Category: cyberscoop

Canadian citizen allegedly involved in Snowflake attacks consents to extradition to US
27
Mar
2025

Canadian citizen allegedly involved in Snowflake attacks consents to extradition to US

A Canadian citizen is one step closer to standing trial in the United States for his alleged involvement in a…

As 23andMe declares bankruptcy, privacy advocates sound alarm about DNA data
27
Mar
2025

As 23andMe declares bankruptcy, privacy advocates sound alarm about DNA data

Genetic testing business 23andMe filed for bankruptcy Sunday, amplifying fears from privacy advocates that the DNA records and personal information…

Researchers raise alarm about critical Next.js vulnerability
27
Mar
2025

Researchers raise alarm about critical Next.js vulnerability

Researchers warn that attackers could exploit a recently discovered critical vulnerability in the open-source JavaScript framework Next.js to bypass authorization…

Privacy-boosting tech could prevent breaches, data misuse with government aid, report says
27
Mar
2025

Privacy-boosting tech could prevent breaches, data misuse with government aid, report says

Governments should prioritize the use of privacy-boosting technologies like encryption, de-identification and hashing to prevent breaches and data misuse, a…

Senators criticize Trump officials’ discussion of war plans over Signal, but administration answers don’t come easily 
27
Mar
2025

Senators criticize Trump officials’ discussion of war plans over Signal, but administration answers don’t come easily 

Democratic senators hammered two top national security officials Tuesday about their participation in a Signal chat discussing war plans that reportedly…

Derek B. Johnson
27
Mar
2025

Trump issues executive order seeking greater federal control of elections 

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday that threatens states with the loss of federal election grants unless they…

String of defects in popular Kubernetes component puts 40% of cloud environments at risk
27
Mar
2025

String of defects in popular Kubernetes component puts 40% of cloud environments at risk

More than 40% of cloud environments are at risk of an account takeover due to a series of five recently…

Commerce limits 19 Chinese, Taiwanese companies from buying U.S. tech
27
Mar
2025

Commerce limits 19 Chinese, Taiwanese companies from buying U.S. tech

The Commerce Department plans to finalize economic sanctions this week on nearly 20 Chinese and Taiwanese organizations, citing the need…

Intelligence chiefs insist Signal chat was a simple mistake
27
Mar
2025

Intelligence chiefs insist Signal chat was a simple mistake

U.S. intelligence leaders found themselves under intensified scrutiny from Congress for a second straight day, following revelations that significant military…

Despite challenges, the CVE program is a public-private partnership that has shown resilience
24
Mar
2025

Despite challenges, the CVE program is a public-private partnership that has shown resilience

In 1999, Dave Mann and Steve Christey, two researchers from the nonprofit R&D corporation MITRE,  debuted a concept for security…

Derek B. Johnson
21
Mar
2025

FCC’s Carr alleges Chinese companies are making ‘end run’ around Chinese telecom bans, announces investigation 

The first initiative from The Federal Communications Commission’s newly-created Council on National Security will be a “sweeping” investigation of Chinese-made…

Microsoft
20
Mar
2025

Nation-state groups hit hundreds of organizations with Microsoft Windows zero-day

Cybercriminals working on behalf of at least six nation-states are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows to commit…