Reuters
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned the import of all new foreign-made consumer routers after a White House-convened review deemed imported routers "a severe cybersecurity risk that could be leveraged to immediately and severely disrupt U.S. critical infrastructure." The crackdown will primarily affect products from China, which is estimated to control at least 60% of the U.S. market for home routers.
From "FCC Bans Imports of New Foreign-Made Routers"
Reuters (03/23/26) David Shepardson
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The New York Times
The White House plans to create a consortium to invest more than $1 trillion into energy projects, minerals, and semiconductors to boost U.S. self-sufficiency. The U.S. will contribute $250 million toward the investment, said undersecretary of state for economic affairs Jacob Helberg. The investment is part of the administration’s “Pax Silica” initiative, established late last year to build a secure global supply chain for semiconductors.
From "Trump Administration Sets Up ‘Pax Silica’ Fund to Reduce Global Energy Dependencies"
The New York Times (03/23/26) Ana Swanson; Sheera Frenkel
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Defense One
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence's 2026 Worldwide Threat Assessment report names AI as a top global threat and a "defining technology for the 21st century." The report cites AI's use in combat, specifically in targeting and decision-making, with a warning about the risks of using autonomous systems in warfare. It also detailed progress in AI among various global powers while singling out China as the U.S.'s "most capable competitor."
From "U.S. Intelligence Elevates AI as a Top Global Threat"
Defense One (03/19/26) Patrick Tucker
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Help Net Security
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its DNS security guidance for the first time since 2013. The update, SP 800-81r3, the Secure Domain Name System Deployment Guide, covers three main areas: using DNS as an active security control, securing the DNS protocol, and protecting the servers and infrastructure that run DNS services. Among other things, the update recommends authoritative and recursive functions be separated on Internet-accessible servers.
From "NIST Updates DNS Security Guidance for First Time in over a Decade"
Help Net Security (03/23/26) Mirko Zorz
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New Scientist
Nurullah Demir at Stanford University in California and colleagues in the U.S. and Netherlands analyzed 10 million Web pages to uncover how many had leaked application programming interface (API) credentials. The researchers identified 1,748 verified, active credentials from 14 major service providers across nearly 10,000 websites. While the companies affected were not named, the researchers said they include a "global systematically important financial institution," a firmware developer, and a “major hosting platform."
From "Security Credentials Inadvertently Leaked on Thousands of Websites"
New Scientist (03/23/26) Chris Stokel-Walker
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IEEE Spectrum
Brown University's Quan Cheng recently presented information to the IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference about a self-healing CMOS imager that could help extend the lifetime of cameras used in high-radiation areas. The device’s imager self-detects damaged pixels, then repairs them with heat from the application of a strong electrical current. Longyang Lin at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China, said the new design is not intended to replace other radiation-hardening techniques, but to be an add-on.
From "Self-Healing Imager Could Withstand Jupiter’s Radiation Belt"
IEEE Spectrum (03/23/26) Katherine Bourzac
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