Category: cyberscoop

DOJ, Georgia Tech affiliate company settle over alleged failure to meet DOD contract cyber requirements
30
Sep
2025

DOJ, Georgia Tech affiliate company settle over alleged failure to meet DOD contract cyber requirements

A company affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology agreed to pay $875,000 to the U.S. government to settle a…

Watchdog: Cyber threat information-sharing program’s future uncertain with expected expiration of 2015 law
30
Sep
2025

Watchdog: Cyber threat information-sharing program’s future uncertain with expected expiration of 2015 law

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency doesn’t have any plans in place for continuing a threat information-sharing program should a…

Ali El Kaafarani
30
Sep
2025

Anthropic touts safety, security improvements in Claude Sonnet 4.5

Anthropic’s new coding-focused  large language model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, is being touted as one of the most advanced models on…

Tim Starks
30
Sep
2025

Two-thirds of CISA personnel could be sent home under shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security estimated over the weekend that it would send home about two-thirds of employees at the…

Authorities spanning 14 countries in Africa seized devices allegedly used for romance scams and extortion. (Interpol)
29
Sep
2025

Interpol operation disrupts romance scam and sextortion networks in Africa

Authorities arrested 260 cybercrime suspects during a two-week operation spanning 14 African countries, Interpol announced Friday. The globally coordinated summertime…

Ali El Kaafarani
26
Sep
2025

UN seeks to build consensus on ‘safe, secure and trustworthy’ AI

The United Nations is making a push to more directly influence global policy on artificial intelligence, including the promotion of…

Matt Kapko
26
Sep
2025

Worries mount over max-severity Fortra GoAnywhere defect

Threat intelligence professionals have a sense of foreboding about a maximum-severity vulnerability Forta disclosed last week in its file-transfer service…

Cisco network access security platform vulnerabilities under active exploitation
26
Sep
2025

CISA says it observed nearly year-old activity tied to Cisco zero-day attacks

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency acknowledged it’s yet to get a complete handle on the scope and impact of…

DHS, Department of Homeland Security, cybersecurity, Cyber Storm
25
Sep
2025

CISA alerts federal agencies of widespread attacks using Cisco zero-days

Federal cyber authorities sounded a rare alarm Thursday, issuing an emergency directive about an ongoing and widespread attack spree involving…

Dem report concludes Department of Government Efficiency violates cybersecurity, privacy rules
25
Sep
2025

Dem report concludes Department of Government Efficiency violates cybersecurity, privacy rules

Department of Government Efficiency practices at three federal agencies “violate statutory requirements, creating unprecedented privacy and cybersecurity risks,” according to…

Cisco uncovers new SNMP vulnerability used in attacks on IOS devices
25
Sep
2025

Cisco uncovers new SNMP vulnerability used in attacks on IOS devices

Cisco Systems has issued security updates to address a critical vulnerability in its widely deployed IOS and IOS XE network…

Contain or be contained: The security imperative of controlling autonomous AI
25
Sep
2025

Contain or be contained: The security imperative of controlling autonomous AI

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept; it is being integrated into critical infrastructure, enterprise operations and security missions…