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Supreme Court Police standby as “The People vs the Poison” protesters gather at the US Supreme Court on April 27, 2026. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Supreme Court justices skeptically question both sides in geofence surveillance case

A ruling could come this summer in Chatrie v. United States, which could have bigger ramifications about the scope of government surveillance.

By Tim Starks

U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., departs a Democratic luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 6, 2025. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)

Senators seek answers about hackers obtaining sensitive student data from ostensibly anonymous tip line

Policy

By Tim Starks

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Chinese national extradited to US for pandemic-era Silk Typhoon attacks

Cybersecurity

By Matt Kapko

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U.S. companies hit with record fines for privacy in 2025

By Derek B. Johnson
BlackFile actively extorting data-theft victims in retail and hospitality sector

By Matt Kapko
Latest spy power reauthorization bill leaves critics unimpressed

By Tim Starks
Vercel attack fallout expands to more customers and third-party systems

By Matt Kapko
US, UK agencies warn hackers were hiding on Cisco firewalls long after patches were applied

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

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

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

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

Insights

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Why cyber modernization requires partners with technical plus acquisition expertise

By Katie Baxter

Image of US Capitol evoking data flow — Image: Scoop News Group

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

Proving Identity in the age of agents

By CyberScoop Staff

The federal government’s most underrated cybersecurity tool

By CyberScoop Staff

What does industry think of the White House’s cybersecurity strategy?

By CyberScoop Staff

When iPhone exploits turn into commodities

By CyberScoop Staff

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Arik Ashkenazi, chief engineer at the Ein Netafim wastewater treatment plant, walks between water clarifier basins at the facility in Israel’s southern Red Sea port city of Eilat on July 13, 2023. Hemmed in between the Red Sea and a desert, isolated from the rest of Israel and with no natural freshwater, Eilat’s drinking water is a combination of desalinated groundwater and sea water. After its domestic use turns it into sewage, it is treated and then allocated to farmers, enabling the arid region to support an agricultural industry. While Eilat used to be the exception in Israel’s water management, it is now more of a prototype for the country and perhaps to the world. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Dragos: Despite AI use, new malware targeting water plants is ‘hype’

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Surveillance campaigns use commercial surveillance tools to exploit long-known telecom vulnerabilities

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A dozen allied agencies say China is building covert hacker networks out of everyday routers

Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

CISA director pick Sean Plankey withdraws his nomination

UNITED STATES – NOVEMBER 18: Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., speaks during a news conference with House Republican leadership in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House Republicans roll out national privacy bill

Flowers adorn a garden in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on March 31, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

The Supreme Court is about to decide how far geofence warrants can go

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The AI era demands a different kind of CISO

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Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to extortion scheme

A spider hangs from the railing of a pedestrian bridge. (Moritz Frankenberg/Getty Images)

Scottish man pleads guilty to attack spree that created Scattered Spider’s notoriety

June 2, 2025: Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Miss. (nikkormat42, iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware attacks

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Mythos can find the vulnerability. It can’t tell you what to do about it.

CANADA – 2026/04/08: In this photo illustration, the Google Antigravity logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Vuln in Google’s Antigravity AI agent manager could escape sandbox, give attackers remote code execution

UNITED STATES – APRIL 14: Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, left, and Commissioner Mark Meador, testify during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled titled “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission,” in Russell building on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The FTC’s AI portfolio is about to get bigger

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