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AdFection: How mercenary spyware invades victims’ devices through targeted advertising

Researchers say the attacks have serious implications for the online advertising world, and regulators.

By Tim Starks

New research from VisionHeight highlights how AI systems can often serve as more useful marks for influence actors than humans. To wit: someone is setting up networks of hyperlocal websites across at least 14 different states, filled with content meant to influence U.S. races. (Image via Getty)

The next election influence campaign will target your AI chatbot

AI

By Derek B. Johnson

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 29: (L-R) U.S. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, CEO of Meta Platforms Mark Zuckerberg, Co-Founder at Anthropic Tom Brown, U.S. President Donald Trump and David O. Sacks hold a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence, outside the West Wing of the White House on September 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. The meeting comes as some have called for a slowdown in AI development amid rising safety concerns. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senators press Trump admin to rally federal government around AI safety, security

Government

By Derek B. Johnson

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Authorities charge alleged OLVX cybercrime marketplace operator in North Macedonia

By Matt Kapko
Microsoft drops an actively exploited zero-day among record high of 1,413 vulnerabilities

By Matt Kapko
Microsoft and partners disrupt vast Chinese-language phishing kit ecosystem

By Matt Kapko
Ivanti misses opportunity to fix vulnerability before attackers got to work and made it a zero-day

By Matt Kapko
DOJ charges 14 over a sprawling North Korean remote work scheme

By Greg Otto

Popular Stories

In recent conversations, cybersecurity and national security professionals raised questions about both the technical solutions OpenAI and Anthropic use to contain their models, as well as the glaring absence of federal oversight from federal regulators or truly independent third-party review. (Image via Getty)

The AI hacking apocalypse is not inevitable

While large language models present real risks to society, experts say they can be tested and largely controlled using well-worn cybersecurity and policy choices.

By Derek B. Johnson

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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

Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble

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

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

The messy middle of AI-powered bug disclosure

By CyberScoop Staff

Which nation-sate should worry us most

By CyberScoop Staff

What AI alignment means for cybersecurity

By CyberScoop Staff

Jailbreaks, sandboxes, and the limits of AI safeguards

By CyberScoop Staff

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FTC says ‘sextortion’ protection companies deceived customers about services

Scam center in Ghana (Department of Justice)

West African scammers targeted in joint international government-industry operation

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Flock can now issue CVEs for its own products. Should we trust it?

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IonQ to buy zero-trust security firm Elisity in deal valued at up to $1.3 billion

Your AI agent is only as safe as the packages it downloads

Federal Bureau of Investigation seal is seen on J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington D.C. on July 12. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Canadian cybersecurity executive arrested in federal extortion case

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Leader of 764 pleads guilty, faces up to 30 years in prison

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Anthropic rolls out program for ‘long-term commitment’ to secure critical infrastructure, open source software

Judge gavel on the laptop.

DOJ, FBI seize Flax Typhoon-linked hacking tools Microscan, FishHub

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Ransomware recovery CEO indicted after allegedly paying hackers and pocketing millions

U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that the Russian government’s efforts were largely in support of Trump while Iranian influence efforts were primarily targeted towards helping the electoral chances of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. (Image Source: Getty Images)

OpenAI says Iran, Russia used AI journalists, think tanks to influence Western media

A sufficiently powerful quantum computer could crack widely used forms of encryption protecting sensitive digital information globally. (Getty Images)

Quantum computers could break today’s encryption. Washington needs to prepare now.

Safety box used for securing valuable objects against theft and/or damage from fire.

Major rules for federal contractors handling sensitive data are nearing the finish line

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