Despite multiple takedowns, botnets continue to grow
Botnets powered by residential proxy networks are proliferating, enabling cybercriminals of all types to evade detection by blending in with seemingly legitimate traffic, Lumen Technology’s…
Category: Cyberscoop
Industry’s message on CIRCIA: Please ask us fewer questions about cyberattacks
Industry groups who spoke at town halls hosted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency about a pending cyber incident notification regulation had a few…
Microsoft, tech companies throw weight behind spread of open-source AI
Microsoft, along with more than two dozen tech companies, are pressing policymakers to support open-source AI systems and code across society, arguing that it will…
Rubio restricts visas for sextortionists, cyber scammers
The State Department will restrict visas for cybercriminals like scammers to sextortionists, and in some cases even their family members, Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Russian espionage group using novel Zimbra exploit to steal sensitive data from Western countries
A Russian state-sponsored threat group has been stealing sensitive data from governments and commercial organizations since July 2025 via a novel exploit in popular Linux-based…
ANCHOR-CI could fix 20 years of broken government-industry collaboration
On July 1, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a seven-page notice in the Federal Register that could fundamentally change how the U.S.…
White House accuses Chinese company of distilling Anthropic’s Fable
A top White House technology official is accusing a Chinese company of distilling Anthropic’s models to create their own AI product. Michael Kratsios, who leads…
70% of federal cybersecurity reporting rules are duplicated, GAO finds
Seven out of 10 federal cyber regulations requiring written reports to federal agencies are duplicated elsewhere, a report from a government watchdog found in a…
Malware is targeting AI tools in software development environments
Malware targeting AI coding assistants and software developers’ automated workflows is spreading into more environments with more capabilities, placing defenders at a growing disadvantage. A…
North Korea’s IT worker scheme funds Russia’s war effort
The people orchestrating North Korea’s IT worker scheme are funneling money through a web of front companies and intermediaries, including sanctioned entities, that partly fund…
House intel bill includes provisions on state and local threat intelligence, election security, AI
An annual spy policy bill would authorize a cyberthreat intelligence sharing pilot program for state and local governments, and order an outside assessment of how…
New UK report finds AI models consistently cheat and deceive users
Frontier AI companies often refer to their models as “helpful assistants” or try to compare them to entry-level employees. But new research from the UK’s…