Passengers Seek Full Appeals Court Review in CrowdStrike Case

Michael Novinson • June 5, 2026

Passengers affected by the July 2024 CrowdStrike outage are making a longshot bid to get their case reheard en banc, arguing that claims tied to the vendor's allegedly defective software update involve traditional negligence issues under state law rather than airline services.

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Agentic AI

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Litigation

Ex-Threat Intel Exec Accuses IBM and AT&T of Hiding Hacks

Tiffany Wang • June 5, 2026

A former IBM vice president of threat intelligence alleged IBM and AT&T failed to implement basic security controls and obtained major government contracts despite unresolved cybersecurity deficiencies that potentially exposed sensitive federal data.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Human Cyber Risk Demands a Psychology Makeover

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 5, 2026

People feel intimidated by cybersecurity - a reaction that breeds learned helplessness and erodes the very behaviors organizations depend on for their defense, said Jason Nurse, director, science and research, CybSafe and associate professor for cybersecurity at the University of Kent.

AI-Based Attacks

When the Threat Wears a Human Face

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 5, 2026

Criminals are using AI where it helps most, said Jake Moore, global cybersecurity advisor at Eset. Phishing, social engineering and as-a-service criminal ecosystems are sharper for it, but quantum computing is the bigger sleeper threat.

Agentic AI

What Trump's AI Executive Order Means for Healthcare Sector

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • June 5, 2026

Although President Donald Trump's executive order this week on artificial intelligence barely mentions healthcare, some experts said the directive could potentially have a positive impact on the critical infrastructure sector - if implemented effectively.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Bipartisan AI Bill Targets Frontier Labs and State Regulators

Jennifer Lawinski • June 5, 2026

A House discussion draft would impose safety mandates and independent audits on the country's most powerful AI developers, but the fight over a three-year block on state AI laws is already dominating the response.

Data Breach Notification

Conduent Hack Victim Count Now Tops 62.2 Million

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • June 5, 2026

The victim tally in back-office services firm Conduent Business Services' 2024 hack has more than doubled to over 62.2 million individuals, from an earlier estimate of "25 million plus." The incident is now on track to be at least the third-largest health data breach ever reported to regulators.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

The CISO Inbox Is Not a Sales Funnel

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 5, 2026

CISOs are bombarded with more than 400 cold outreach attempts a month - ignoring nearly all of them. If vendors want to break through, they need to stop selling and start solving, said Ian Thornton-Trump, CISO at Inversion6.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Data Extortion Remains Retail's Biggest Cyberthreat

Anna Delaney • June 5, 2026

While organizations and bad actors experiment with AI, the most damaging incidents continue to stem from social engineering schemes. Lee Clark of Retail and Hospitality ISAC said data extortion campaigns, often launched through help desk impersonation and MFA reset scams, remain the dominant threat.

Agentic AI

Ex-CISA CIO Breaks Down Trump's New AI Executive Order

Chris Riotta • June 5, 2026

Former CISA CIO Bob Costello said President Trump's voluntary AI cybersecurity review order provides a workable foundation for government-industry collaboration, though agencies will need time and resources to meet accelerated 30-day evaluations of advanced AI systems.

Cybercrime

Breach Roundup: Microsoft Tries to Mend Researcher Bridges

Pooja Tikekar • June 4, 2026

This week, more happened than fits here: Microsoft tried to make nice with researchers, gas tank gauges under attack in the United States, fake FIFA websites are everywhere. Russia cried cyberespionage, Spanish police arrested a teenage doxer, a Oracle WebLogic flaw was actively exploited.

AI-Based Attacks

Why Vulnerability Patch Windows Are Now Zero or Negative

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 4, 2026

Attackers are moving from initial access to impact in hours, and vulnerability exploitation is outpacing disclosure. Agentic, LLM-assisted workflows are the practical answer, says Joseph Slowik of Dataminr.

Agentic AI

Chinese Cybercrime Group Deploys AI-Coded Malware Campaigns

Tiffany Wang • June 4, 2026

Proofpoint says Chinese cybercrime group TA4922 is using AI-assisted phishing and apparently LLM-developed malware, including new loader families and remote access Trojans, to compromise organizations worldwide for theft, fraud, access resale and potentially surveillance.