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

Brett Leatherman is running the bureau's most public cyber campaign yet, pushing basic security hygiene while quietly preparing industry for stepped-up Chinese threats.

By Tim Starks

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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By Derek B. Johnson

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

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By Dimitrios Bougioukas

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Gottumukkala out, Andersen in as acting CISA director

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

By Matt Kapko
Senate moves one step closer to passing health care cyber reforms

By Derek B. Johnson
Governments issue warning over Cisco zero-day attacks dating back to 2023

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

By Matt Kapko

Popular Stories

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

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

Seven sources tell CyberScoop that a lack of coordination and miscommunication between federal agencies and the telecommunications industry left critical networks exposed to the Chinese hacking group.

By Tim Starks

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

By Matt Kapko

Who needs VC funding? How cybercriminals spread their ill-gotten gains to everyday business ventures

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

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

By Jay Bhalodia

Videos

Red Hat’s Adam Clater on countering persistent threat actors

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Rubrik’s Travis Rosiek on the urgency of rapid cyber recovery

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Splunk’s Paul Kurtz highlights urgency around AI-driven security strategies

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Wiz’s Ryan Kazanciyan on navigating cloud complexity and cyber risk

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Podcasts

Is the ‘Shields Up’ era of CISA over?

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Should you still trust your password manager?

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No exceptions: How Amazon killed the password and unified security

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What leaders can learn from the WEF’s Cybersecurity Outlook

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

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

Gharun Lacy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Cyber and Technology Security Directorate at the Department of State, issued a challenge for cybersecurity defenders at CyberTalks, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2026. (James Kim / EPNAC)

State Dept. official says post-quantum transition plans will outlive current leadership

Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant director for cyber intelligence at the FBI, speaks at CyberTalks on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (James Kim / EPNAC)

FBI: Threats from Salt Typhoon are ‘still very much ongoing’

A healthcare worker tends to a patient on a ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit of Baptist Health Floyd on September 7, 2021 in New Albany, Indiana. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from third-party vendors

Alexandra Seymour, Office of the National Cyber Director; CyberTalks, Feb. 19, 2026 (James Kim / EPNAC)

ONCD official says Trump administration aims to bolster AI use for defense without increasing risk

The silhouette of a man is seen with the city of Caracas in the background on January 9, 2026. Experts say that while President Donald Trump says that cyber weapons were used to plunge Caracas into darkness, multiple military elements were used in the operation. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)

The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan – just not the whole operation

The Department of Justice building in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2022. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Nigerian man sentenced to 8 years in prison for running phony tax refund scheme

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