Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives for a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2025. Noem testified before the Homeland Security Subcommittee about her department’s FY 2026 budget request. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The legislation also includes mandates on election security funding and CISA staff levels, as well as an extension of a state and local cyber grant program.
OpenAI and Anthropic said they turned over their models to government researchers, who found an array of previously undiscovered vulnerabilities and attack techniques. (Image via Getty)
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…
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.
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…
Microsoft seized the infrastructure used to run RedVDS, a cybercrime marketplace that facilitated thousands of attacks globally. (Courtesy of Microsoft)
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)
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 18: A U.S. flag and the flag of the U.S. Department of Energy fly outside its building on March 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. DEK: Under the Trump administration, the Department of Energy’s cybersecurity office is planning to shift focus from “traditional” research and development to “AI dominance.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters before attending an afternoon Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Sep. 29, 2023. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
A coordinated law enforcement operation that fanned out to Seville, Madrid, Malaga and Barcelona significantly disrupted the group’s activities, according to Europol. (Courtesy of Europol)