Category: cyberscoop

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…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
30
Jul
2025

Minnesota governor activates National Guard amid St. Paul cyberattack

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday activated the state national guard to help respond to a cyberattack on the state’s…

CISA says it will release telecom security report sought by Sen. Wyden to lift hold on Plankey nomination
29
Jul
2025

CISA says it will release telecom security report sought by Sen. Wyden to lift hold on Plankey nomination

Sean Plankey’s path to leading the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency might have one obstacle set to be cleared for…

Derek B. Johnson
28
Jul
2025

Researchers flag flaw in Google’s AI coding assistant that allowed for ‘silent’ code exfiltration 

Researchers have disclosed a vulnerability in Gemini Command Line Interface (CLI), Google’s latest piece of “agentic” AI software for code…

Hundreds of registered data brokers ignore user requests around personal data
28
Jul
2025

Hundreds of registered data brokers ignore user requests around personal data

There are few laws at the state or federal level to constrain data brokerage, the process by which companies collect…