The FCC wants consumers to rate their telecom’s anti-robocall protections
The Federal Communications Commission wants to set up a new scorecard system that would allow consumers to rate their telecoms’ ability to prevent or deter…
Category: Cyberscoop
Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists
Researchers say they have uncovered the first confirmed Pegasus spyware infection of 2026, as well as another spyware variant infection, targeting Serbian student activists and…
FBI raises alarm over deceptive phishing campaign targeting prominent people
Attackers are targeting prominent, high-profile people, their family members and acquaintances on a commercial messaging application to gain long-term access to their accounts containing sensitive…
Tina Peters, through attorney, backs off formal role in Shasta County elections
Tina Peters, the former Mesa County election clerk convicted of seven felonies related to the theft of voting machine software, said Tuesday through her attorney…
Whistleblower says USPS deploying new, ‘untested’ IT systems governing mail-in ballots
A newly released whistleblower complaint reveals details about the “rushed” effort by the Trump administration and U.S. Postal Service to install three new restrictive IT…
McKesson copes with fallout from data theft extortion attack
McKesson said its business and distribution centers remain operational in the wake of a cyberattack it disclosed Friday that resulted in data theft and temporary…
‘Watershed 250’ test program in Texas looks to private sector for water cybersecurity help
The Trump administration rolled out a six-month test program in Texas on Monday that will draw on volunteer expertise and technology from cyber and artificial…
The AI Kill Switch Act is repeating the Clipper Chip’s mistakes
“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Policymakers alarmed by the recent incidents of autonomous AI agents breaking through guardrails to hack other companies…
ATF confirms cyberattack hit system containing info on its investigation targets
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives insists the cyberattack that it publicly disclosed Wednesday was limited to investigation targets, and has not impacted…
Former sexual abuse victims say Grok used their images, videos to train deepfake capabilities
A class action lawsuit filed by victims of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) accuses xAI of training Grok’s synthetic deepfake “nudify” capabilities on real images…
100-plus companies call for ‘global surge’ in AI-powered cyber defense
More than 100 companies and organizations, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, have signed an open letter calling for a global effort…
Unit 42 warns AI has shifted balance of power from defenders to attackers
Unit 42’s top brass has seen enough from internal frontier AI model testing and malicious in-the-wild use of commercially available AI tools to be genuinely…