“I’m looking over my shoulder driving home,” a doctor whose hospital was targeted by a subpoena told the Post.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has temporarily moved into secure military housing after the location of her Washington, DC apartment was exposed online, triggering what DHS called “vicious doxxing” and a wave of death threats, the New York Post reports. A DHS official said the relocation was necessary for safety, though Noem continues to pay rent on her Navy Yard residence.
The move comes as Noem has pointed to what she describes as a sharp rise in violence against ICE agents, citing what it claims to be a nearly 1,000 percent uptick in assaults—figures ICE has not fully explained and that the Washington Post has questioned for lacking specificity. While DHS has not publicly detailed the sources of the alleged threats against her, Noem has framed them as part of a broader climate of hostility toward immigration enforcement.
North Korea has reportedly infiltrated the global IT job market by posing as remote employees at Fortune 500 companies, Axios reports. The operation—backed by groups like Jasper Sleet and Moonstone Sleet—uses stolen identities and AI-assisted applications to bypass hiring systems and conceal the workers’ true origins.
The scheme funnels salaries back to Pyongyang and raises serious cybersecurity concerns, from intellectual property theft to the risk of extortion if the workers are exposed. The Justice Department has announced charges against several individuals tied to the plot, while the FBI has conducted raids on “laptop farms” supporting it, ABC News reports. The Times of India, meanwhile, reported in June that Microsoft had suspended roughly 3,000 Outlook and Hotmail accounts allegedly connected to the scheme.
Earlier this month, WIRED reported on a related trove of leaked documents obtained by cybersecurity researcher SttyK and presented at the Black Hat security conference. The cache provides a rare look inside these North Korean IT worker operations, detailing their meticulous job tracking, internal quotas, and even glimpses of daily life under close regime surveillance.
Texas Tech University has signed a research agreement with the FBI focused on defending key services against cyberattacks and other disruptions, the Midland Reporter-Telegram reports. The partnership will reportedly grant the bureau access to Tech’s Critical Infrastructure Security Institute, which studies vulnerabilities in the power grid, water systems, communications networks, and military facilities.
Angelo State University will also contribute access to its cybersecurity programs and Regional Security Operations Center, where students train while monitoring real-world networks in West Texas. University leaders and FBI officials said the deal is meant to turn academic research into practical tools and expand the pipeline of graduates prepared for defense and cybersecurity roles.
The push to expand research partnerships, however, contrasts with reporting in the New York Times this week that the FBI may be moving away from its traditional role as an intelligence agency, with plans to lower recruiting standards and focus more on street crime. Critics say that shift risks leaving the bureau with less capacity for complex, technical cases, even as it seeks outside expertise through agreements like the one with Texas Tech.
Google has pushed an urgent security update for its Chrome browser, urging users worldwide—estimated in the billions—to install the patch immediately, The Sun reports. The update addresses multiple vulnerabilities, including the high‑severity CVE‑2025‑8901 in Chrome’s ANGLE graphics engine, which could allow attackers to hijack devices merely by luring users to a malicious webpage.
Although there’s no evidence of any real‑world exploitation yet, Google emphasizes that the risk remains until the update is installed and the browser is restarted. The fixes are rolling out across all major platforms—Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS—and Google advises users to apply them promptly to stay protected.
