Category: cyberscoop

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01
Aug
2025

Cursor’s AI coding agent morphed ‘into local shell’ with one-line prompt attack

Threat researchers at AimLabs on Friday disclosed a data-poisoning attack affecting the AI-powered code editing software Cursor that would have…

Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds
01
Aug
2025

Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds

Social engineering — an expanding variety of methods that attackers use to trick professionals to gain access to their organizations’…

China accuses US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in cyberattack
01
Aug
2025

China accuses US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in cyberattack

U.S. intelligence agencies launched cyberattacks on two Chinese military enterprises dating back to 2022, in one case exploiting a Microsoft…

Feds still trying to crack Volt Typhoon hackers’ intentions, goals
31
Jul
2025

Feds still trying to crack Volt Typhoon hackers’ intentions, goals

Federal analysts are still sizing up what the Chinese hackers known as Volt Typhoon, who penetrated U.S. critical infrastructure to…

Russia-affiliated Secret Blizzard conducting ongoing espionage against embassies in Moscow
31
Jul
2025

Russia-affiliated Secret Blizzard conducting ongoing espionage against embassies in Moscow

A Russian nation-state threat group has been spying on foreign diplomats, managing continuous access to their  communications and data in…

Senate legislation would direct federal agencies to fortify against quantum computing cyber threats
31
Jul
2025

Senate legislation would direct federal agencies to fortify against quantum computing cyber threats

A bipartisan pair of senators are introducing legislation Thursday that would direct a White House office to develop a strategy…

Matt Kapko
31
Jul
2025

Project Zero disclosure policy change puts vendors on early notice

Google this week changed how it publicly discloses vulnerabilities in a bid to give defenders early details about new software…

Derek B. Johnson
31
Jul
2025

Senate Democrats call Trump admin’s focus on state voter rolls a pretext for disenfranchisement

As the Trump administration has sought to muscle through changes to election laws and rules across the country, Democrats in…

Army Secretary forces West Point to rescind appointment given to Easterly
30
Jul
2025

Army Secretary forces West Point to rescind appointment given to Easterly

The United States Military Academy abruptly ended the appointment of Jen Easterly to a high-profile academic position in West Point’s…

Greg Otto
30
Jul
2025

Palo Alto Networks to acquire CyberArk for $25 billion

Palo Alto Networks has agreed to acquire identity security firm CyberArk for approximately $25 billion, marking the cybersecurity giant’s largest…

CISA is facing a tight CIRCIA deadline. Here’s how Sean Plankey can attempt to meet it
30
Jul
2025

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

During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing earlier this month in which lawmakers considered if Sean Plankey…

IBM offices in New York City
30
Jul
2025

Research shows data breach costs have reached an all-time high

The average cost of a data breach for U.S. companies jumped 9% to an all-time high of $10.22 million in…