Category: cyberscoop

CyberScoop 50 reveals 2025 winners; honors Amit Yoran with lifetime award 
11
Aug
2025

CyberScoop 50 reveals 2025 winners; honors Amit Yoran with lifetime award 

The cybersecurity world stands immeasurably stronger because of the vision, expertise, and leadership of Amit Yoran. Throughout his distinguished career,…

Announcing the winners of the 2025 CyberScoop 50 awards
11
Aug
2025

Announcing the winners of the 2025 CyberScoop 50 awards

Scoop News Group is thrilled to honor the standout winners of the 2025 CyberScoop 50 Awards, recognizing the leaders who…

DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge reveals winning models for automated vulnerability discovery and patching
09
Aug
2025

DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge reveals winning models for automated vulnerability discovery and patching

The Pentagon’s two-year public competition to spur the development of cyber-reasoning systems that use large language models to autonomously find…

Microsoft’s software licensing playbook is a national security risk
08
Aug
2025

Microsoft: An organization without a response plan will be hit harder by a security incident

LAS VEGAS — Businesses that don’t treat security with the gravity it requires — exhibited by lackluster or nonexistent preparation,…

Research reveals possible privacy gaps in Apple Intelligence’s data handling
08
Aug
2025

Research reveals possible privacy gaps in Apple Intelligence’s data handling

LAS VEGAS — One of the big worries during the generative AI boom is where exactly data is traveling when…

Federal courts to ramp up filing system security after ‘recent escalated cyberattacks’
08
Aug
2025

Federal courts to ramp up filing system security after ‘recent escalated cyberattacks’

The U.S. judiciary announced plans to increase security for sensitive information on its case management system following what it described…

BlackSuit, Royal ransomware group hit over 450 US victims before last month’s takedown
07
Aug
2025

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

LAS VEGAS — The Russian cybercrime group behind BlackSuit and Royal ransomware was more prolific and successful at extorting payments…

CISA, Microsoft warn organizations of high-severity Microsoft Exchange vulnerability
07
Aug
2025

CISA, Microsoft warn organizations of high-severity Microsoft Exchange vulnerability

LAS VEGAS — Federal cyber authorities issued an alert Wednesday evening about a high-severity vulnerability affecting on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers…

Justice Department headquarters at night
07
Aug
2025

Nigerian accused of hacking tax preparation businesses extradited to US

French authorities extradited a 39-year-old Nigerian national to the United States Monday for allegedly hacking into tax preparation businesses and…

New National Cyber Director Cairncross faces challenges on policy, bureaucracy, threats
06
Aug
2025

New National Cyber Director Cairncross faces challenges on policy, bureaucracy, threats

Sean Cairncross took his post this week as national cyber director at what many agree is a “pivotal” time for…

Matt Kapko
06
Aug
2025

SonicWall firewalls hit by active mass exploitation of suspected zero-day

SonicWall warned customers to disable encryption services on Gen 7 firewalls in the wake of an active attack spree targeting…

Image of US Capitol evoking data flow
06
Aug
2025

Why identity is the definitive cyber defense for federal agencies

Identity has become the new cybersecurity perimeter. As federal agencies rapidly adopt cloud services, AI-powered tools and hybrid work models,…