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Authorities shut down LeakBase and seized its database and domains. A seizure notice is displayed on the site March 4, 2026. (Department of Justice)

Authorities from 14 countries shut down major cybercrime forum LeakBase

The marketplace was one of the world’s largest hubs for cybercrime with more than 142,000 members. Officials identified and arrested multiple suspects after seizing the site’s database.

By Matt Kapko

(Scoop News Group)

CISA CIO Robert Costello exits agency

Government

By Tim Starks

The Apple logo appears on a mobile phone screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 26, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto)

Possible U.S.-developed exploits linked to first known ‘mass’ iOS attack

Cybercrime

By Tim Starks

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LLMs are getting better at unmasking people online

By Derek B. Johnson
Attackers are using your network against you, according to Cloudflare

By Matt Kapko
Researchers discover suite of agentic AI browser vulnerabilities

By Derek B. Johnson
Google addresses actively exploited Qualcomm zero-day in fresh batch of 129 Android vulnerabilities

By Matt Kapko
The FBI’s cyber chief is using Winter SHIELD to accelerate China prep, threat intelligence sharing

By Tim Starks

Popular Stories

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Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble

The agency lost a third of its people in a year. Now industry and lawmakers on both sides say it's unprepared for a potential crisis.

By Tim Starks

AI-powered health apps are flooding the market. But their data security policy is more of a pinky promise than a legal mandate. (Source: Getty Images)

Your AI doctor doesn’t have to follow the same privacy rules as your real one

AI apps are making their way into healthcare. It’s not clear that rigorous data security or privacy practices will be part of the package.

By Derek B. Johnson

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Cyber scholarship-for-service students say government has pulled rug on them, potentially burdening them with debt

Hiring freezes, budget cuts and more are raising questions about the future of CyberCorps.

By Tim Starks

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A house full of open windows: Why telecoms may never purge their networks of Salt Typhoon

Experts tell CyberScoop that the U.S. telecom system is just too technologically fragmented to gather a clear picture of threats, and too big to ever fully eject…

By Derek B. Johnson

‘Whatever we did was not enough’: How Salt Typhoon slipped through the government’s blind spots

By Tim Starks

Prolific Russian ransomware operator living in California enjoys rare leniency awaiting trial

By Matt Kapko

Trump and others want to ramp up cyber offense, but there’s plenty of doubt about the idea

By Tim Starks Mark Pomerleau

Who is sending those scammy text messages about unpaid tolls?

By Matt Kapko

Despite challenges, the CVE program is a public-private partnership that has shown resilience

By Cynthia Brumfield

Insights

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Why cyber modernization requires partners with technical plus acquisition expertise

By Katie Baxter

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Why identity is the definitive cyber defense for federal agencies

By Daniel Wilbricht

Agencies push for digital transformation amid security challenges

By Scoop News Group

Photo illustration of AI and security.

Want to scale cyber defenders? Focus on AI-enabled security and organization-wide training

By Jay Bhalodia

Videos

T-Mobile’s Eric Jensen on the challenge of securing vast supply chains

By CyberScoop Staff

Datadog’s Emilio Escobar on compliance-first AI

By Scoop News Group

Cohesity’s Marlin McFate on risks tied to growing cloud dependence

By Scoop News Group

ThreatLocker’s Rob Allen on the dual impact of AI

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

Is the ‘Shields Up’ era of CISA over?

By CyberScoop Staff

Should you still trust your password manager?

By CyberScoop Staff

No exceptions: How Amazon killed the password and unified security

By CyberScoop Staff

What leaders can learn from the WEF’s Cybersecurity Outlook

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In an aerial view, artist Gustavo Zermeño Jr. hangs from a ladder as he paints a mural of Olympic figure-skating gold medalist Alysa Liu on February 26, 2026 in Gardena, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

From fake nudes to fake quotes: AI deepfakes plagued Olympic athletes

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How ‘silent probing’ can make your security playbook a liability

Madhu Gottumukkala, acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies during the DHS oversight hearing in the Cannon House office building on Jan. 21, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Gottumukkala out, Andersen in as acting CISA director

Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, is pictured at its headquarters building on June 24, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images)

Project Compass is Europol’s new playbook for taking on The Com

Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), is one of four Senators to sponsor the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act, which passed through the Senate HELP Committee 22-1. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senate moves one step closer to passing health care cyber reforms

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Governments issue warning over Cisco zero-day attacks dating back to 2023

Creeping plant growing on a brick wall. — Creeping plant growing on a brick wall. (Getty Images)

Vulnerabilities grew like weeds in 2025, but only 1% were weaponized in attacks

A photo taken on March 31, 2023 in Manta, near Turin, shows a computer screen with the home page of the artificial intelligence OpenAI web site, displaying its chatGPT robot. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese group’s ChatGPT use reveals worldwide harassment campaign against critics

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Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker

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CrowdStrike says attackers are moving through networks in under 30 minutes

This photograph shows a figurine in front of the logo of the US artificial intelligence safety and research company Anthropic during a photo session in Paris on Feb. 13, 2026. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

Anthropic accuses Chinese labs of trying to illicitly take Claude’s capabilities

The Claude AI logo is displayed on the screen of a smartphone placed on a reflective surface onto which lines of computer code are projected. Following the release of Claude Opus 4.6 on February 5, Anthropic continues to challenge its main competitors in the generative AI market in Creteil, France, on February 6, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Anthropic rolls out embedded security scanning for Claude

The North Korean flag flies over its embassy in Beijing. (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainian sentenced to 5 years in prison for facilitating North Korean remote worker scheme

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