Category: cyberscoop

CISA, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, RSA 2019, DHS patching
03
Sep
2025

CISA taps Nicholas Andersen for executive assistant director of cybersecurity

Nicholas Andersen is taking over a top leadership role at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA announced Tuesday. He…

Salesloft Drift compromised en masse, impacting all third-party integrations
02
Sep
2025

Salesloft Drift attacks hit Cloudflare, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler

Multiple security and technology companies have been swept up in a far-reaching attack spree originating at Salesloft Drift, including Cloudflare,…

Varonis buys AI email security firm SlashNext
02
Sep
2025

Varonis buys AI email security firm SlashNext

Varonis has acquired SlashNext, an AI-driven email security company, for up to $150 million in a move that reflects the…

Derek B. Johnson
29
Aug
2025

Workado settles with FTC over allegations it inflated its AI detectors’ capabilities 

The Federal Trade Commission thinks AI detectors might be BS. The agency announced a consent order this week with Workado,…

Top FBI official says Chinese reliance on domestic firms for hacking is a weakness
29
Aug
2025

Top FBI official says Chinese reliance on domestic firms for hacking is a weakness

China’s reliance on domestic technology companies to carry out large-scale hacking operations—as highlighted by the U.S. government and its allies…

Salesloft Drift compromised en masse, impacting all third-party integrations
28
Aug
2025

Salesloft Drift compromised en masse, impacting all third-party integrations

Salesloft Drift customers are compromised in a much more expansive downstream attack spree than previously thought, potentially ensnaring any user…

Derek B. Johnson
28
Aug
2025

Trump administration setting the stage for elections power grab, voting rights group warns

Election officials should brace for direct attacks from the Trump administration and its state GOP allies on the integrity of…

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…