Court rules ‘fired’ FTC commissioners be reinstated — again
For the second time, a court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s attempted firing of Federal Trade Commission members Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya was…
Category: Cyberscoop
CISA taps Nicholas Andersen for executive assistant director of cybersecurity
Nicholas Andersen is taking over a top leadership role at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA announced Tuesday. He will become executive assistant director…
Salesloft Drift attacks hit Cloudflare, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler
Multiple security and technology companies have been swept up in a far-reaching attack spree originating at Salesloft Drift, including Cloudflare, PagerDuty, Palo Alto Networks, SpyCloud…
Varonis buys AI email security firm SlashNext
Varonis has acquired SlashNext, an AI-driven email security company, for up to $150 million in a move that reflects the rising role of artificial intelligence…
Workado settles with FTC over allegations it inflated its AI detectors’ capabilities
The Federal Trade Commission thinks AI detectors might be BS. The agency announced a consent order this week with Workado, an Arizona-based company that makes…
Top FBI official says Chinese reliance on domestic firms for hacking is a weakness
China’s reliance on domestic technology companies to carry out large-scale hacking operations—as highlighted by the U.S. government and its allies this week—is a weakness that…
Salesloft Drift compromised en masse, impacting all third-party integrations
Salesloft Drift customers are compromised in a much more expansive downstream attack spree than previously thought, potentially ensnaring any user that integrated the AI chat…
Trump administration setting the stage for elections power grab, voting rights group warns
Election officials should brace for direct attacks from the Trump administration and its state GOP allies on the integrity of U.S. elections — and plan…
Treasury sanctions North Korea IT worker scheme facilitators and front organizations
The Treasury Department on Wednesday expanded efforts to disrupt the pervasive North Korean technical worker scheme by imposing sanctions on people and organizations serving as…
Salt Typhoon hacking campaign goes beyond previously disclosed targets, world cyber agencies say
A notorious Chinese hacking campaign against telecommunications companies has now reached into a variety of additional sectors across the globe, including government, transportation, lodging and…
Google previews cyber ‘disruption unit’ as U.S. government, industry weigh going heavier on offense
Google says it is starting a cyber “disruption unit,” a development that arrives in a potentially shifting U.S. landscape toward more offensive-oriented approaches in cyberspace.…
Microsoft details Storm-0501’s focus on ransomware in the cloud
A financially motivated threat group operating since 2021 has refined its technical tradecraft, honing its focus on cloud-based systems that allow it to expand ransomware…