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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 28, 2022. (Photo by PAVEL BYRKIN/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainian hackers celebrate Putin’s birthday with two high-profile attacks

The attacks targeted Russia’s leading state media provider and the country’s courts system.

By AJ Vicens

A US President Donald Trump supporter screams at supporters of Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center as ballot counting continues inside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 6, 2020. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Election offices are preparing for a smooth voting process — and angry voters

Election Security

By Derek B. Johnson

American Water Headquarters — American Water headquarters in Camden, New Jersey. (Photo by Ajay Suresh / https://flic.kr/p/2pC3JsS)

Major U.S. water company hit by cyberattack

Threats

By Christian Vasquez

Featured on CyberScoop

Former Mesa County clerk sentenced to 9 years for 2020 voting system breach

By Derek B. Johnson
What’s new from this year’s Counter Ransomware Initiative summit, and what’s next

By Tim Starks
DOJ, Microsoft seize more than 100 domains used by the FSB

By AJ Vicens
Research reveals vulnerabilities in routers that left 700,000-plus exposed

By Tim Starks
Russian authorities arrest nearly 100 in raids tied to cybercriminal money laundering

By AJ Vicens

Trellix’s John Fokker on the latest cybercriminal snapshot

Mandiant’s Michael Barnhart on the North Korean IT worker crisis

How states are navigating the move to mobile driver’s licenses

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EMERGE: Information Sharing for Strategic Advantage

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Popular Stories

Broken RGB screen close-up with a missing pixel on the bottom right. (Getty Images)

Zero trust: How the ‘Jia Tan’ hack complicated open-source software

The volunteers that maintain open-source software have always been knocked around by the tech community. The Jia Tan hack made it all so much worse.

By Christian Vasquez

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Sanctioned and exposed, Predator spyware maker group has gone awfully quiet

By Tim Starks

Benjamin Franklin writing his Autobiography. Franklin's creation of a volunteer fire department has sparked an idea amongst the cybersecurity community. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images) — Benjamin Franklin writing his Autobiography. Franklin’s creation of a volunteer fire department has sparked an idea amongst the cybersecurity community. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

How Benjamin Franklin is inspiring defenders to protect critical infrastructure

By Christian Vasquez

The front of the U.S. Supreme Court building is seen after sunset on June 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Cybersecurity regulations face ‘uphill battle’ after Chevron ruling

By Derek B. Johnson

Here’s what corporate boards are asking Kevin Mandia about

By Greg Otto

Rethinking democracy for the age of AI

By Bruce Schneier

UnitedHealth Group CISO: We had to ‘start over’ after Change Healthcare attack

By Greg Otto

Intelligence bill would elevate ransomware to a terrorist threat

By Cynthia Brumfield

The pressing threat of Chinese-made drones flying above U.S. critical infrastructure

By Brian Harrell Travis Moran

The missed opportunities in White House’s critical infrastructure directive

By Christian Vasquez

Insights

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Want to scale cyber defenders? Focus on AI-enabled security and organization-wide training

By Jay Bhalodia

Data-driven decision-making: The power of enhanced event logging

By Casey Kahsen

Operationalizing zero trust: A practical guide for modern federal agencies

By Scoop News Group

Meeting zero-trust mandates with strategic partnerships

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Videos

Stay ahead of cyber threats with automated testing measures

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AWS and CrowdStrike leaders discuss zero trust implementation and the path ahead

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Taking a holistic approach to cybersecurity

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Splunk’s Kristi Chiarenza says agencies face time and resource hurdles in zero-trust journey

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Podcasts

How organizations are handling AI security

By CyberScoop Staff

We’re back! RunSafe CEO Joe Saunders on secure-by-design in IoT devices

By CyberScoop Staff

Ted Schlein on the cybersecurity industry and the latest twist in the Trump-Iran hacking saga

By CyberScoop Staff

Hack-and-leak op targets Trump; a technical deep dive with John Hammond on the CrowdStrike outage

By CyberScoop Staff

A deep dive with Tim Starks on the Biden administration’s cybersecurity initiatives

By CyberScoop Staff

Sara Hooker on compute thresholds for AI; CrowdStrike breaks the internet

By CyberScoop Staff

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cyber flag — (DoD News / Flickr)

America’s allies are shifting: Cyberspace is about persistence, not deterrence

The front page of the law enforcement-controlled website formerly used by LockBit to post target data, captured Oct. 1, 2024, after the announcement of additional actions against LockBit. (CyberScoop)

Multinational police effort hits sections of Lockbit ransomware operation

The cybersecurity executive Kevin Mandia speaks against a backdrop depicting a stylized version of the U.S. Capitol.

Exclusive: Kevin Mandia joins SpecterOps as chair of the board

T-Mobile — (Mike Mozart / Flickr)

T-Mobile reaches $31.5 million settlement with FCC over past data breaches

A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo on Feb. 9, 2022 in the Israeli city of Netanya. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

NSO Group indicates rare agreement with Apple over dismissal of lawsuit

The White House, J. Altdorfer Photography/Getty Images

More frequent disruption operations needed to dent ransomware gangs, officials say

Visitor look at their phone next to an Open AI’s logo during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 26, 2024. The world’s biggest mobile phone fair throws open its doors in Barcelona with the sector looking to artificial intelligence to try and reverse declining sales. (Photo by PAU BARRENA / AFP/Getty Images)

Putting an end to the AI cyber responsibility turf wars

Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on Aug. 26 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

U.S. government charges three Iranians in Trump campaign hack

The Meta logo marks the entrance of their corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2022. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta €91 million for passwords stored in plaintext

Close-up server detail with KVM switches. (Getty Images)

Printer bug sends researchers into uproar, affects major Linux distros

The FCC’s Jessica Rosenworcel testifies during an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission on Capitol Hill on June 24, 2020. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/Getty Images)

FCC hits operative behind New Hampshire robocall with $6 million fine

Traffic streaks past the Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters building late in the evening on May 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Two Russian nationals indicted for servicing millions of dollars in cybercrime funds

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mark Warner, D-Va., talk before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 10, 2017. Wyden and Warner introduced a bill to require minimum cybersecurity standards in the health care sector on Sept. 26, 2024. (TASOS KATOPODIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate bill eyes minimum cybersecurity standards for health care industry

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