Category: cyberscoop

Derek B. Johnson
09
Apr
2025

Tech experts recommend full steam ahead on US export controls for AI

Technology experts pressed Congress to maintain export controls on semiconductor chips and other technologies, telling lawmakers Tuesday that the restrictions…

Tim Starks
08
Apr
2025

Privacy fights over expiring surveillance law loom after House hearing

Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee say privacy protections under a bill Congress passed to re-up a major surveillance law…

Google hopes its experimental AI model can unearth new security use cases
08
Apr
2025

Google hopes its experimental AI model can unearth new security use cases

Google has built a cybersecurity assistant for information security professionals, and now they’re looking for researchers to play with it….

Voluntary ‘Pall Mall Process’ seeks to curb spyware abuses
08
Apr
2025

Voluntary ‘Pall Mall Process’ seeks to curb spyware abuses

Twenty-one nations signed on to a voluntary accord last week in Paris to govern the use of commercial hacking tools…

Matt Kapko
07
Apr
2025

Google addresses 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities in security update

Google addressed 62 vulnerabilities affecting Android devices in its April security update, including a pair of actively exploited software defects…

Senators re-up bill to expand Secret Service’s financial cybercrime authorities
04
Apr
2025

Senators re-up bill to expand Secret Service’s financial cybercrime authorities

A bipartisan pair of senators is taking another shot at their bill to expand the U.S. Secret Service’s investigative powers…

Trump fires Gen. Timothy Haugh from leadership of Cyber Command and NSA
04
Apr
2025

Trump fires Gen. Timothy Haugh from leadership of Cyber Command and NSA

Gen. Timothy Haugh, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the NSA, was removed from those positions Thursday…

The Chinese national flag flies outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on July 26, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
04
Apr
2025

China-backed espionage group hits Ivanti customers again

Ivanti customers are confronting another string of attacks linked to an actively exploited vulnerability in the company’s VPN products. Mandiant…

International intelligence agencies raise the alarm on fast flux
03
Apr
2025

International intelligence agencies raise the alarm on fast flux

International intelligence and cybersecurity agencies jointly issued a warning Thursday about “fast flux,” an advanced technique used by cybercriminals and…

Cyber Command touts AI-driven gains in cybersecurity, network monitoring
03
Apr
2025

Cyber Command touts AI-driven gains in cybersecurity, network monitoring

A top Cyber Command official said the agency has been able to use generative AI tools to dramatically cut down…

Don’t cut CISA personnel, House panel leaders say, as they plan legislation giving the agency more to do
03
Apr
2025

Don’t cut CISA personnel, House panel leaders say, as they plan legislation giving the agency more to do

Leaders of a key House subcommittee criticized the Trump administration’s personnel cuts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on…

netskope
02
Apr
2025

Independent tests show why orgs should use third-party cloud security services

Businesses don’t always get what they pay for in cybersecurity. Some of the most expensive cloud network firewall vendors are…