Category: cyberscoop

Greg Otto
23
Oct
2025

Ex-L3Harris executive accused of selling trade secrets to Russia

Federal prosecutors have accused a former executive at L3Harris Technologies’ cyber division of stealing trade secrets and selling them to…

New York updates third-party risk guidance, adds AI provisions
23
Oct
2025

New York updates third-party risk guidance, adds AI provisions

The New York Department of Financial Services published updates this week to longstanding industry guidance that urges financial services companies…

F5 vulnerability highlights weak points in DHS’s CDM program
23
Oct
2025

F5 vulnerability highlights weak points in DHS’s CDM program

Last week, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency officials spoke candidly about the challenges they faced tracking the use of F5…

Matt Kapko
23
Oct
2025

Researchers track surge in high-level Smishing Triad activity

Researchers have uncovered a long-running phishing campaign that uses text messages to trick victims, and it’s both bigger and more…

23
Oct
2025

Researchers track surge in high-level Smishing Triad activity

Researchers have uncovered a long-running phishing campaign that uses text messages to trick victims, and it’s both bigger and more…

Greg Otto
22
Oct
2025

Open letter calls for prohibition on superintelligent AI, highlighting growing mainstream concern

An open letter released Wednesday has called for a ban on the development of artificial intelligence systems considered to be…

US ‘slipping’ on cybersecurity, annual Cyberspace Solarium Commission report concludes
22
Oct
2025

US ‘slipping’ on cybersecurity, annual Cyberspace Solarium Commission report concludes

The Trump administration should reverse cyber personnel and budget cuts, strengthen the Office of the National Cyber Director and expand…

Matt Kapko
22
Oct
2025

Researchers uncover remote code execution flaw in abandoned Rust code library

Security specialists at Edera discovered and disclosed a high-severity vulnerability in an early and since-abandoned code for an open-source async…

Robocalling task force bill advances in Senate
21
Oct
2025

Robocalling task force bill advances in Senate

The federal government is shut down and the House remains out of session, but work in the Senate continues, as…

Greg Otto
21
Oct
2025

Veeam acquires Securiti AI for $1.7 billion

Veeam announced Tuesday it agreed to acquire Securiti AI for $1.725 billion, marking the data protection company’s largest acquisition and…

Dataminr to acquire cybersecurity firm ThreatConnect for $290 million
21
Oct
2025

Dataminr to acquire cybersecurity firm ThreatConnect for $290 million

Dataminr, a New York-based company specializing in real-time threat intelligence, announced plans Tuesday to acquire ThreatConnect, a cybersecurity threat intelligence…

Greg Otto
20
Oct
2025

Apple and Google challenged by parents’ rights coalition on youth privacy protections

A nonprofit organization has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming Google’s business practices around children and…