Category: cyberscoop

Treasury sanctions North Korea IT worker scheme facilitators and front organizations
28
Aug
2025

Treasury sanctions North Korea IT worker scheme facilitators and front organizations

The Treasury Department on Wednesday expanded efforts to disrupt the pervasive North Korean technical worker scheme by imposing sanctions on…

Tim Starks
27
Aug
2025

Salt Typhoon hacking campaign goes beyond previously disclosed targets, world cyber agencies say

A notorious Chinese hacking campaign against telecommunications companies has now reached into a variety of additional sectors across the globe,…

Tim Starks
27
Aug
2025

Google previews cyber ‘disruption unit’ as U.S. government, industry weigh going heavier on offense

Google says it is starting a cyber “disruption unit,” a development that arrives in a potentially shifting U.S. landscape toward…

Microsoft
27
Aug
2025

Microsoft details Storm-0501’s focus on ransomware in the cloud

A financially motivated threat group operating since 2021 has refined its technical tradecraft, honing its focus on cloud-based systems that…

Social Security cards, Social Security Administration (SSA)
27
Aug
2025

DOGE employees uploaded Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud, agency whistleblower says

Department of Government Efficiency members stored a copy of a massive Social Security Administration database in a “vulnerable” custom cloud…

Citrix offices, California
27
Aug
2025

Citrix NetScaler customers hit by third actively exploited zero-day vulnerability since June

Citrix and cybersecurity researchers warn a critical, zero-day vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Citrix NetScaler products is under active exploitation….

Researchers flag code that uses AI systems to carry out ransomware attacks
27
Aug
2025

Researchers flag code that uses AI systems to carry out ransomware attacks

Researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET claim to have identified the first piece of AI-powered ransomware in the wild. The malware,…

Matt Kapko
26
Aug
2025

Hundreds of Salesforce customers impacted by attack spree linked to third-party AI agent

Google Threat Intelligence Group warned about a “widespread data theft campaign” that compromised hundreds of Salesforce customers over a 10-day…

Tim Starks
26
Aug
2025

Court ruling in Epic-Google fight could have ‘catastrophic’ cyber consequences, former gov’t officials say

A court injunction in the long fight between Fortnite publisher Epic Games and Google could have “catastrophic results for the…

FCC removes 1,200 voice providers from telephone networks in major robocall crackdown
25
Aug
2025

FCC removes 1,200 voice providers from telephone networks in major robocall crackdown

The Federal Communications Commission announced Monday it has blocked more than 1,200 voice service providers from having access to the…

BlackSuit, Royal ransomware group hit over 450 US victims before last month’s takedown
25
Aug
2025

Data I/O reports business disruptions in wake of ransomware attack

Data I/O, an electronics manufacturer and software vendor for major automotive suppliers and tech firms, said its operations were disrupted…

Blistering Wyden letter seeks review of federal court cybersecurity, citing ‘incompetence,’ ‘negligence’
25
Aug
2025

Blistering Wyden letter seeks review of federal court cybersecurity, citing ‘incompetence,’ ‘negligence’

Sen. Ron Wyden on Monday urged Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to seek an independent review of federal court…