Supreme Court permits states to use SAVE database for citizenship checks
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that states may use the federal SAVE database to verify voter citizenship, reversing lower court decisions that found the…
Category: Cyberscoop
Ryuk ransomware operator sentenced to 2 years in prison
A 35-year-old Armenian national was sentenced to two years in prison for his involvement in a series of Ryuk ransomware attacks while living in Ukraine…
Phone-hacking company that won U.S. security agency contracts hid Russian ownership, DOJ alleges
Law enforcement has arrested two leaders of a Russian-owned phone hacking company used by Kremlin agencies who allegedly masked its foreign ownership from the U.S.…
House and Senate members propose legislation for CISA to step up cyber defenses for biotech
Biotechnology doesn’t fall neatly into any one of the 16 government-designated critical infrastructure sectors that receive specialized and focused attention from feds, leading some lawmakers…
New bill would create federal investigative body for AI-driven hacks
A new Democratic bill in Congress would establish a federal Cybersecurity and AI Board of Investigations to provide independent government oversight of cyberattacks carried out…
Bipartisan Senate leaders introduce bill to bolster telecom cybersecurity in response to Salt Typhoon hacks
Two Senate committee leaders are introducing legislation to foster cybersecurity standards for the telecommunications sector nearly two years after the landmark Salt Typhoon campaign was…
How tax policy can stop threat actors from breaching US water systems
The foundation for modern society in America is under attack. State and local governments, entities that often oversee critical natural resources, schools, and hospital systems,…
Pentagon cyber chief: The demand far exceeds supply
The Pentagon’s top civilian cyber policy official said Tuesday her single priority is expanding the cyber options available to the president and the defense secretary,…
CISA outlines improvement plan for CVE program
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published a paper Wednesday that lays out its plan for improving the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, a…
Watchdog finds most agencies failed to meet CISA cloud security orders, heightening risk of attack
Nearly nine out of 10 federal civilian executive branch agencies failed to meet last summer’s deadline to implement cloud security directives from the Cybersecurity and…
OpenAI, Ukraine partner on ‘Daybreak’ program to protect power grids and water systems
OpenAI and the Ukrainian government have agreed to a partnership that will provide AI tools and subsidized computing resources to better protect the nation’s critical…
Microsoft and partners disrupt EvilTokens, a comprehensive cybercrime service for financial fraud
Microsoft, along with a group of industry partners, disrupted EvilTokens, a short-lived but highly consequential cybercrime platform that investigators linked to more than 12,000 compromised…