OpenAI heralds cybersecurity, election interference safeguard plans for 2026 midterms

2026-05-28T02:51:46Z89445e47802f5890f0e3f1e7a1857fec7a479658a9fd03fde075ba644756dd5c
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What happened

This CyberScoop feed highlights multiple active and emerging cyber threats and defensive developments: CrowdStrike (with Google and Shadowserver) disrupted the Glassworm botnet that had been injecting malware into hundreds of open-source software packages (open-source supply-chain compromise). The FBI issued warnings about (1) Silent Ransom Group using social engineering plus in-person visits to steal data from U.S. law firms, and (2) a fast-growing phishing kit called Kali365 that abuses Microsoft 365 device authorization pages to mint persistent access tokens. Separately, authorities made an

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