Sean Plankey re-nominated to lead CISA
President Donald Trump re-nominated Sean Plankey to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday, after Plankey’s bid for the position ended last year…
Category: Cyberscoop
CESER chief touts AI projects as congressional Dems point to federal cuts
A Trump administration official endorsed a slate of congressional bills Tuesday targeting cybersecurity in the energy sector while touting the office’s new emphasis on AI-driven…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 112 defects, including one actively exploited zero-day
Microsoft’s first security update of 2026 addressed 112 vulnerabilities affecting its products and underlying systems, including one actively exploited zero-day in Desktop Window Manager. The…
Hill warning: Don’t put cyber offense before defense
Amid budding sentiment in the Trump administration and Congress to expand offensive cyber operations, some lawmakers and experts are warning that the United States needs…
CrowdStrike is buying Seraphic Security to lock down the browser, where work actually happens
CrowdStrike announced Tuesday an agreement to acquire Seraphic Security, a browser runtime security provider, in a move that signals growing recognition among cybersecurity firms that…
ServiceNow patches critical AI platform flaw that could allow user impersonation
ServiceNow has addressed a critical security vulnerability in its AI platform that could have allowed unauthenticated users to impersonate legitimate users and perform unauthorized actions,…
Spanish police disrupt Black Axe, arrest alleged leaders in action spanning four cities
Authorities arrested 34 alleged cybercriminals in Spain, including some leaders of Black Axe, a transnational criminal organization responsible for adversary-in-the-middle scams such as business email…
British regulator Ofcom opens investigation into X
The UK’s top internet regulator opened a formal investigation into social media network X after users, with the help of its AI chatbot Grok, flooded…
Is the US adopting the gray zone cyber playbook?
When President Trump referenced America’s ability to “darken” parts of Caracas during Operation Absolute Resolve, the comment stood out not because of what it confirmed,…
Hegseth, Gabbard tap Tim Kosiba as NSA deputy director after months of cyber leadership tumult
The National Security Agency on Friday announced Tim Kosiba as its deputy director, nine months after the Trump administration axed his predecessor — reportedly at…
Dems pressure Google, Apple to drop X app as international regulators turn up heat
A trio of Senate Democrats are calling on Apple and Google to drop Elon Musk’s X from app stores as international regulators in Europe and…
Inside Vercel’s sleep-deprived race to contain React2Shell
Talha Tariq and his colleagues at Vercel, the company that maintains Next.js, endured many sleep-deprived nights and weekends when React2Shell was discovered and disclosed soon…