurity industry tracking ), primarily as “LAUNDRY BEAR,” a name initially coined by the Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) [1 ]. LAUNDRY BEAR’s targeting is…
President Trump used his Thursday night prime-time address to accuse U.S. intelligence agencies of covering up alleged Chinese efforts targeting the 2020 election. Why it matters: Trump is reopening a politically charged debate over China's role in the 2020 election while directly challenging U.S. intelligence assessments that concluded Beijing did not try to influence the election's outcome. Driving the news: During his address from the White House, Trump said the White House would release evidence alleging that "over a period of years, starting during the 2020 election cycle," Trump said. - "Beijing carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in China's illicit acquisition of 220…
Russian Government-Sponsored Activity Targets Poorly Configured and Vulnerable Devices Across Critical Sectors Executive summary Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16 cyber actors continue to exploit poorly configured and vulnerable networking devices worldwide, opportunistically compromising multiple critical infrastructure sector networks. This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) builds on FBI’s Russian Government Cyber Actors Targeting Networking Devices, Critical Infrastructure Public Service Announcement of the decade-plus FSB Center 16 cyber activity by providing additional tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to enable defenders to more fully understand and counter the threat. [1 ] This CSA is being released…
The fight that scrubbed the world's most powerful AI models from the internet featured personality clashes, industry confusion, and international backlash. Why it matters: Anthropic's models are back online, but the impact of its 20-day showdown with the Trump administration will be long lasting. Behind the scenes: It began when Amazon, Anthropic's partner and investor, sounded an alarm that was later disputed by cybersecurity experts. - It warned about a "jailbreaking" issue it found with the AI lab's latest models, Mythos and Fable — meaning a technical flaw that could have caused a failure of their guardrails. - Amazon flagged its concerns to the administration, triggering sweeping export controls . A U.S. official said the…
A recent episode underscored the Trump administration’s increasing reliance on advanced A.I. systems for cybersecurity even as it battles a leading U.S. developer.