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,…
Category: Cyberscoop
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…
Wide-ranging Apple security update addresses over 30 vulnerabilities
Apple rolled out a series of substantial security updates Monday for its major software platforms, with advisories covering iOS, iPadOS, and two versions of macOS…
State and local election officials plead with Congress for election security funding
As the Trump administration takes a hatchet to the federal government’s election security work and attempts to place conditions on funding to states, state and…
US seizes Anyproxy, 5socks botnets and indicts alleged administrators
Federal authorities seized two domains and indicted four foreign individuals for alleged involvement in a long-running botnet service that infected older wireless internet routers, the…
SonicWall customers confront resurgence of actively exploited vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities are proliferating in SonicWall devices and software this year, putting the vendor’s customers at risk of intrusion via secure access gateways and firewalls. The…
Senators move to quash the use of Chinese AI system by federal contractors
A bipartisan Senate bill would formally ban the use of DeepSeek by federal contractors, part of a larger effort to keep the Chinese-made large language…
Sen. Murphy: Trump administration has ‘illegally gutted funding for cybersecurity’
Another top appropriations Democrat criticized budget cuts affecting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, saying the Trump administration has “illegally gutted funding for cybersecurity.” Connecticut…