Technology Archives

Safe Mode

Sayash Kapoor on AI risk; Federal agencies affected by Russian breach of Microsoft

Sayash Kapoor, PhD candidate at Princeton University and a researcher at the Center for Information Technology and Policy, author of the newsletter AI Snake Oil

Apr 11, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff

U.S. House Intelligence Chairman Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) (L) and House Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT) speak following a briefing with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the U.S. Capitol on February 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House hurtles toward showdown over expiring surveillance tools

At issue is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which authorizes snooping that some consider vital to security and others view as an out-of-control privacy…

Apr 9, 2024 By Tim Starks

In this photo illustration, social media apps are displayed on an iPad on February 26, 2024, in Miami, Florida. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Civil society groups press platforms to step up election integrity work

A coalition of civil society groups wants social media companies to re-invest in human content moderation and commit to holding bad actors accountable.

Apr 9, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Safe Mode

Dave Aitel on ‘secure by design’; CISA’s rules for cyber incident reporting

Veteran cybersecurity executive Dave Aitel

Apr 4, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff

Jonathan Lenzner, chief of staff to FBI Director Chris Wray, and Cynthia Kaiser, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division, take part in an International Association of Privacy Professionals conference in Washington D.C., on April 3, 2024. (Scoop News Group photo by Tim Starks)

FBI seeks to balance risks, rewards of artificial intelligence

The agency sees ways that AI could help protect cyber networks, but also ways it could be an ethical quagmire or a tool for enemies of the…

Apr 4, 2024 By Tim Starks

Brandon Wales of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on May 11, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Ivanti-linked breach of CISA potentially affected more than 100,000 individuals

A senior CISA official shared details with CyberScoop regarding the incident after the agency notified Congress about it on Friday.

Mar 29, 2024 By Tim Starks

A digitally generated image of yellow data server discs organized into circular pattern is seen against on beige background. (Andriy Onufriyenko via GettyImages)

Plan to resuscitate beleaguered vulnerability database draws criticism

The National Vulnerability Database has ceased some of its work, but some experts fear the formation of a consortium to address its problems lacks sufficient urgency.

Mar 28, 2024 By Tim Starks

A cosplayer dressed as the Star Wars character Darth Vader holds a mobile phone displaying a government alert issued to all smartphones to test a system used to warn of life-threatening emergencies at the Scarborough Sci-Fi Convention in Scarborough north-east England on April 23, 2023. (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Spyware and zero-day exploits increasingly go hand-in-hand, researchers find

Researchers found 97 zero-days exploited in the wild in 2023; nearly two thirds of mobile and browser flaws were used by spyware firms.

Mar 27, 2024 By Tim Starks

Safe Mode

Sherrod DeGrippo on APT groups experimenting with AI; security pros respond to China hacking warnings

Sherrod DeGrippo, Director of Threat Intelligence Strategy, Microsoft

Mar 21, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff

A woman places her ballot in the tabulation machine after voting at Western High School School in the US presidential election on November 8, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. / AFP / JEFF KOWALSKY (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Michigan lawyer in voting machine tampering case arraigned in D.C.

Stefanie Lambert was involved in the effort to overturn the 2020 election and was arrested after appearing on behalf of another client.

Mar 19, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson