ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.

The US Treasury proposes tighter China investment restrictions covering AI, biotechnology and advanced chips. Here's what businesses and investors should know.

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A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government’s offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer’s release to a “blank check.”

Despite Illinois’ sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendment–protected activities.

Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.

With no accurate Big Tech mapping app to help him, Anas Hattab launched a Telegram group to get himself home at night. Now nearly 350,000 Palestinians rely on it to navigate the occupied West Bank.

The US government’s Tradewinds initiative has made it easier to throw millions of dollars at “nontraditional” defense contractors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

The new joint operation uses laser-based technology capable of detecting, tracking, and disabling commercial drones linked to human and drug trafficking.

The US Army’s laser system is part of a new generation of directed-energy weapons capable of detecting, tracking, and destroying drones with a concentrated beam of light.

Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens a missile-parts supplier’s inbox, and a ransomware boss gets 16 years.

Facing a growing drone threat, the Pentagon is poised to sign a first-of-its-kind contract for “Enduring High Energy Lasers”—and make directed energy weapons an official part of the Army’s kit.

Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield.

One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.

The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Washington’s push to ban foreign-made Wi-Fi routers may sound tough on cybersecurity, but like earlier bans on foreign drones and telecom gear it risks becoming security theater that ignores the real problem: Millions of unpatched devices already sitting on American networks.

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Analysis of the Trump administration’s concise 2024 cybersecurity strategy arguing for policy-led government, private-sector implementation, deregulation to spur innovation, and elevation of AI security as a national priority.

The post The White House Got the Cyber Strategy Right — By Knowing What Not to Do appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Explore how advancements in surveillance infrastructure and the democratization of intelligence have transformed espionage.

The post The Worm Turns – When the Hunter Becomes the Hunted Mass Surveillance and the Weaponization of the Data We Voluntarily Create appeared first on Security Boulevard.

TikTok has shifted to a majority-American entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, LLC, to comply with U.S. national security requirements and avoid a ban. This week we discuss why a recent privacy policy update went viral—especially language about sensitive data like immigration status and precise location—and argue much of it reflects longstanding practices and required California […]

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