Las Vegas police arrest minor accused of high-profile 2023 casino attacks
A teenage boy suspected of participating in cyberattacks on multiple Las Vegas casinos in late 2023 was arrested last week. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police…
Category: Cyberscoop
Cyber threat information law hurtles toward expiration, with poor prospects for renewal
Pessimism is mounting about the chances that Congress will reauthorize a cyber threat information-sharing law before it’s set to expire at the end of this…
Why federal IT leaders must act now to deliver NIST’s post-quantum cryptography transition
In August 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology published its first set of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, the culmination of over seven years…
Researchers raise alarm over maximum-severity defect in GoAnywhere file-transfer service
Researchers warned that a maximum-severity vulnerability affecting GoAnywhere MFT bears striking similarities with a widely exploited defect in the same file-transfer service two years ago.…
Trump administration planning expansion of U.S. quantum strategy
The Trump administration is signaling to industry and allies that it is considering a broader set of actions related to quantum computing, both to improve…
DOD official: We need to drop the cybersecurity talent hiring window to 25 days
The Department of Defense is seeking to address persistent shortages in its cyber workforce by reducing the time to fill vacant cybersecurity jobs to 25…
Agencies increasingly dive into AI for cyber defense, acting federal CISO says
Federal agencies are increasingly incorporating artificial intelligence into the cyberdefenses of government networks, and there’s more still to come, acting Federal Chief Information Security Officer…
UK arrests two teens accused of heavy involvement in yearslong Scattered Spider attack spree
Two teenagers were arrested in the United Kingdom this week, accused of associating with the sprawling criminal collective known as The Com, and participating in…
Attack on SonicWall’s cloud portal exposes customers’ firewall configurations
SonicWall said it confirmed an attack on its MySonicWall.com platform that exposed customers’ firewall configuration files — the latest in a steady stream of security…
BreachForums founder resentenced to three years in prison
A man who pleaded guilty in 2023 for charges related to his work as founder and operator of the notorious BreachForums website was resentenced Tuesday…
Microsoft seizes hundreds of phishing sites tied to massive credential theft operation
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit coordinated the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that developed and sold phishing kits that…
Senators, FBI Director Patel clash over cyber division personnel, arrests
FBI cyber division cuts under President Donald Trump will reduce personnel there by half, a top Democratic senator warned Tuesday, while FBI Director Kash Patel…