Category: cyberscoop

Top Senate Intel Dem warns of ‘catastrophic’ cyber consequences of Trump admin national security firings, politicization
20
Nov
2025

Top Senate Intel Dem warns of ‘catastrophic’ cyber consequences of Trump admin national security firings, politicization

Politicization of intelligence in the Trump administration, as well as the “hollowing out” of government expertise, is leaving the United…

Why Anna Gomez believes the FCC is letting telecoms off easy after Salt Typhoon
20
Nov
2025

Why Anna Gomez believes the FCC is letting telecoms off easy after Salt Typhoon

The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Thursday on whether to rescind a set of last-minute Biden administration regulations…

Palo Alto Networks to acquire observability firm Chronosphere for $3.35 billion
20
Nov
2025

Palo Alto Networks to acquire observability firm Chronosphere for $3.35 billion

Palo Alto Networks announced Wednesday it will acquire Chronosphere, a cloud observability platform, for $3.35 billion in cash and equity,…

Five Eyes just made life harder for bulletproof hosting providers
20
Nov
2025

Five Eyes just made life harder for bulletproof hosting providers

The Treasury Department, along with officials from the United Kingdom and Australia, imposed sanctions Wednesday against two bulletproof hosting providers…

Matt Kapko
19
Nov
2025

Amazon warns of global rise in specialized cyber-enabled kinetic targeting

Amazon said the lines between cyberattacks and physical, real-world attacks are blurring quickly — prompting the tech giant to call…

cryptomining cryptojacking cryptocurrency
19
Nov
2025

Hackers turn open-source AI framework into global cryptojacking operation

Malicious hackers have been attacking the development environment of an open-source AI framework, twisting its functions into a global cryptojacking…

Information sharing law’s expiration could squander government vulnerability hunting efforts, senator says
19
Nov
2025

Information sharing law’s expiration could squander government vulnerability hunting efforts, senator says

Letting a cyber threat data sharing law expire could waste government efforts to find vulnerabilities, since companies would no longer…

Completed draft of cyber strategy emphasizes imposing costs, industry partnership
18
Nov
2025

Completed draft of cyber strategy emphasizes imposing costs, industry partnership

A forthcoming Trump administration cyber strategy will have six pillars, two of which will be deterring malicious hackers and partnering…

EU sanctions
18
Nov
2025

Dozens of groups call for governments to protect encryption 

On Monday, more than 60 digital commerce and trade groups called on governments around the globe to reject efforts or…

Fortinet’s delayed alert on actively exploited defect put defenders at a disadvantage
18
Nov
2025

Fortinet’s delayed alert on actively exploited defect put defenders at a disadvantage

Federal authorities and researchers alerted organizations Friday to a massively exploited vulnerability in Fortinet’s web application firewall.  While the actively…

DOJ lauds series of gains against North Korean IT worker scheme, crypto thefts
14
Nov
2025

DOJ lauds series of gains against North Korean IT worker scheme, crypto thefts

The Justice Department notched a few more wins in the fight against North Korean cryptocurrency heists and the regime’s expansive…

China’s ‘autonomous’ AI-powered hacking campaign still required a ton of human work 
14
Nov
2025

China’s ‘autonomous’ AI-powered hacking campaign still required a ton of human work 

Anthropic made headlines Thursday when it released research claiming that a previously unknown Chinese state-sponsored hacking group used the company’s…