Monthly Archives: February 2025

DHS research in airport passenger screening never stops

“We use millimeter technology to collect images of passengers to ensure that no threats that are not allowed on the plane,” said John Fortune The post DHS research in airport passenger screening never stops first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Federal Executive Forum IT Modernization and Transformation Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2025

How are agencies profiling a successful IT modernization strategy and what is the vision for the future? The post Federal Executive Forum IT Modernization and Transformation Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2025 first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Some updates to our data feeds, (Tue, Feb 4th)

We have offered several different data feeds via our API or other means. However, we are often not very good at documenting what these feeds are all about. Currently, I am in the process of fixing the documentation around these data feeds.
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Cycode Change Impact Analysis boosts application security posture

Cycode unveiled Change Impact Analysis (CIA) technology, a key addition to its Complete ASPM platform. This solution empowers organizations to proactively assess the security impact of every code change, enabling them to identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities faster and more efficiently. By understanding how code changes affect risk and compliance, development teams can accelerate secure innovation without compromising security. This announcement comes on the heels of significant momentum for Cycode, including securing three of the … More → The post Cycode Change Impact Analysis boosts application security posture appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Federal Executive Forum IT Modernization and Transformation Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2025

How are agencies profiling a successful IT modernization strategy and what is the vision for the future? The post Federal Executive Forum IT Modernization and Transformation Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2025 first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Ontinue ION for IoT Security secures critical operational environments

Ontinue announced the expansion of its managed services to include IoT/OT environments. Ontinue ION for IoT Security is an add-on service to the Ontinue ION MXDR service that extends continuous protection to customers’ IoT and OT environments. As organizations integrate more IoT and OT devices into their operations, they face an expanding attack surface and increasing vulnerability to sophisticated cyber threats. Recent research reveals that nearly one-third of organizations experienced six or more intrusions in … More → The post Ontinue ION for IoT Security secures critical operational environments appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Russian cybercrooks exploiting 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411)

CVE-2025-0411, a Mark-of-the-Web bypass vulnerability in the open-source archiver tool 7-Zip that was fixed in November 2024, has been exploited in zero-day attacks to deliver malware to Ukrainian entities, Trend Micro researchers have revealed. The 7-Zip vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411) Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) is a zone identifier used by the Windows operating system to flag files downloaded from the internet as potentially harmful. “CVE-2025-0411 allows threat actors to bypass Windows MoTW protections by double archiving contents using 7-Zip. … More → The post Russian cybercrooks exploiting 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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User-friendly system can help developers build more efficient simulations and AI models

Researchers developed an automated system to help programmers increase the efficiency of their deep learning algorithms by simultaneously leveraging two types of redundancy in complex data structures: sparsity and symmetry.
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Computer model helps identify cancer-fighting immune cells key to immunotherapy

Researchers have developed a computer model to help scientists identify tumor-fighting immune cells in patients with lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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Knowing what to do doesn’t help if you can’t do it

Jennifer Pahlka, founder and CEO of Code For America, has called for a capacity agenda in 2025, which would help the government to do things properly. The post Knowing what to do doesn’t help if you can’t do it first appeared on Federal News Network.
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