Category: cyberscoop

Saša Zdjelar
07
Jul
2025

The dual reality of AI-augmented development: innovation and risk

When JPMorgan Chase CISO Patrick Opet published an open letter to software suppliers in April, he wasn’t just raising concerns…

Questions mount as Ivanti tackles another round of zero-days
03
Jul
2025

China-linked attacker hit France’s critical infrastructure via trio of Ivanti zero-days last year

Multiple critical infrastructure sectors were hit last year during an attack spree in France via a trio of zero-day vulnerabilities…

Top FBI cyber official: Salt Typhoon ‘largely contained’ in telecom networks
02
Jul
2025

Top FBI cyber official: Salt Typhoon ‘largely contained’ in telecom networks

The Chinese hackers behind the massive telecommunications sector breach are “largely contained” and “dormant” in the networks, “locked into the…

Cloudflare rolls out ‘pay-per-crawl’ feature to constrain AI’s limitless hunger for data 
01
Jul
2025

Cloudflare rolls out ‘pay-per-crawl’ feature to constrain AI’s limitless hunger for data 

Cloudflare announced Tuesday it will allow customers to block or charge fees for web crawlers deployed to scrape their websites…

Greg Otto
01
Jul
2025

AT&T deploys new account lock feature to counter SIM swapping

AT&T widely launched its Wireless Account Lock feature Tuesday, aiming to strengthen customer protection against account takeovers and SIM-swapping attacks. …

US sanctions bulletproof hosting provider for supporting ransomware, infostealer operations
01
Jul
2025

US sanctions bulletproof hosting provider for supporting ransomware, infostealer operations

Federal authorities levied sanctions Tuesday on Aeza Group, a bulletproof hosting service provider based in Russia, for allegedly supporting a…

Scammers have a new tactic: impersonating DOGE
30
Jun
2025

Scammers have a new tactic: impersonating DOGE

Scammers are impersonating the Department of Government Efficiency in an effort to steal personal information and possibly take advantage of…

Arrest, seizures in latest U.S. operation against North Korean IT workers
30
Jun
2025

Arrest, seizures in latest U.S. operation against North Korean IT workers

U.S. authorities unsealed indictments, seized financial accounts and made an arrest in the latest attempt to crack down on North…

Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
28
Jun
2025

Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report

A hacker working on behalf of the Sinaloa drug cartel infiltrated cameras and phones to track an FBI official in…

Slavery, torture, human trafficking discovered at 53 Cambodian online scamming compounds
28
Jun
2025

Slavery, torture, human trafficking discovered at 53 Cambodian online scamming compounds

An Amnesty International investigation uncovered 53 scamming compounds in Cambodia where people, including children and human trafficking victims, were forced…

Greg Otto
28
Jun
2025

Scattered Spider strikes again? Aviation industry appears to be next target for criminal group

The aviation industry has seemingly become the latest target of Scattered Spider, a sophisticated cybercriminal group that has shifted its…

CrowdStrike cuts 5% of workforce after revenue jumped 29% last year
27
Jun
2025

Microsoft security updates address CrowdStrike crash, kill ‘Blue Screen of Death’

When a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike last year caused possibly the largest IT outage in history, Microsoft…