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Experts warn of a ‘loud and aggressive’ extortion wave following Trivy hack

Attackers compromised the open-source security tool and published malicious versions of the software. Mandiant warns the fallout could impact up to 10,000 downstream victims.

By Matt Kapko

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 20: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr (R) speaks with Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) after attending the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief trophy in the East Room of the White House March 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump presented the Commander-in-Chief Trophy to the Navy Midshipmen football team, the winner of the 2025 Army-Navy football game. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Critics call FCC router rule a ‘big swing’ that could create more supply chain uncertainty

Cybersecurity

By Derek B. Johnson

The front of the U.S. Treasury building on Jan. 3, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J.David Ake/Getty Images)

Treasury asks whether terrorism risk insurance program should bolster cyber coverage

Financial

By Tim Starks

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

The agency lost a third of its people in a year. Now industry and lawmakers on both sides say it's unprepared for a potential crisis.

By Tim Starks

AI-powered health apps are flooding the market. But their data security policy is more of a pinky promise than a legal mandate. (Source: Getty Images)

Your AI doctor doesn’t have to follow the same privacy rules as your real one

AI apps are making their way into healthcare. It’s not clear that rigorous data security or privacy practices will be part of the package.

By Derek B. Johnson

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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

‘Whatever we did was not enough’: How Salt Typhoon slipped through the government’s blind spots

By Tim Starks

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

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

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

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

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

ThreatLocker’s Rob Allen on the dual impact of AI

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

Behind the scenes of the Socksescort takedown

By CyberScoop Staff

What comes next for Trump’s cybersecurity plan?

By CyberScoop Staff

A plea to improve quantum security in the federal government

By CyberScoop Staff

Is the ‘Shields Up’ era of CISA over?

By CyberScoop Staff

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The phone call is the new phishing email

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FBI, CISA issue PSA on Russian intelligence campaign to target messaging apps

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Trio sentenced for facilitating North Korean IT worker scheme from their homes

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Ubiquiti defect poses account takeover risk for UniFi Networking Application users

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Justice Department disrupts botnet networks that hijacked 3 million devices

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North Carolina tech worker found guilty of insider attack netting $2.5M ransom

Mike Nichols, Elastic GM of Security Solutions, discusses AI at the Elastic Public Sector Summit on Thursday, March 19. (Sergey Kolupaev/EPNAC)

Can Zero Trust survive the AI era?

Elastic’s Sean MacKirdy speaks with the Defense Department’s Terry Kalka at the 2026 Elastic Public Sector Summit. (Sergey Kolupaev/EPNAC)

Feds keep eyes peeled for Iran cyberattacks, respond to Stryker breach

The Cisco Systems logo is displayed at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on February 25, 2019. (GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)

Cisco’s latest vulnerability spree has a more troubling pattern underneath

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 18: A U.S. Secret Service robot dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics patrols the grounds at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on November 18, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. The incoming Trump administration continues to announce nominees to fill senior positions in his cabinet and government. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

U.S. robotics companies want federal help to keep Chinese robots out of America’s networks

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Second iOS exploit kit now in use by suspected Russian hackers

CISA acting director nick andersen — Acting CISA Director Nick Andersen speaks at an Auburn University event on March 17 in Washington, D.C. (Tim Starks/Scoop News Group)

CISA official advises agencies not to get too hung up on who takes lead in critical infrastructure sectors

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Trump administration isn’t pushing companies to conduct cyber offense, national cyber director says

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