Category: cyberscoop

DHS supply chain security
20
Mar
2025

How DHS is working to continually improve the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program

Department of Homeland Security officials in charge of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM)…

Capital One hacker Paige Thompson got too light a sentence, appeals court rules
20
Mar
2025

Capital One hacker Paige Thompson got too light a sentence, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court overruled a district court judge’s sentence for Capital One hacker Paige Thompson this week, deciding that…

Congress should re-up 2015 information-sharing law, top Hill staffer says
19
Mar
2025

Congress should re-up 2015 information-sharing law, top Hill staffer says

Congress needs to reauthorize an expiring law that provides legal protections to companies for sharing cyber threat information with the…

Six additional countries identified as suspected Paragon spyware customers
19
Mar
2025

Six additional countries identified as suspected Paragon spyware customers

Researchers have identified suspected government customers of spyware company Paragon Solutions in six more countries that hadn’t previously been publicly…

Trump moves to fire Democratic FTC commissioners
19
Mar
2025

Trump moves to fire Democratic FTC commissioners

Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter of the Federal Trade Commission confirmed reports that President Donald Trump is attempting to…

Matt Kapko
19
Mar
2025

Infostealers fueled cyberattacks and snagged 2.1B credentials last year

Cybercriminals used information-stealing malware to a devastating effect last year, capturing sensitive data that fueled ransomware, breaches and attacks targeting…

Google acquires Wiz for $32 billion
18
Mar
2025

Google acquires Wiz for $32 billion

Google announced Tuesday it will acquire cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The move pairs Google — among the…

Who is sending those scammy text messages about unpaid tolls?
17
Mar
2025

Who is sending those scammy text messages about unpaid tolls?

It’s not just you.  Seemingly everyone is getting those text messages that serve as a notification of an unpaid toll…

DOGE staffer violated security policies at Treasury Department, court filing shows
17
Mar
2025

DOGE staffer violated security policies at Treasury Department, court filing shows

A staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violated security policies at the Treasury Department by improperly sharing sensitive…

Cloudflare IPO
17
Mar
2025

Cloudflare rolls out post-quantum encryption for enterprise users

Internet security company Cloudflare, the world’s largest DDoS-mitigation service, plans to shift a sizable chunk of its traffic through post-quantum…

mobile device management
14
Mar
2025

California’s legal push on geolocation data collection must take aim at the right targets, privacy experts say

The attorney general for California announced this week a wide-ranging investigation into the way companies collect, process and use consumer…

Water utilities would get cybersecurity boost under bipartisan Senate bill
14
Mar
2025

Water utilities would get cybersecurity boost under bipartisan Senate bill

Small water and wastewater utilities would get a boost to their cybersecurity defenses under a bipartisan Senate bill that a…