cPanel’s authentication bypass bug is being exploited in the wild, CISA warns
A severe authentication bypass vulnerability in cPanel, one of the most widely deployed web hosting control panel platforms on the internet, is being actively exploited…
Category: Cyberscoop
Congress kicks the can down the road on surveillance law (again)
Congress extended a controversial surveillance law for 45 days on Thursday, hours before its latest expiration following an earlier extension. The Senate passed — then…
Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison for committing ransomware attacks
Two former cybersecurity professionals who moonlighted as cybercriminals, committing a series of ransomware attacks in 2023, were each sentenced to four years in prison, the…
FCC tightens KYC rules for telecoms, closes loophole for banned foreign services
The Federal Communications Commission approved new regulations Wednesday designed to crack down on robocalling, protect telecommunications networks from cyberattacks and further vet equipment-testing labs based…
Two new extortion crews are speedrunning the Scattered Spider playbook
A pair of persistent and problematic threat groups affiliated with The Com are actively targeting organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors for rapid data theft…
Everyone’s building AI agents. Almost nobody’s ready for what they do to identity.
Anthropic recently announced that it would not release Mythos, its most powerful AI model, to the public. The model discovered thousands of previously unknown software…
Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers
The growth of data centers — and adversaries’ targeting of them — left lawmakers at a hearing Wednesday contemplating whether the federal government has the…
Federal CIO cautious on Anthropic’s Mythos despite planned rollout
Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia said Tuesday the government is approaching Anthropic’s Mythos model with measured expectations, acknowledging both its potential to strengthen federal…
Spy agency officials say job loss anxiety, moving fast ‘safely’ among top challenges in AI workforce overhaul
Like many organizations, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is moving to integrate AI tools into their business operations. Jay Harless, director of human development at…
Rep. Delia Ramirez takes over as top House cybersecurity Dem
Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez is taking over as the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security panel’s cybersecurity subcommittee, replacing former Rep. Eric Swalwell after…
U.S. companies hit with record fines for privacy in 2025
U.S. states issued $3.45 billion in privacy-related fines to companies in 2025, a total larger than the last five years combined, according to research and…
Chinese national extradited to US for pandemic-era Silk Typhoon attacks
A Chinese national allegedly involved in a massive, pandemic-era attack spree that compromised nearly 13,000 U.S. organizations was extradited from Italy to the United States…