Category: cyberscoop

While White House demands deterrence, Trump shrugs
12
Nov
2025

While White House demands deterrence, Trump shrugs

The Trump administration’s top cyber officials have emphasized the urgent need to take aggressive action to deter increasingly brazen foreign…

Google files lawsuit against Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ text scammers
12
Nov
2025

Google files lawsuit against Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ text scammers

Google on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against pesky text message scammers — like those who flood targets with notices that…

Binary code displayed on a screen reflected in glasses. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
12
Nov
2025

Amazon pins Cisco, Citrix zero-day attacks to APT group

Amazon’s threat intelligence team said it observed an advanced persistent threat group exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Identity Service Engine…

An exterior view of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters, July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
12
Nov
2025

Maryland man faces federal charges for crimes allegedly linked to 764

A 20-year-old Maryland man allegedly associated with violent extremist group 764 is in federal custody, facing charges for sexual exploitation…

Microsoft SharePoint zero-day attacks pinned on China-linked 'Typhoon' threat groups
12
Nov
2025

Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 63 defects, including one actively exploited zero-day

Microsoft addressed 63 vulnerabilities affecting its underlying systems and core products, including one actively exploited zero-day, the company said in…

Amazon rolls out AI bug bounty program 
11
Nov
2025

Amazon rolls out AI bug bounty program 

Amazon became the latest company to open its large language models to outside security researchers, announcing the creation of a…

A figure walking with a glowing trail of binary code emanating from a case, symbolizing stolen data. (Getty Images Plus)
11
Nov
2025

Hitachi subsidiary GlobalLogic impacted by Clop’s attack spree on Oracle customers

GlobalLogic, a digital engineering and product design company, said it was impacted by a widespread data theft and extortion campaign…

BigBear.ai to buy Ask Sage, strengthening security-centric AI for federal agencies
11
Nov
2025

BigBear.ai to buy Ask Sage, strengthening security-centric AI for federal agencies

Virginia-based BigBear.ai announced Monday it will acquire Ask Sage, a generative artificial intelligence platform specializing in secure deployment of AI…

What’s left to worry (and not worry) about in the F5 breach aftermath
11
Nov
2025

What’s left to worry (and not worry) about in the F5 breach aftermath

Researchers aren’t very concerned about the dozens of undisclosed F5 vulnerabilities a nation-state attacker stole during a prolonged attack on…

CISA’s expiration leaves a dangerous void in US cyber collaboration
10
Nov
2025

CISA’s expiration leaves a dangerous void in US cyber collaboration

On Sept. 30, 2025, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA 2015) officially expired, ending a decade-long framework that helped government…

Cyber information sharing law would get extension under shutdown deal bill
10
Nov
2025

Cyber information sharing law would get extension under shutdown deal bill

Legislation to end the federal government shutdown includes a provision that would extend an expired cybersecurity information sharing law through…

Russian national pleads guilty to breaking into networks for Yanluowang ransomware attacks
08
Nov
2025

Russian national pleads guilty to breaking into networks for Yanluowang ransomware attacks

A 25-year-old Russian national pleaded guilty to multiple charges stemming from their participation in ransomware attacks and faces a maximum…