Category: cyberscoop

Greg Otto
26
Jun
2025

Many data brokers aren’t registering across state lines, privacy groups say

Hundreds of companies registered as data brokers in one U.S. state are not recognized as such in other states with…

Citrix offices, California
25
Jun
2025

Citrix users hit by actively exploited zero-day vulnerability

Citrix on Wednesday disclosed an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability affecting multiple versions of NetScaler products, an alarming development from a…

Matt Kapko
25
Jun
2025

Stealth China-linked ORB network gaining footholds in US, East Asia

A recently discovered operational relay box (ORB) network controlled by a China-linked threat group already exceeds 1,000 devices and is…

Rubrik acquires AI startup Predibase to boost agentic AI offerings 
25
Jun
2025

Rubrik acquires AI startup Predibase to boost agentic AI offerings 

Data management company Rubrik announced plans Wednesday to acquire artificial intelligence startup Predibase, a move aimed at accelerating the adoption…

Meta confused over WhatsApp ban issued to House staffers
25
Jun
2025

Meta confused over WhatsApp ban issued to House staffers

A notice to House offices Monday from the chamber’s chief administrative officer said that staffers are forbidden from having WhatsApp…

Matt Kapko
24
Jun
2025

The ‘16 billion password breach’ story is a farce

Supposed experts and mainstream media have spent the past few days hyperventilating over reports of a colossal data breach that…

Russian court releases several REvil ransomware gang members
24
Jun
2025

Russian court releases several REvil ransomware gang members

Four members of the notorious cybercriminal group REvil were found guilty of financial fraud and computer crimes targeting primarily American…

Financial deepfake scams targeted in bipartisan Senate bill
20
Jun
2025

Financial deepfake scams targeted in bipartisan Senate bill

A congressional crackdown on deepfakes continued this week with the introduction of a bipartisan Senate bill targeting financial scams that…

Matt Kapko
20
Jun
2025

Aflac duped by social-engineering attack, marking another hit on insurance industry

Aflac disclosed Friday that it experienced a cyberattack last week that potentially impacted the supplemental insurance company’s data.  The Georgia-based…

Iranian flag waving with cityscape on background in Tehran, Iran. (Sir Francis Canker Photography/Getty Images)
18
Jun
2025

Iran’s financial sector takes another hit as largest crypto exchange is targeted

Cyberattacks targeting Iran’s financial sector widened Wednesday, as a pro-Israel hacktivist group stole more than $90 million from Nobitex, the…

Unusually patient suspected Russian hackers pose as State Department in ‘sophisticated’ attacks on researchers
18
Jun
2025

Unusually patient suspected Russian hackers pose as State Department in ‘sophisticated’ attacks on researchers

The hackers targeting prominent researcher and Russian military expert Keir Giles were different this time.  The attackers, suspected to be…

Researchers say AI hacking tools sold online were powered by Grok, Mixtral
18
Jun
2025

Researchers say AI hacking tools sold online were powered by Grok, Mixtral

Multiple variants of jailbroken and uncensored AI tools being sold on hacker forums were likely generated using popular commercial large…