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Another worry for water systems: infostealer exposure

SpyCloud’s study found 1,787 of the approximately 10,000 U.S. organizations had it, including one infected device that saved logins for 167 utility metering tenants.

By Tim Starks

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Early Scattered Spider member pleads guilty to cybercrime spree

Cybercrime

By Matt Kapko

Congressman James Walkinshaw, D-Va., speaks at a press conference with other Democratic members of House Homeland Security Committee (including Sri Thanedar, D-Mich., left, and Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., right) on the killing of Renee Good, outside the U.S. Capitol on January 14, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Dems seek top-to-bottom assessment of CISA workforce

Government

By Tim Starks

Featured on CyberScoop

Researchers use AI to find widespread software decoder flaw

By Derek B. Johnson
International security agencies warn about North Korean hackers exploiting job seekers to steal crypto, data

By Tim Starks
Cisco alerts customers to second actively exploited zero-day in as many days

By Matt Kapko
The AI hacking apocalypse is not inevitable

By Derek B. Johnson
Authorities seize popular, long-running DDoS-for-hire service domains

By Matt Kapko

Popular Stories

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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

Insights

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Why federal cyber defense demands an offense-driven mindset

By Anthony "TonyP" Pillitiere

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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

Videos

AI-adaptable security platforms are critical for autonomous decision-making

By Scoop News Group

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

Podcasts

ClickFix and the social engineering of routine

By CyberScoop Staff

Defending in the middle of the vulnpocalypse

By CyberScoop Staff

The Vulnpocalypse arrived early

By CyberScoop Staff

Rethinking how federal cyber hiring actually works

By CyberScoop Staff

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A US Army Stryker seen moving towards the ARC Defender vessel at the Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia. The US Army transports military equipment from Poland to the United States after being deployed for 9 months. It is the long-term rotation of the equipment. Another unit arrives to train together with the troops of Great Britain, Croatia and Romania as part of joint military maneuvers in Poland and in some parts of Europe. (Photo by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

America’s cyber strategy overlooks the infrastructure that actually keeps the military moving

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CISA promotes a fresh way to deter cyberattackers: Lie to them

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Coast Guard, FBI board US-bound foreign ships in order to probe for cyberattacks

Treasury’s Scott Bessent says no liability exemptions for AI labs

Richard Grabowski, acting branch chief of service delivery and deputy program manager for CISA’s CDM program, speaks at the Elastic Federal Cyber Defense Breakfast produced by FedScoop on Sept. 15, 2026. (Scoop News Group)

What’s next for CISA’s CDM program that gives cybersecurity tools to federal agencies

The Cisco Systems logo is displayed at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on February 25, 2019. (GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)

Cisco warns customers of actively exploited zero-day in email gateways

The front of the U.S. Supreme Court building is seen after sunset on June 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Supreme Court denies Trump request to allow USPS mail ballot changes

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

Five alleged leaders of Black Axe’s operations in South Africa extradited to US

OpenAI confirmed it was investigating an incident in May where the company’s AI agents uploaded thousands of malicious software packages to a public code repository RubyGems. (Source: RubyGems)

Researchers say OpenAI agents were behind May hacking campaign targeting RubyGems

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Cyberattack causes a flight delay? Airlines won’t owe you a hotel or meal

GitLab’s critical flaw is already drawing internet-wide probes

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

Conti ransomware crew member sentenced to four years in prison

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Hawley probes OpenAI over Hugging Face breach

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