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Ballots arrive at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center on election night on November 5, 2024 in Fairburn, Georgia. The FBI carried out a raid on the Fulton County election offices (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Lawmakers, election officials blast Trump administration after Fulton County raid

State election officials pressed White House officials for their legal rationale and expressed concern about the impact of similar raids tied to the 2026 elections.

By Derek B. Johnson

Fortinet office in Burnaby, BC, Canada, July 7, 2023. (Getty Images)

Fortinet’s latest zero-day vulnerability carries frustrating familiarities for customers

Cybercrime

By Matt Kapko

U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order during the “Winning the AI Race” summit hosted by All‑In Podcast and Hill & Valley Forum at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on July 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Trump signed executive orders related to his Artificial Intelligence Action Plan during the event. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US wants to push its view of AI cybersecurity standards to the rest of the world

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By Tim Starks

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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

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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

Insights

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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

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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

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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

Opportunistic by Default: How OT gets pulled into the blast radius

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Cybercriminals and nation-state groups are exploiting a six-month old WinRAR defect

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WhatsApp releases account feature that looks to combat spyware

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LevelBlue scoops up Alert Logic’s managed services from Fortra

The interior of the IBM Quantum System Two is seen at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center on June 6, 2025 in Yorktown Heights, New York. A guide aims to help tech buyers navigate their switch to post-quantum encryption, but experts cautioned that most products and backend internet protocols have yet to be updated. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

CISA publishes a post-quantum shopping list for agencies. Security professionals aren’t sold

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A new wave of ‘vishing’ attacks is breaking into SSO accounts in real time

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OMB rescinds ‘burdensome’ Biden-era secure software memo

A threat actor is seeding the internet with AI browser extensions that can intercept a user’s authenticated session tokens and hijack accounts. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

Some ChatGPT browser extensions are stealing your data

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Industry, government, nonprofits weigh voluntary rules for commercial hacking tools

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 21: Ha Nguyen McNeill, senior official performing the duties of the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, testifies during the DHS oversight hearing in the Cannon House office building on January 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. The hearing covered a full oversight into the Department of Homeland Security, CISA, TSA and S&T. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Watchdog group sues for TSA data sharing agreement with ICE

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Leader of ransomware crew pleads guilty to four-year crime spree

Jordanians wave the national flag and shout anti displacing Palestinian slogans during a protest over U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks on Gaza on Feb. 7, 2025 in Amman, Jordan. The protest followed recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump that the U.S. would “take over” and “own” Gaza after the end of the current war between Hamas and Israel, and that Palestinians in Gaza would leave for neighboring countries like Jordan and Egypt. (Photo by Jordan Pix/Getty Images)

Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against activists

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NIST officials detail impact of staff cuts on encryption and other priorities

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GCVE launches as a decentralized system for tracking software vulnerabilities

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