Category: cyberscoop

Here’s what could happen if CISA 2015 expires next month
18
Aug
2025

Here’s what could happen if CISA 2015 expires next month

Expiration of a 2015 law at the end of September could dramatically reduce cyber threat information sharing within industry, as…

By gutting its cyber staff, State Department ignores congressional directives
18
Aug
2025

By gutting its cyber staff, State Department ignores congressional directives

The State Department has demonstrated it does not understand that cyber power is critical to geopolitical power. In the course…

T-Mobile
15
Aug
2025

Court rebuffs request by telecoms to review $92 million privacy fine  

A federal district court declined to step in and review a combined $92 million fine imposed by the Federal Communications…

Matt Kapko
15
Aug
2025

Cisco discloses maximum-severity defect in firewall software

Cisco disclosed a maximum-severity vulnerability affecting its Secure Firewall Management Center Software that could allow unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary…

Derek B. Johnson
15
Aug
2025

Court upholds FCC data breach reporting rules on telecom sector

A federal court has upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to impose stricter data breach notification regulations on the telecom…

Treasury slaps sanctions on people, companies tied to North Korean IT worker schemes
15
Aug
2025

US widens sanctions on Russian crypto exchange Garantex, its successor and affiliate firms

U.S. officials imposed sanctions Thursday on Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, its successor Grinex, and related affiliates, while also targeting its…

Russia restricts WhatsApp, Telegram calls, alleging criminal, terrorist activity
14
Aug
2025

Russia restricts WhatsApp, Telegram calls, alleging criminal, terrorist activity

Russia is restricting calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messaging apps in what it says is a bid to counter…

Fortinet SIEM issue coincides with spike in brute-force traffic against company’s SSL VPNs
13
Aug
2025

Fortinet SIEM issue coincides with spike in brute-force traffic against company’s SSL VPNs

Fortinet warned customers in an advisory Tuesday of a critical vulnerability in FortiSIEM, its security information and event management software,…

The overlooked changes that two Trump executive orders could bring to cybersecurity
13
Aug
2025

The overlooked changes that two Trump executive orders could bring to cybersecurity

Two executive orders President Donald Trump has signed in recent months could prove to have a more dramatic impact on…

CISA is facing a tight CIRCIA deadline. Here’s how Sean Plankey can attempt to meet it
13
Aug
2025

Patch the vulnerability: Confirm Sean Plankey as CISA director

Every chief information security officer understands that unresolved vulnerabilities can eventually become entry points for threats. In the private sector,…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday follows SharePoint attacks, Exchange server warnings
12
Aug
2025

Microsoft Patch Tuesday follows SharePoint attacks, Exchange server warnings

Microsoft’s monthly batch of patches includes a vulnerability affecting on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers that the company and federal authorities warned…

Guess what else GPT-5 is bad at? Security
12
Aug
2025

Guess what else GPT-5 is bad at? Security

On Aug. 7, OpenAI released GPT-5, its newest frontier large language model, to the public. Shortly after, all hell broke…