Category: cyberscoop

Bipartisan health care cybersecurity legislation returns to address a cornucopia of issues
05
Dec
2025

Bipartisan health care cybersecurity legislation returns to address a cornucopia of issues

A bipartisan group of senators are looking to tackle health care cybersecurity by reviving legislation that would update regulations and…

Sen. Mark Kelly: Investing in safe, secure AI is key to U.S. dominance
05
Dec
2025

Sen. Mark Kelly: Investing in safe, secure AI is key to U.S. dominance

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., called for robust safeguards in U.S.-developed AI systems to prevent abuse and misuse, arguing that both…

The Great Wall of China
05
Dec
2025

Officials warn about expansive, ongoing China espionage threat riding on Brickstorm malware

Cybersecurity authorities and threat analysts unveiled alarming details Thursday about a suspected China state-sponsored espionage and data theft campaign that…

Intellexa remotely accessed Predator spyware customer systems, investigation finds
05
Dec
2025

Intellexa remotely accessed Predator spyware customer systems, investigation finds

Leaked training videos suggest that Intellexa retained the ability to remotely access the systems of customers who had used its…

Sean Plankey nomination to lead CISA appears to be over after Thursday vote
04
Dec
2025

Sean Plankey nomination to lead CISA appears to be over after Thursday vote

Sean Plankey’s nomination to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency looks to be over following his exclusion from a Senate…

Five-page draft Trump administration cyber strategy targeted for January release
04
Dec
2025

Five-page draft Trump administration cyber strategy targeted for January release

The Trump administration is aiming to release its six-part national cybersecurity strategy in January, according to multiple sources familiar with…

Twins with hacking history charged in insider data breach affecting multiple federal agencies
04
Dec
2025

Twins with hacking history charged in insider data breach affecting multiple federal agencies

Twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter were arrested in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday for allegedly stealing and destroying government data held…

Abstract binary code rippling on waving ribbons.
03
Dec
2025

Developers scramble as critical React flaw threatens major apps

Security researchers and code developers are scrambling to patch and investigate a critical vulnerability affecting React Server Components, an open-source…

Legislation would designate ‘critical cyber threat actors,’ direct sanctions against them
02
Dec
2025

Legislation would designate ‘critical cyber threat actors,’ direct sanctions against them

A House Republican introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at deterring cyberattacks against the United States at a time when the Trump…

The Congressional remedy for Salt Typhoon? More information sharing with industry
02
Dec
2025

The Congressional remedy for Salt Typhoon? More information sharing with industry

When news broke approximately a year ago that Chinese hackers had systemically penetrated at least nine major U.S. communications networks,…

Matt Kapko
02
Dec
2025

University of Pennsylvania joins growing pool of Oracle customers impacted by Clop attacks

The University of Pennsylvania joined the steadily growing number of victim organizations impacted by the widespread data theft and extortion…

Matt Kapko
02
Dec
2025

Google addresses 107 Android vulnerabilities, including two zero-days

Google disclosed two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities Monday, which it addressed among a total of 107 defects in the company’s…