Category: cyberscoop

Matt Kapko
02
Oct
2025

Oracle customers being bombarded with emails claiming widespread data theft

Attackers appearing to be aligned with the Clop ransomware group have sent emails to Oracle customers seeking extortion payments, claiming…

GOP senator confirms pending White House quantum push, touts legislative alternatives
01
Oct
2025

GOP senator confirms pending White House quantum push, touts legislative alternatives

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., endorsed an aggressive effort by U.S. policymakers to help governments and businesses adapt to a future…

The Chinese national flag flies outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on July 26, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
01
Oct
2025

Palo Alto Networks spots new China espionage group showcasing advanced skills

An elusive, persistent, newly confirmed China espionage group has hit almost 10 victims of geopolitical importance in the Middle East,…

DOJ, Georgia Tech affiliate company settle over alleged failure to meet DOD contract cyber requirements
30
Sep
2025

DOJ, Georgia Tech affiliate company settle over alleged failure to meet DOD contract cyber requirements

A company affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology agreed to pay $875,000 to the U.S. government to settle a…

Watchdog: Cyber threat information-sharing program’s future uncertain with expected expiration of 2015 law
30
Sep
2025

Watchdog: Cyber threat information-sharing program’s future uncertain with expected expiration of 2015 law

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency doesn’t have any plans in place for continuing a threat information-sharing program should a…

Ali El Kaafarani
30
Sep
2025

Anthropic touts safety, security improvements in Claude Sonnet 4.5

Anthropic’s new coding-focused  large language model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, is being touted as one of the most advanced models on…

Tim Starks
30
Sep
2025

Two-thirds of CISA personnel could be sent home under shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security estimated over the weekend that it would send home about two-thirds of employees at the…

Authorities spanning 14 countries in Africa seized devices allegedly used for romance scams and extortion. (Interpol)
29
Sep
2025

Interpol operation disrupts romance scam and sextortion networks in Africa

Authorities arrested 260 cybercrime suspects during a two-week operation spanning 14 African countries, Interpol announced Friday. The globally coordinated summertime…

Ali El Kaafarani
26
Sep
2025

UN seeks to build consensus on ‘safe, secure and trustworthy’ AI

The United Nations is making a push to more directly influence global policy on artificial intelligence, including the promotion of…

Matt Kapko
26
Sep
2025

Worries mount over max-severity Fortra GoAnywhere defect

Threat intelligence professionals have a sense of foreboding about a maximum-severity vulnerability Forta disclosed last week in its file-transfer service…

Cisco network access security platform vulnerabilities under active exploitation
26
Sep
2025

CISA says it observed nearly year-old activity tied to Cisco zero-day attacks

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency acknowledged it’s yet to get a complete handle on the scope and impact of…

DHS, Department of Homeland Security, cybersecurity, Cyber Storm
25
Sep
2025

CISA alerts federal agencies of widespread attacks using Cisco zero-days

Federal cyber authorities sounded a rare alarm Thursday, issuing an emergency directive about an ongoing and widespread attack spree involving…