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28 stories taggedsupply chain security.

Mozilla Accidentally Put a Firefox Signing Key on GitHub. Here's Why You're Probably Fine.
A private key used to authenticate Firefox and Thunderbird downloads was briefly stored in the wrong place. Mozilla has replaced it and found no sign anyone misused it.

Pentagon Suppliers Face a Hard Deadline: Prove Your Cybersecurity or Lose the Contract
A phased federal rule is forcing every company in the US defence supply chain to show, not just promise, that it keeps sensitive government data safe. Here is what is changing and why it matters.

Compliance Alone Won't Protect Your Organisation: Edna Conway on the Real Future of Cyber Risk
A cybersecurity veteran with four decades in the field says ticking regulatory boxes is not the same as being secure. Here is what she means, and why it matters to everyone.

15 Flaws in TP-Link Kit Put Automatic Network Setup at Risk
Security researchers found 15 vulnerabilities in TP-Link's Omada networking system and warn that the convenient "zero-touch" setup process that millions of organisations rely on could hand criminals the keys to an entire network.

CISA Publishes Open Source Security Playbook for Federal Agencies
The new guidance lays out how agencies should vet, use, and publish open source code, and introduces a trust framework called C4.

Forgotten DNS Records Could Become a Nation-State Weapon, Researchers Warn
A technique called 'dangling DNS' has lurked in security circles for years. Researchers now say AI could automate it at a scale that threatens governments, banks and supply chains.

The FCC Just Banned Chinese Humanoid Robots. Here Is What That Actually Means.
America's telecoms regulator has blocked imports of new Chinese-made humanoid robots and power inverters on national security grounds. China holds roughly 85 percent of the global market for humanoids. The fight over who controls the machines of the future is now very much a trade war.

Infoblox Wants to Find Your Exposed Assets Before Hackers Do
The network security company is entering a crowded market with a twist: using its deep knowledge of the internet's address book to spot weaknesses rivals might miss.

Five Major AI Coding Tools Keep Inventing the Same Fake Software Packages
A researcher found 127 made-up package names shared across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek, and 53 of those names are still free for criminals to register today.

White House Orders Defense Contractors to Chart Every Software Tool and Supplier in Their Supply Chains
A new executive order requires companies that sell to the US military to map their entire software stack and flag any foreign ownership lurking in their supply chains.

Militaries Want Autonomous Weapons Fast. The Data Pipes Behind Them Are the Weak Link.
Defence ministries are pouring money into drones and robots that can think for themselves. The information systems feeding those machines have not caught up.

Risk Ledger Raises £24 Million to Expand Its Supply Chain Security Network
The London firm wants more organisations checking each other's security hygiene in one shared space. Now it has the money to push into the US and build AI review tools.

Give an AI a Body and You Give It an Attack Surface
Warehouses and factories are buying humanoid robots before security teams have a single audit standard to work from. Here is what that means for the people on the floor.

Your Vendors Are a Risk You Cannot Ignore. Here Is How Boards Should Own It.
Most companies review their suppliers and tick the boxes. Far fewer can actually say how much financial damage a vendor failure would cause them. That gap is the problem.

HalluSquatting: How AI Hallucinations Are Being Turned Into a Doorway for Malware
Security researchers have found a way to turn a known quirk of AI chatbots into a method for delivering malicious software directly to developers' computers, without hacking the AI itself.