Category: cyberscoop

Matt Kapko
10
May
2025

SonicWall customers confront resurgence of actively exploited vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities are proliferating in SonicWall devices and software this year, putting the vendor’s customers at risk of intrusion via secure…

Senators move to quash the use of Chinese AI system by federal contractors 
09
May
2025

Senators move to quash the use of Chinese AI system by federal contractors 

A bipartisan Senate bill would formally ban the use of DeepSeek by federal contractors, part of a larger effort to…

Sen. Murphy: Trump administration has ‘illegally gutted funding for cybersecurity’
08
May
2025

Sen. Murphy: Trump administration has ‘illegally gutted funding for cybersecurity’

Another top appropriations Democrat criticized budget cuts affecting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, saying the Trump administration has “illegally…

PowerSchool customers hit by downstream extortion threats
08
May
2025

PowerSchool customers hit by downstream extortion threats

Five months after education software vendor PowerSchool paid an unnamed threat actor a ransom in exchange for the deletion of…

CrowdStrike cuts 5% of workforce after revenue jumped 29% last year
07
May
2025

CrowdStrike cuts 5% of workforce after revenue jumped 29% last year

CrowdStrike is cutting 5% of its workforce, about 500 positions, telling its staff that it’s shifting resources and realigning its operating…

Six DDoS sites seized in multi-national law enforcement operation
07
May
2025

Six DDoS sites seized in multi-national law enforcement operation

Authorities in Poland have arrested four people accused of administrating and selling access to distributed denial of service (DDoS) services,…

NSO Group owes $168M in damages to WhatsApp over spyware infections, jury says
07
May
2025

NSO Group owes $168M in damages to WhatsApp over spyware infections, jury says

A federal jury decided Tuesday that NSO Group must pay WhatsApp approximately $168 million  in damages after a judge ruled…

Derek B. Johnson
06
May
2025

Trump calls on Colorado to release election-denying clerk from jail

President Donald Trump is calling on Colorado state officials to release Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk serving a…

House appropriators have reservations — or worse — about proposed CISA cuts
06
May
2025

House appropriators have reservations — or worse — about proposed CISA cuts

House appropriators on Tuesday challenged proposed budget cuts for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, with Democrats saying the Trump…

After Signal controversy, do private conversations online exist anymore?
06
May
2025

After Signal controversy, do private conversations online exist anymore?

Every day, we place our trust in technology. Whether in the boardroom or the living room, technology has become the…

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06
May
2025

Google addresses 1 actively exploited vulnerability in May’s Android security update

Google addressed 47 vulnerabilities affecting Android devices in its May security update, including an actively exploited software defect that was…

Federal prosecutors indict alleged head of Black Kingdom ransomware
05
May
2025

Federal prosecutors indict alleged head of Black Kingdom ransomware

Federal prosecutors indicted a man believed to be living in Yemen with deploying ransomware against multiple U.S. and global organizations….