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Coordinated cyberattack disrupts water utilities in 30+ Minnesota communities

A cyberattack of undetermined origin disrupted water treatment plants in at least 30 communities in Minnesota, according to the state's technology bureau.

By Colin Wood

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AI-assisted security tools are finding more bugs, but the threat level has not changed

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By Matt Kapko

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FBI sees Anthropic’s Mythos as a law enforcement challenge

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By Lindsey Wilkinson

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Microsoft debuts AI cybersecurity offerings as competition heats up

By Tim Starks
Trump asks Supreme Court to let him curtail mail-in voting ahead of midterms

By Greg Otto
Google’s solution to hacker name confusion? Yet another naming system

By Greg Otto
Sen. Wyden urges feds to discard older, insecure, public-facing VPNs

By Tim Starks
Industry’s message on CIRCIA: Please ask us fewer questions about cyberattacks

By Tim Starks

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How software development’s speed obsession enabled TeamPCP’s chaos crusade

The threat group’s remarkable success targeting open-source software was inevitable and fueled by the industry’s decision to prioritize code shipping over security.

By Matt Kapko

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Inside the race to adapt to an AI-powered security world

AI is breaking things faster than anyone can fix them. Security leaders across the industry are racing to figure out what comes next.

By Greg Otto

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Security leaders say the next two years are going to be ‘insane’

Kevin Mandia, Morgan Adamski, and Alex Stamos tell CyberScoop that AI is finding bugs faster than anyone can fix them, exploit development is accelerating, and most organizations…

By Greg Otto

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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

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

By Derek B. Johnson

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

By Tim Starks

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

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

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Weaponized AI: The new frontier of fraud and identity spoofing

By Fernanda Sottil

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

By CyberScoop Staff

Datadog’s Emilio Escobar on compliance-first AI

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

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ThreatLocker’s Rob Allen on the dual impact of AI

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Podcasts

A builder’s view of the AI arms race

By CyberScoop Staff

What the Section 702 lapse means for cybersecurity

By CyberScoop Staff

What the post-quantum executive order means for CISOs

By CyberScoop Staff

How security investigators can get the right info out of AI security tools

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Despite multiple takedowns, botnets continue to grow

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Microsoft, tech companies throw weight behind spread of open-source AI

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), part of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, at the Philippine International Convention Center on July 23, 2026 in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

Rubio restricts visas for sextortionists, cyber scammers

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Russian espionage group using novel Zimbra exploit to steal sensitive data from Western countries

ANCHOR-CI will dictate how the government and industry collaborate to protect critical infrastructure. (CyberScoop)

ANCHOR-CI could fix 20 years of broken government-industry collaboration

The GAO found 80 out of 117 rules that “either contain the same kind of reporting requirement applicable to a sector or the same reporting requirement as at least one other regulation.” (Getty Images)

Most federal cybersecurity reporting rules are duplicative, study finds

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Malware is targeting AI tools in software development environments

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 24: Michael Kratsios participates in the Winning the AI Race: From Strategy to Execution panel during The Hill & Valley Forum 2026 at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on March 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The Hill & Valley Forum)

White House accuses Chinese company of distilling Anthropic’s Fable

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OpenAI says model test was behind Hugging Face hack

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AI models keep getting caught cheating

US President Donald Trump (R) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman (L) react during a working lunch meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. The Trump administration has been moving to regulate AI models for cybersecurity use. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Where’s the Trump administration line on AI regulation?

Chairman Rick Crawford, R-Ark., center, and ranking member Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., right, conduct the House Select Intelligence Committee hearing titled “Worldwide Threats Assessment,” in Longworth building on March 26, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House intel bill includes provisions on state and local threat intelligence, election security, AI

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast. — In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during a reception at the Mongnangwan Reception House in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Putin enjoyed a red carpet welcome, a military ceremony and an embrace from North Korea’s Kim Jong Un during a state visit to Pyongyang where they both pledged to forge closer ties. (Photo by Vladimir Smirnov / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea’s IT worker scheme funds Russia’s war effort

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