Category: cyberscoop

Robocalling task force bill advances in Senate
21
Oct
2025

Robocalling task force bill advances in Senate

The federal government is shut down and the House remains out of session, but work in the Senate continues, as…

Greg Otto
21
Oct
2025

Veeam acquires Securiti AI for $1.7 billion

Veeam announced Tuesday it agreed to acquire Securiti AI for $1.725 billion, marking the data protection company’s largest acquisition and…

Dataminr to acquire cybersecurity firm ThreatConnect for $290 million
21
Oct
2025

Dataminr to acquire cybersecurity firm ThreatConnect for $290 million

Dataminr, a New York-based company specializing in real-time threat intelligence, announced plans Tuesday to acquire ThreatConnect, a cybersecurity threat intelligence…

Greg Otto
20
Oct
2025

Apple and Google challenged by parents’ rights coalition on youth privacy protections

A nonprofit organization has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming Google’s business practices around children and…

China’s spy agency accuses NSA of yearslong attack on the country’s timekeeping service
20
Oct
2025

China’s spy agency accuses NSA of yearslong attack on the country’s timekeeping service

China’s Ministry of State Security accused the National Security Agency of conducting a yearslong attack on China’s national timekeeping infrastructure…

Judge forbids NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users
20
Oct
2025

Judge forbids NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users

WhatsApp has won a ruling against spyware maker NSO Group forbidding it from targeting its users, while NSO Group in…

Cynthia Brumfield
20
Oct
2025

Behind the struggle for control of the CVE program

On April 16, less than a month after nonprofit R&D organization MITRE celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Common Vulnerability…

Matt Kapko
17
Oct
2025

Europol dismantles cybercrime network linked to $5.8M in financial losses

European law enforcement dismantled and seized an expansive cybercrime operation used to facilitate phishing attacks via mobile networks for fraud,…

Tim Starks
17
Oct
2025

John Bolton indictment says suspected Iranian hackers accessed his emails, issued threats

Suspected Iranian hackers infiltrated former national security adviser John Bolton’s email account and threatened to release sensitive materials, his indictment…

North Korean operatives spotted using evasive techniques to steal data and cryptocurrency
17
Oct
2025

North Korean operatives spotted using evasive techniques to steal data and cryptocurrency

North Korean operatives that dupe job seekers into installing malicious code on their devices have been spotted using new malware…

Why the web-hosting industry needs a trust seal
16
Oct
2025

Why the web-hosting industry needs a trust seal

Every day, billions of people place their trust in websites they know little about. Behind each one is a hosting…

PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison
16
Oct
2025

PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison

A Massachusetts man who previously pleaded guilty to a cyberattack on PowerSchool, exposing data on tens of millions of students…