Category: cyberscoop

UK moves to ban public sector organizations from making ransom payments
22
Jul
2025

UK moves to ban public sector organizations from making ransom payments

The British government announced plans to prohibit public sector organizations and critical infrastructure operators from paying ransoms to cybercriminals, marking…

Derek B. Johnson
22
Jul
2025

After website hack, Arizona election officials unload on Trump’s CISA

Arizona election officials say a hack targeting a statewide online portal for political candidates resulted in the defacement and replacement…

Microsoft
21
Jul
2025

Mass attack spree hits Microsoft SharePoint zero-day defect

Attackers are actively exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting on-premises Microsoft SharePoint servers, prompting industry heavyweights to sound the alarm…

Why it's time for the US to go on offense in cyberspace
21
Jul
2025

Why it’s time for the US to go on offense in cyberspace

The U.S. is stepping into a new cyber era, and it comes not a moment too soon. With the Trump…

UK sanctions Russian hackers, spies as US weighs its own punishments for Russia
18
Jul
2025

UK sanctions Russian hackers, spies as US weighs its own punishments for Russia

As the U.S. government contemplates additional sanctions on Moscow, the United Kingdom went ahead and levied its own Friday against…

Matt Kapko
18
Jul
2025

United Natural Foods loses up to $400M in sales after cyberattack

United Natural Foods said the cyberattack that prompted the food distributor and wholesaler to completely shut down its network last…

Feds seize 145 domains associated with BidenCash cybercrime platform
17
Jul
2025

Ryuk ransomware operator extradited to US, faces five years in federal prison

An Armenian national is in federal custody and faces charges stemming from their alleged involvement in a spree of attacks…

House hearing will use Stuxnet to search for novel ways to confront OT cyberthreats
16
Jul
2025

House hearing will use Stuxnet to search for novel ways to confront OT cyberthreats

Congress is set to revisit Stuxnet — the malware that wreaked havoc on Iran’s nuclear program 15 years ago  —…

Matt Kapko
16
Jul
2025

SonicWall customers hit by fresh, ongoing attacks targeting fully patched SMA 100 devices

A financially motivated threat group is attacking organizations using fully patched, end-of-life SonicWall Secure Mobile Access 100 series appliances, Google…

Derek B. Johnson
16
Jul
2025

Senate Democrats seek answers on Trump overhaul of immigrant database to find noncitizen voters

As the Department of Homeland Security seeks to transform a federal database for immigrant benefits into a supercharged database to…

Pro-Russian DDoS group NoName057(16) disrupted by international law enforcement operation
16
Jul
2025

Pro-Russian DDoS group NoName057(16) disrupted by international law enforcement operation

An international law enforcement operation conducted this week targeted the members of and infrastructure used by NoName057(16), a pro-Russian hacktivist…

Former Army soldier pleads guilty to widespread attack spree linked to AT&T, Snowflake and others
16
Jul
2025

Former Army soldier pleads guilty to widespread attack spree linked to AT&T, Snowflake and others

A 21-year-old former Army soldier pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a series of attacks and extortion attempts last…