Category: cyberscoop

CISA, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, RSA 2019
15
Oct
2025

CISA warns of imminent risk posed by thousands of F5 products in federal agencies

Federal cyber authorities issued an emergency directive Wednesday requiring federal agencies to identify and apply security updates to F5 devices…

F5 to acquire AI security firm CalypsoAI for $180 million
15
Oct
2025

F5 disclosures breach tied to nation-state threat actor

F5, a company that specializes in application security and delivery technology, disclosed Wednesday that it had been the target of…

Greg Otto
15
Oct
2025

Swalwell seeks answers from CISA on workforce cuts

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., sent a letter Tuesday to acting CISA Director Madhu Gottumukkala raising concerns about staffing levels and…

Researchers find a startlingly cheap way to steal your secrets from space 
14
Oct
2025

Researchers find a startlingly cheap way to steal your secrets from space 

How much private and sensitive data can you get by pointing $600 worth of satellite equipment at the sky? Quite…

Microsoft
14
Oct
2025

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday fixes 175 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-days

Microsoft addressed 175 vulnerabilities affecting its core products and underlying systems, including two actively exploited zero-days, the company said in…

Justice Department headquarters at night
14
Oct
2025

Officials crack down on Southeast Asia cybercrime networks, seize $15B

Federal authorities seized 127,271 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $15 billion, from Chen Zhi, the alleged leader of a sprawling cybercrime…

Cybereason, RSA 2019
14
Oct
2025

LevelBlue to acquire Cybereason in latest cybersecurity industry consolidation

LevelBlue announced Tuesday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cybereason, a Boston-based cybersecurity firm specializing in extended detection…

Flax Typhoon can turn your own software against you
14
Oct
2025

Flax Typhoon can turn your own software against you

By Derek B. Johnson For more than a year, hackers from a Chinese state-backed espionage group maintained backdoor access to…

Derek B. Johnson
14
Oct
2025

Red, Blue, and Now AI: Rethinking Cybersecurity Training for the 2026 Threat Landscape

Cybersecurity today is defined by complexity. Threats evolve in real time, driven by AI-generated malware, autonomous reconnaissance, and adversaries capable…

Matt Kapko
14
Oct
2025

Fortra cops to exploitation of GoAnywhere file-transfer service defect

Fortra, in its most forceful admission yet, confirmed a maximum-severity defect it disclosed in GoAnywhere MFT has been actively exploited…

 Russian spyware ClayRat is spreading, evolving quickly, according to Zimperium
10
Oct
2025

 Russian spyware ClayRat is spreading, evolving quickly, according to Zimperium

A fast-spreading Android spyware is mushrooming across Russia, camouflaging itself as popular apps like TikTok or YouTube, researchers at Zimperium…

Matt Kapko
09
Oct
2025

SonicWall admits attacker accessed all customer firewall configurations stored on cloud portal

A brute-force attack exposed firewall configuration files of every SonicWall customer who used the company’s cloud backup service, the besieged…