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 a bipartisan bill designed to…
Category: Cyberscoop
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 its entry into the artificial…
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 provider, for $290 million. The…
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 teenagers violates U.S. privacy laws…
China’s spy agency accuses NSA of yearslong attack on the country’s timekeeping service
China’s Ministry of State Security accused the National Security Agency of conducting a yearslong attack on China’s national timekeeping infrastructure to steal sensitive data and…
Judge forbids NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users
WhatsApp has won a ruling against spyware maker NSO Group forbidding it from targeting its users, while NSO Group in the same ruling got a…
Behind the struggle for control of the CVE program
On April 16, less than a month after nonprofit R&D organization MITRE celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) effort, the…
Europol dismantles cybercrime network linked to $5.8M in financial losses
European law enforcement dismantled and seized an expansive cybercrime operation used to facilitate phishing attacks via mobile networks for fraud, including account intrusions, credential and…
John Bolton indictment says suspected Iranian hackers accessed his emails, issued threats
Suspected Iranian hackers infiltrated former national security adviser John Bolton’s email account and threatened to release sensitive materials, his indictment alleges. The indictment on charges…
North Korean operatives spotted using evasive techniques to steal data and cryptocurrency
North Korean operatives that dupe job seekers into installing malicious code on their devices have been spotted using new malware strains and techniques, resulting in…
Why the web-hosting industry needs a trust seal
Every day, billions of people place their trust in websites they know little about. Behind each one is a hosting provider, but not all of…
PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison
A Massachusetts man who previously pleaded guilty to a cyberattack on PowerSchool, exposing data on tens of millions of students and teachers, was sentenced to…