FBI warns of fake texts, deepfake calls impersonating senior U.S. officials
The FBI said Thursday that malicious actors have been impersonating senior U.S. government officials in a text and voice messaging campaign, using phishing texts and…
Category: Cyberscoop
SAP cyberattack widens, drawing Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon comparisons
Hundreds of victims are surfacing across the world from zero-day cyberattacks on Europe’s biggest software manufacturer and company, in a campaign that one leading cyber…
North Korea’s ‘state-run syndicate’ looks at cyber operations as a survival mechanism
Over the past few years, cybersecurity experts have increasingly said that nation-state operatives and cybercriminals often blur the boundaries between geopolitical and financial motivations. A…
Who needs VC funding? How cybercriminals spread their ill-gotten gains to everyday business ventures
Cybercriminals aren’t so different from the rest of us — they live in the real world, and their spending and investment habits, though funded through crime,…
Fancy Bear campaign sought emails of high-level Ukrainians and their military suppliers
Fancy Bear, the hacking group linked to Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), has been targeting the email accounts of high-ranking Ukrainian officials as well as…
CFPB to withdraw rule targeting data brokers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to withdraw a Biden-era rule aimed at cracking down on data brokers and their selling of Americans’ personal…
DHS won’t tell Congress how many people it’s cut from CISA
The Department of Homeland Security won’t tell Congress how many employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency it has fired or pushed to leave,…
CVE Foundation eyes year-end launch following 11th-hour rescue of MITRE program
In late March, the nonprofit research organization MITRE celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) program, a widely hailed scientific achievement…
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday closes 72 vulnerabilities, including 5 zero-days
Microsoft addressed 72 vulnerabilities affecting its core products and underlying systems, including five actively exploited zero-days across various Windows components, the company said in its…
Copyright office criticizes AI ‘fair use’ before director’s dismissal
President Donald Trump’s firing over the weekend of Shira Perlmutter, director of the U.S. Copyright Office, has drawn strong criticism from Democrats and tech experts…
Google adds suite of security features to Android 16
Google is rolling out new security features for Android devices as part of its latest operating system update, Android 16, reinforcing its ongoing efforts to…
Federal prosecutors extradite alleged leader of BlackBD.cc cybercrime marketplace
Liridon Masurica, the alleged lead administrator of cybercrime marketplace BlackDB.cc, was extradited to the United States on Friday and faces charges that carry a maximum…