Category: cyberscoop

CISA pushes final cyber incident reporting rule to May 2026
08
Sep
2025

CISA pushes final cyber incident reporting rule to May 2026

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency is delaying finalization of a rule until May of next year that will require critical…

Derek B. Johnson
08
Sep
2025

Supreme Court blocks FTC commissioner Slaughter’s reinstatement

Rebecca Slaughter’s return-to-work orders have been put on hold for the second time this year, after the U.S. Supreme Court…

Derek B. Johnson
05
Sep
2025

NYU team behind AI-powered malware dubbed ‘PromptLock’ 

Researchers at New York University have taken credit for creating a piece of malware found by third-party researchers that uses…

Sitecore zero-day vulnerability springs up from exposed machine key
04
Sep
2025

Sitecore zero-day vulnerability springs up from exposed machine key

An attacker exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Sitecore stemming from a misconfiguration of public ASP.NET machine keys that customers implemented…

AI can help track an ever-growing body of vulnerabilities, CISA official says
04
Sep
2025

AI can help track an ever-growing body of vulnerabilities, CISA official says

Artificial intelligence could be a key tool for helping organizations keep track of an ever-expanding catalog of identified software flaws,…

Egyptian police confiscated three laptops, four smartphones and Visa cards during an coordinated law enforcement action to shut down Streameast (Egyptian Police via ACE)
04
Sep
2025

Streameast, world’s largest pirated live sports network, shut down by Egyptian authorities

Streameast, the most popular and largest illicit live sports streaming network, was shut down following a coordinated law enforcement action…

Cato Networks acquires AI security startup Aim Security
03
Sep
2025

Cato Networks acquires AI security startup Aim Security

Israeli cybersecurity company Cato Networks has acquired AI security startup Aim Security in its first ever acquisition, reflecting the broader…

CISA guide seeks a unified approach to software ‘ingredients lists’
03
Sep
2025

CISA guide seeks a unified approach to software ‘ingredients lists’

Compiling an “ingredients list” for software can help organizations reduce cyber risks, avoid fines and save time, among other benefits,…

House panel approves cyber information sharing, grant legislation as expiration deadlines loom
03
Sep
2025

House panel approves cyber information sharing, grant legislation as expiration deadlines loom

A House panel advanced legislation Wednesday that would reauthorize a major cyber threat information sharing law and a big-dollar state…

Matt Kapko
03
Sep
2025

Google patches two Android zero-days, 120 defects total in September security update

Google warned that two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Android devices have been patched in its September security update, which…

FTC announces settlement with toy robot makers that tracked location of children
03
Sep
2025

FTC announces settlement with toy robot makers that tracked location of children

The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement Tuesday with a Chinese robot toy manufacturer, following an investigation that charged the…

Derek B. Johnson
03
Sep
2025

Court rules ‘fired’ FTC commissioners be reinstated — again

For the second time, a court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s attempted firing of Federal Trade Commission members Rebecca…