Author Archives: Poseidon

With the issuance of the final CMMC rule, contractors brace for audits, assessors, and aspirin

“Even if you’re not ready to get assessed tomorrow, get on somebody’s list so you reserve a spot for next summer,” said Eric Crusius. The post With the issuance of the final CMMC rule, contractors brace for audits, assessors, and aspirin first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Phishing campaign targets Rust developers

Developers publishing crates (binaries and libraries written in Rust) on crates.io, Rust’s main public package registry, have been targeted with emails echoing the recent npm phishing campaign. The phishing email The emails started hitting developers’ inboxes on Friday, minutes after they published a (new) crate on the registry. The emails – titled “Important: Breach notification regarding crates.io” and made to look like they’ve been sent by the Rust Foundation – claimed that an attacker compromised … More → The post Phishing campaign targets Rust developers appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Congress is facing a short calendar, rising tensions, and a shutdown threat that’s getting harder to ignore

“If nothing’s in place by October 1, we’d be talking about a partial government shutdown,” said Loren Duggan. The post Congress is facing a short calendar, rising tensions, and a shutdown threat that’s getting harder to ignore first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Congress is facing a short calendar, rising tensions, and a shutdown threat that’s getting harder to ignore

“If nothing’s in place by October 1, we’d be talking about a partial government shutdown,” said Loren Duggan. The post Congress is facing a short calendar, rising tensions, and a shutdown threat that’s getting harder to ignore first appeared on Federal News Network.
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As summer ends, workers face rising costs, fewer jobs, and shrinking protections

“We are facing an economy … of a labor market that is really softening, and that makes life more difficult for workers,” said Sharon Block. The post As summer ends, workers face rising costs, fewer jobs, and shrinking protections first appeared on Federal News Network.
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As summer ends, workers face rising costs, fewer jobs, and shrinking protections

“We are facing an economy … of a labor market that is really softening, and that makes life more difficult for workers,” said Sharon Block. The post As summer ends, workers face rising costs, fewer jobs, and shrinking protections first appeared on Federal News Network.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/TN5C9V

Lawmakers call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition application

The technology reportedly allows ICE to identify individuals they encounter on the streets using multiple federal databases. The post Lawmakers call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition application first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Lawmakers call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition application

The technology reportedly allows ICE to identify individuals they encounter on the streets using multiple federal databases. The post Lawmakers call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition application first appeared on Federal News Network.
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August 2025 CVE Landscape

Recorded Future’s Insikt Group identified 18 high-impact vulnerabilities in August 2025, including RCE flaws in Citrix, WinRAR, and Fortinet products. Several were actively exploited by threat actors like RomCom. Read the full analysis, PoCs, and patch guidance.
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Proofpoint launches agentic AI to detect risks in communication channels

Proofpoint launched agentic AI solution for Human Communications Intelligence (HCI), marking a leap forward in how organizations detect, understand, and mitigate conduct and compliance risks in real time. Designed for enterprises in regulated and highly litigious industries, it transforms digital communications governance (DCG) from post-incident compliance to real-time, AI-powered risk reasoning, detection, and prevention, empowering organizations to act on human behavior before it becomes a compliance, security, or legal event. A recent study of 1,600 … More → The post Proofpoint launches agentic AI to detect risks in communication channels appeared first on Help Net Security.
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