Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
A hacker working on behalf of the Sinaloa drug cartel infiltrated cameras and phones to track an FBI official in Mexico investigating the drug lord…
Category: Cyberscoop
Slavery, torture, human trafficking discovered at 53 Cambodian online scamming compounds
An Amnesty International investigation uncovered 53 scamming compounds in Cambodia where people, including children and human trafficking victims, were forced to work and tortured or…
Scattered Spider strikes again? Aviation industry appears to be next target for criminal group
The aviation industry has seemingly become the latest target of Scattered Spider, a sophisticated cybercriminal group that has shifted its focus from retail and insurance…
Microsoft security updates address CrowdStrike crash, kill ‘Blue Screen of Death’
When a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike last year caused possibly the largest IT outage in history, Microsoft ended up taking much of…
Slavery, torture, human trafficking discovered at 53 Cambodian online scamming compunds
An Amnesty International investigation uncovered 53 scamming compounds in Cambodia where people, including children and human trafficking victims, were forced to work and tortured or…
Notorious cybercriminal ‘IntelBroker’ arrested in France, awaits extradition to US
Kai West, a prolific cybercriminal better known for operating under the moniker “IntelBroker,” was arrested in France earlier this year and faces federal charges for…
Short-term extension of expiring cyber information-sharing law could be on the table
With time running short before expiration of a cyber information-sharing law highly valued by the private sector, Congress is taking a look at the possibility…
Many data brokers aren’t registering across state lines, privacy groups say
Hundreds of companies registered as data brokers in one U.S. state are not recognized as such in other states with similar disclosure laws, according to…
Citrix users hit by actively exploited zero-day vulnerability
Citrix on Wednesday disclosed an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability affecting multiple versions of NetScaler products, an alarming development from a vendor that’s been widely targeted…
Stealth China-linked ORB network gaining footholds in US, East Asia
A recently discovered operational relay box (ORB) network controlled by a China-linked threat group already exceeds 1,000 devices and is growing across the United States…
Rubrik acquires AI startup Predibase to boost agentic AI offerings
Data management company Rubrik announced plans Wednesday to acquire artificial intelligence startup Predibase, a move aimed at accelerating the adoption of agentic AI in enterprise…
Meta confused over WhatsApp ban issued to House staffers
A notice to House offices Monday from the chamber’s chief administrative officer said that staffers are forbidden from having WhatsApp on official devices starting next…