Cynthia Brumfield is a Contributing Writer at Metacurity.com. With a focus on cybersecurity, she covers themes such as cybercrime, security breaches, and the implications of AI and machine learning in the field. Cynthia's insights have been featured in Computerworld and CSO Online.
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Cynthia Brumfield's coverage primarily focuses on government announcements and legal policy regulations within the privacy & cybersecurity and political spheres. She often reports on developments related to cybersecurity, data breaches, artificial intelligence, antitrust issues, and government funding.
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Primary code repositories are a godsend for software developers but offer easy access for threat actors to deliver malware. Experts say CISOs should scan for threats and be aware of the dangers.
By: Cynthia Brumfield
Better communication and collaboration between researchers and vendors and improved bug reporting mechanisms could help address confusing and sometimes wholly suppressed bug reports.
Despite a request for a US government investigation into Chinese-made TP-Link, evidence presented by a US House committee fails to support allegations they are a national security risk, experts say.
Surprised by the City of Columbus' effort to gag him, cybersecurity expert Connor Goodwolf believes city leaders could have avoided embarrassment in the wake of a ransomware attack if they had talked to him. Here, Goodwolf and cyber and legal experts weigh in on the high-profile incident gone awry.
By: Cynthia Brumfield
CISOs must now cope with a welter of emerging EU and disparate US state laws after Governor Gavin Newsom rejected California's stringent AI safety and security law, which many thought would set a global regulatory high-water mark.
By: Cynthia Brumfield
Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities (XSS) have vexed cybersecurity professionals for 30 years. Following a CISA and FBI alert, experts say unless these flaws are fixed soon, AI models may ingest and perpetuate them.
By: Cynthia Brumfield
Cyberattacks on water systems are rising, with Russian state-linked “hacktivists” posting videos of seemingly amateur intrusions. But their prank-like nature belies more malicious possibilities, as a recent attack on the small Texas town of Stanton, reported here for the first time, illustrates.
By: Cynthia Brumfield
An Elon Musk-led initiative that aims to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget could hollow out US agencies' cybersecurity efforts, but experts say it won't be quick or easy.
Black Hat conference attendees heard a post-mortem on the KeyTrap DNSSEC vulnerability, which could have widely impacted browsing, email, TLS, and other key web services.
By: John Leyden
Cybersecurity experts from financial giant JPMorganChase say the cybersecurity community is being misled about the severity of vulnerabilities by the CVSS, which threatens to seriously hinder remediation efforts.
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