Category: cyberscoop

Tim Starks
14
Nov
2025

Google, researchers see signs that Lighthouse text scammers disrupted after lawsuit

The phishing kit Lighthouse, which has aided text scams like those soliciting victims to pay unpaid road tolls, appears to…

Robert Rea
14
Nov
2025

The retail sector needs a cybersecurity talent incubator

Retail giants have a target on their backs. Hackers are picking them apart at a rate rarely seen in other…

The headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on August 16, 2022, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
14
Nov
2025

FBI calls Akira ‘top five’ ransomware variant out of 130 targeting US businesses

Federal cyber authorities shared new details Thursday about the Akira ransomware group’s techniques, the tools it uses and vulnerabilities it…

The Washington Post building in Washington. (Andrej Sokolow/Getty Images)
13
Nov
2025

Washington Post confirms data on nearly 10,000 people stolen from its Oracle environment

The Washington Post said it, too, was impacted by the data theft and extortion campaign targeting Oracle E-Business Suite customers,…

Operation Endgame targets malware networks in global crackdown
13
Nov
2025

Operation Endgame targets malware networks in global crackdown

In a sweeping international crackdown coordinated from Europol’s headquarters, law enforcement agencies from the United States and 10 other countries…

Congressional Dems press governors to block feds from accessing state DMV data
13
Nov
2025

Congressional Dems press governors to block feds from accessing state DMV data

Forty Democratic members of the House and Senate issued a joint letter Wednesday to 19 states led by Democratic governors,…

Advocacy group calls on OpenAI to address Sora 2’s deepfake risks
12
Nov
2025

Advocacy group calls on OpenAI to address Sora 2’s deepfake risks

Throughout 2024, OpenAI teased the public release of Sora, its new video generation large language model, capable of creating lifelike…

While White House demands deterrence, Trump shrugs
12
Nov
2025

While White House demands deterrence, Trump shrugs

The Trump administration’s top cyber officials have emphasized the urgent need to take aggressive action to deter increasingly brazen foreign…

Google files lawsuit against Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ text scammers
12
Nov
2025

Google files lawsuit against Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ text scammers

Google on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against pesky text message scammers — like those who flood targets with notices that…

Binary code displayed on a screen reflected in glasses. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
12
Nov
2025

Amazon pins Cisco, Citrix zero-day attacks to APT group

Amazon’s threat intelligence team said it observed an advanced persistent threat group exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Identity Service Engine…

An exterior view of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters, July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
12
Nov
2025

Maryland man faces federal charges for crimes allegedly linked to 764

A 20-year-old Maryland man allegedly associated with violent extremist group 764 is in federal custody, facing charges for sexual exploitation…

Microsoft SharePoint zero-day attacks pinned on China-linked 'Typhoon' threat groups
12
Nov
2025

Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 63 defects, including one actively exploited zero-day

Microsoft addressed 63 vulnerabilities affecting its underlying systems and core products, including one actively exploited zero-day, the company said in…