Amir Yaryab is the leader of the IRGC's cyber unit and oversees hacker groups such as the CyberAv3ngers, the State Department said in posting a reward for information about him.

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Attackers use invisible Unicode characters to bypass phishing filters, hiding finance-themed scams that can steal credentials or cause fraud.

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A United Nations gathering this week could prove pivotal for the international governance of lethal autonomous weapon systems.

The first amendment to the law in 16 years is also expected to cover cyberspace, biotechnology and quantum technology, analysts say.

The president said it plainly in the Oval Office, describing his own planned action as a “ban on the free press.” The Constitution protects the freedom of the press from government interference. That ...

The incident raises the possibility that top secret weapons technology may have been exposed to a foreign adversary — including China.

Officials from the departments of Justice and Homeland Security have less than a month to write rules for private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations under federal control…

A series of demos on the Hill has both Democrats and Republicans alarmed about artificial intelligence’s ability to plumb commercial databases for information on Americans.