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FBI and CISA urge "revamp" of certain software to take burden of cybersecurity off customers. U.S. and international government agencies are urging software manufacturers to “revamp” the design of certain software to take the burden of cybersecurity flaws out off of the customer. Historically, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, the NSA and a host of international law enforcement agencies say that “technology manufacturers have relied on fixing vulnerabilities found after the customers have deployed the products, requiring the customers to apply those patches at their own expense,” according to an alert from the agencies released on Thursday. The alert is aimed at tech providers, and customers according to CISA Executive Director Eric Goldstein. Goldstein said he hopes tech providers will use the product to "actually change their internal cultures," and invest in the changes they are hoping to outline. He is also hoping that custom...

Sources told ABC News Jake Sullivan was home and confronted the intruder. An unidentified man entered national security adviser Jake Sullivan's Washington, D.C., home in late April, prompting a Secret Service investigation, according to an agency spokesperson. Sullivan was home at the time and confronted the intruder, and the incident was over in a matter of minutes, according to sources familiar with what happened. This occurred with a detail of special agents outside the home who apparently never saw the man enter or leave the home. The man apparently entered through an unlocked door, according to sources. The Secret Service immediately deployed technology that alerts when an unlocked door is opened and is examining the actions of the agents. "Secret Service is examining a security incident that took place at a protectee site," Anthony Guglielmi, the Secret Service director of communications, said in a statement to ABC News. "While the protectee was unharmed, we a...

Commerce Department finalizes rule on national security "guardrails" for CHIPS funding The Commerce Department finalized the national security "guardrails" in which recipients who receive CHIPS and Science Act funding must abide by. The CHIPS and Science Act was passed last year to address the manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States and the Commerce Department is responsible for dolling out billions of dollars to those who apply for the federal funding . U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testifies before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology at the Rayburn House Office Building on Sept. 19, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The rule filed on Friday explicitly states that companies who receive CHIPS money cannot expand semiconductor manufacturing in "countries of concern." "The statute prohibits the material expansion of semiconductor manufacturing capacity for leading-edge and advanced facilities in...

Illegal drugs are expected to be one of the biggest threats to national security in 2024, according to the Department of Homeland Security's annual threat study. Illegal drugs are expected to be one of the biggest threats to national security in 2024 as overdose deaths topped 100,000 in the last year, according to the Department of Homeland Security's annual threat study. In its report released Thursday, DHS said it expects illegal drugs produced in Mexico and sold in the United States will continue to kill more Americans than any other threat . "While terrorists pose an enduring threat to the Homeland, drugs kill and harm far more people in the United States annually," the report states. MORE: To help curb terrorism and violence threats, DHS awards $20M to local communities In the past year, traffickers have contributed to more lethal mixes of fentanyl -- an already deadly drug -- on the market and driving an increase in overdose deaths in the U.S., DHS said. It is...

Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger is outlining what the agency has done to improve security nearly two years after Jan. 6 Nearly two years after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol -- a deadly riot that saw hundreds of people overwhelm law enforcement, sending lawmakers temporarily into lockdown -- Police Chief Tom Manger is outlining what the agency has done to improve security .  In a letter to Congress on Monday, Manger said his force had made 100 "significant improve ments" after the insurrection, such as bringing in a new special events coordinator, hiring a new intelligence information coordinator and enhancing the civil disturbance unit, among other changes.  "Make no mistake, there is still work to be done," he said. "The current threat climate, particularly against elected officials, will require continued and heightened vigilance." MORE: Jan. 6 officers awarded Congressional Gold Medals; some family seem to snub Republican leaders Still, he vow...