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‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal risks that apply to Grok’s deepfake disaster

There are legal tools in place to curb what’s happening on X, but the incident will be precedent-setting for how these laws and regulations are wielded for…

By Derek B. Johnson

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Trump pulls US out of international cyber orgs

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By Tim Starks

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Inside Vercel’s sleep-deprived race to contain React2Shell

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By Matt Kapko

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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

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

Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko allegedly committed ransomware attacks from 2018 to 2022. He’s been out on bond since his arrest almost a year ago, despite multiple run-ins with…

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

Legal barriers complicate justice for spyware victims

By Tim Starks

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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

CMMC compliance made practical: A data-first path forward

By Scoop News Group

Why blocking cyber threats is no longer enough

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To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy

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Red Hat’s Adam Clater on navigating zero trust’s unknowns

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Podcasts

The Access‑Trust Gap: Why security can’t see what work depends on

By CyberScoop Staff

How AI has complicated enterprise mobile security

By CyberScoop Staff

Breaking down the latest era of Chinese cyberespionage with Booz Allen’s Nate Beach-Westmoreland

By CyberScoop Staff

How Visa’s CISO turns a ‘paranoid and pessimisitic mindset’ into positive security outcomes

By CyberScoop Staff

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DEK: The regulations, put in place after President Joe Biden’s voice was cloned, imposes $10,000 fines on telecoms that file false or late caller information. (Image Credit: Getty Images)

FCC finalizes new penalties for robocall violators

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Why governments need to treat fraud like cyberwarfare, not customer service

NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 5: Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/GC Images)

AI, voting machine conspiracies fill information vacuum around Venezuela operation

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Convicted Bitfinex bitcoin launderer freed from prison, thanks Trump law

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Time to restore America’s cyberspace security system

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Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during Snowflake Summit 2025 at Moscone Center on June 02, 2025 in San Francisco, California.(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

OpenAI says prompt injection may never be ‘solved’ for browser agents like Atlas

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AI doesn’t care if it’s in California or Texas. It just runs.

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MongoBleed defect swirls, stamping out hope of year-end respite

ServiceNow agrees to buy cyber firm Armis for $7.75B

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How to determine if agentic AI browsers are safe enough for your enterprise

NIST, MITRE announce $20 million research effort on AI cybersecurity

Justice Department headquarters at night — Traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue streaks by the Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters building at night with the US Capitol in the background on Jan. 24, 2025, in Washington. (J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Leader of 764 offshoot pleads guilty, faces up to 60 years in jail

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