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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)

Secretary Mullin must help finish the job: Urge the Senate to confirm Plankey

With global cyber threats escalating and budget cuts looming, CISA needs a Senate-confirmed director. It’s time to confirm Sean Plankey.

By Chris Sullivan

Anthropic’s Project Glasswing website is displayed on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on April 12, 2026. Governments and financial institutions are reviewing potential cybersecurity risks from the company’s advanced AI model, which has identified thousands of software vulnerabilities but is restricted over misuse concerns. (Photo Illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Here’s how cyber heavyweights in the US and UK are dealing with Claude Mythos

AI

By Derek B. Johnson

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Black Basta’s playbook lives on as former affiliates launch fast-scale intrusion campaign

Cybercrime

By Matt Kapko

Featured on CyberScoop

OpenAI’s Mac apps need updates thanks to the Axios hack

By Matt Kapko
Commerce setting up new AI export regime to push adoption of ‘American AI’ abroad

By Derek B. Johnson
Iranian attacks on US critical infrastructure puts 3,900 devices in crosshairs

By Matt Kapko
Why is the timeline to quantum-proof everything constantly shrinking?

By Derek B. Johnson
Inside the FBI’s router takedown that cut off APT28’s ‘tremendous access’

By Tim Starks

Popular Stories

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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

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

By CyberScoop Staff

When iPhone exploits turn into commodities

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Behind the scenes of the Socksescort takedown

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What comes next for Trump’s cybersecurity plan?

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The Latest

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Don’t just fight fraud, hunt it

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Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa

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Feds quash widespread Russia-backed espionage network spanning 18,000 devices

Project Glasswing, named after the Greta oto butterfly, aims to secure open-source software with the use of a new frontier model. (Getty Images)

Tech giants launch AI-powered ‘Project Glasswing’ to identify critical software vulnerabilities

Miguel Escamilla Jr., mannufacturing manager of ShayoNano, demonstrates the operation of programmable logic controller at the company’s production plant July 25, 2017, in Stafford. The Singapore-based company chose Stafford to be their U.S. headquarters. (Photo by Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Iranian hackers launching disruptive attacks at U.S. energy, water targets, feds warn

A trail of binary code emerges, representing the concept of a cybercrime. (Getty Images)

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025

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‘GrafanaGhost’ bypasses Grafana’s AI defenses without leaving a trace

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Fortinet customers confront actively exploited zero-day, with a full patch still pending

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pcTattleTale stalkerware maker sentence includes fine, supervised release

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more from CISA

WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 09: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) looks on as U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters following a Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. The senators discussed a variety of topics including a vote expected this week on a Democratic proposal to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is ‘blatant voter suppression’

ICE agents ride an escalator at LaGuardia Airport, on March 28, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

House Dems decry confirmed ICE usage of Paragon spyware

“Akira” art and animation cells at the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Presents Special Screening of “Akira” at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on December 02, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Akira ransomware group can achieve initial access to data encryption in less than an hour

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