Category: cyberscoop

Matt Kapko
11
Mar
2025

X suffered a DDoS attack. Its CEO and security researchers can’t agree on who did it.

Social media service X was hit by a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks Monday, which rendered the platform formerly known…

Trade groups worry information sharing will worsen without critical infrastructure panel, CISA law renewal
11
Mar
2025

Trade groups worry information sharing will worsen without critical infrastructure panel, CISA law renewal

Business groups told lawmakers Tuesday that they fear cyber threat information sharing could drop off in light of the Trump…

Amid personnel turmoil at cyber agencies, a government shutdown could increase potential harm
11
Mar
2025

Amid personnel turmoil at cyber agencies, a government shutdown could increase potential harm

A potential government shutdown looms by the end of this week if Congress doesn’t pass legislation to keep funding the…

Sean Plankey
11
Mar
2025

Sean Plankey picked by Trump to be CISA director 

President Donald Trump nominated Sean Plankey to head the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday, the last major piece…

New York sues Allstate and subsidiaries for back-to-back data breaches
11
Mar
2025

New York sues Allstate and subsidiaries for back-to-back data breaches

Allstate and several of the insurance company’s subsidiaries were accused of poor security practices resulting in data breaches in 2020…

Multiple vulnerabilities found in ICONICS industrial SCADA software
10
Mar
2025

Multiple vulnerabilities found in ICONICS industrial SCADA software

A popular set of SCADA software systems used in critical infrastructure around the world suffered from at least five known…

Tim Starks
10
Mar
2025

Investigator says differing names for hacker groups, hackers studying investigative methods hinders law enforcement

Malicious hacking groups pay close attention to public documents related to criminal prosecutions, and the lack of standardized names for…

Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security
10
Mar
2025

Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security

The NSA’s former top cybersecurity official told Congress on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s attempts to mass fire probationary federal…

Chainguard's FIPS-compliant Cassandra addresses security demand of federal and regulated markets
10
Mar
2025

Chainguard’s FIPS-compliant Cassandra addresses security demand of federal and regulated markets

Open-source software security firm Chainguard announced Wednesday that it is now building FIPS-validated images for Apache Cassandra, achieving what it…

Anorexia coaches, self-harm buddies and sexualized minors: How online communities are using AI chatbots for harmful behavior 
10
Mar
2025

Anorexia coaches, self-harm buddies and sexualized minors: How online communities are using AI chatbots for harmful behavior 

The generative AI revolution is leading to an explosion of chatbot personas that are specifically designed to promote harmful behaviors…

Matt Kapko
10
Mar
2025

Cybercriminals picked up the pace on attacks last year

Threat actors became increasingly efficient last year, rapidly achieving lateral movement and swiftly stealing data at a faster clip than…

US indicts 12 Chinese nationals for vast espionage attack spree
10
Mar
2025

US indicts 12 Chinese nationals for vast espionage attack spree

The Justice Department on Wednesday indicted 12 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in an extensive nation-state-backed espionage campaign that…