Michael LoSapio, Palantir's chief information security officer, is officially President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

U.S. officials say Zhang Yu was a prominent figure in the Hafnium campaign, which saw hackers breach thousands of computers and steal troves of documents.

Lawmakers who oversee military cyber policy as well as the Fort Meade, Maryland, hub for those agencies say an $11 million mental health program should be locked in to defense spending legislation.

An August 31 memo obtained by Recorded Future News shows that the Pentagon's assistant secretary for cyber policy made specific demands of U.S. Cyber Command leadership after reports of a cluster of suicide deaths.

Congressional sources say they view the deaths of U.S. Cyber Command personnel as an inflection point, especially as the Pentagon’s appetite for cyber capabilities grows following successful contributions to high-profile missions against Iran and Venezuela.

Ihor Klymenko, who has experience in law enforcement and as interior minister, will run Ukraine's National Cybersecurity Coordination Center.

Ronzelle Green, most recently a senior official at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, will be U.S. Cyber Command's chief AI officer.

A "flawless" performance by the CIA's Cyber Mission Center contributed to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, agency Deputy Director Michael Ellis says.

Amir Yaryab is the leader of the IRGC's cyber unit and oversees hacker groups such as the CyberAv3ngers, the State Department said in posting a reward for information about him.

Kerianne Tobitsch, who most recently served as a senior lawyer at the Homeland Security Department, is the NSA's new general counsel, sources told Recorded Future News.

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Beau Bullock // I’ve added in a few modules to MailSniper that will assist in remote attacks against organizations that are hosting an externally facing Exchange server (OWA or EWS). Specifically, […]

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