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Sysdig clocks first documented case of agentic ransomware

The AI agent didn’t accomplish every step in the late June 2026 attack, but it allowed the threat actor to significantly reduce complexity, speed up the tempo…

By Matt Kapko

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Finding vulnerabilities was never the hard part

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By Alex Santos

Stelios Kouloglou arrives for a meeting with the police commissioner at the police headquarters on Dec. 3, 2019 in Valletta, Malta. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)

Someone infected a spyware probe overseer with spyware

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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

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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

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

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

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

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Weaponized AI: The new frontier of fraud and identity spoofing

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Why cyber modernization requires partners with technical plus acquisition expertise

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Why identity is the definitive cyber defense for federal agencies

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Agencies push for digital transformation amid security challenges

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T-Mobile’s Eric Jensen on the challenge of securing vast supply chains

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Datadog’s Emilio Escobar on compliance-first AI

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Cohesity’s Marlin McFate on risks tied to growing cloud dependence

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ThreatLocker’s Rob Allen on the dual impact of AI

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Inside Operation Disruption Week: Taking Down Southeast Asia’s Scam Machine

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Zero days, zero order: The chaos reshaping vulnerability disclosure

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Why the autonomous SOC is the wrong goal

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WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 30: White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government heard testimony from Vought on President Trump’s FY2027 budget request. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump budget boss Russell Vought open to re-staffing CISA

The information sharing effort will allow intelligence community agencies to interact with key owners and operators of water, power, internet and telecommunications to coordinate on cyberattacks and digital vulnerabilities. (Getty Images)

DHS to unveil replacement council for critical infrastructure cybersecurity

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How ransomware syndicates weaponize corporate-style organization

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) leaves the U.S. Capitol on July 11. (Photo by Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)

Warner bill would create federally vetted list for secure, trustworthy AI agents

Norwalk, CA – June 01: A person places their Mail in ballot into a ballot box during early voting outside of the LA County Registrar-Recorder building on Monday, June 1, 2026 in Norwalk, CA. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Supreme Court approves mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day

\A light rain falls outside of the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of the release of new opinions on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Supreme Court delivers ‘major win’ for tech privacy in Chatrie ruling

US President Donald Trump holds a singed executive order about quantum computing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2026. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

What the post-quantum executive order really demands of CISOs

In an email, an ATF spokesperson confirmed to CyberScoop that the contract had been canceled, describing it as a limited pilot project for capabilities the agency was no longer seeking. (Image Source: Getty Images)

ATF cancels controversial commercial geolocation contract

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 14: SubConnect display a cable-mounted wet instrament sensor pod enabling remote monitoring away from the main sensor for subsea fibre optic cables during the UDT, Undersea Defence Technology 2026 at ExCel London on April 14, 2026 in London, England. Part of the Global Marine Group, SubConnect is a market leader in fibre-based cable jointing technology and subsea fibre optic cables from the design, testing, and supply of subsea joints and interconnectors, to their deployment, installation and maintenance operations. UDT 2026 brings together defence experts, industry leaders and innovators to address the challenges of the undersea domain, highlighting advanced technologies, including autonomous systems, sonar and secure communication networks. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)

FCC passes new cybersecurity rules for emergency systems, undersea cables

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Federal court rules Trump election-focused executive order illegal

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Russia uses Cellebrite to break into human rights activist’s phone, even after cancellation of contract

A general view of the DraftKings logo in the outfield during the Major League baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals on June 22, 2021 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Minnesota man known as ‘Snoopy’ sentenced in DraftKings hack

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