Category: cyberscoop

A seal reading "Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation" is displayed on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022.
23
Apr
2025

10 key numbers from the 2024 FBI IC3 report

It looks like 2024 was a record year in cybercrime for all the wrong reasons, according to the FBI’s annual…

Cynthia Brumfield
23
Apr
2025

AI can help defenders stop nation-state threat actors at machine speed

Last year, the escalating concerns about Chinese threat actors breaching U.S. organizations reached a crescendo as federal authorities issued increasingly…

Matt Kapko
23
Apr
2025

Verizon discovers spike in ransomware and exploited vulnerabilities

Cybercriminals and state-sponsored threat groups exploited vulnerabilities and initiated ransomware attacks with vigor last year, escalating the scope of their…

Outside experts pick up the slack on safety testing on OpenAI’s newest model release
23
Apr
2025

Outside experts pick up the slack on safety testing on OpenAI’s newest model release

GPT-4.1, the latest family of generative AI models from OpenAI, was released earlier this month with promised improvements around coding,…

Attackers stick with effective intrusion points, valid credentials and exploits
22
Apr
2025

Attackers stick with effective intrusion points, valid credentials and exploits

IBM X-Force observed an identical breakdown of the top methods cybercriminals used to intrude networks for two years running, the…

Jeff Le
22
Apr
2025

Rebuilding Maritime Cybersecurity Resilience: Charting an America First Course to Secure the U.S. Homeland

U.S. ports are vital to the flow of imports and exports; however, the entire maritime transportation system’s cybersecurity is exceedingly…

Judge limits evidence about NSO Group customers, victims in damages trial
21
Apr
2025

Judge limits evidence about NSO Group customers, victims in damages trial

A federal judge last week placed strict limits on the kind of evidence NSO Group can raise during a trial…

Multiple top CISA officials behind ‘Secure by Design’ resign 
21
Apr
2025

Multiple top CISA officials behind ‘Secure by Design’ resign 

Two top officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who worked with the private sector to manufacture secure products…

Derek B. Johnson
17
Apr
2025

House investigation into DeepSeek teases out funding, security realities around Chinese AI tool

A House panel has concluded that the U.S. government should double down on export controls and other tools to slow…

Chris Krebs resigns from SentinelOne to focus on fighting Trump’s executive order
17
Apr
2025

Chris Krebs resigns from SentinelOne to focus on fighting Trump’s executive order

Chris Krebs has resigned from SentinelOne, saying he needs to devote himself fully to fighting the executive order President Donald…

35 countries use Chinese networks for transporting mobile user traffic, posing cyber risks
17
Apr
2025

35 countries use Chinese networks for transporting mobile user traffic, posing cyber risks

U.S. allies are among the 35 countries where mobile providers employ China-based networks for transporting user traffic, opening travelers and…

Derek B. Johnson
16
Apr
2025

CISA reverses course, extends MITRE CVE contract

In a last-minute switch, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it will continue funding a contract for MITRE to…