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Nick Andersen, CISA acting director, at the Axonius Adapt In Action 2026 event. (Tim Starks, CyberScoop)

CISA is rethinking how it prioritizes risks and vulnerabilities for feds, private sector

Acting director Nick Andersen said a binding operational directive is en route for agencies, and that more specific discussions need to happen with critical infrastructure owners.

By Tim Starks

This illustration photograph taken on November 27, 2024, shows the logo of US instant messaging software Whatsapp displayed on a smartphone’s screen, in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Meta accuses NSO Group of defying spyware injunction, files contempt of court complaint

Privacy

By Tim Starks

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

Cisco customers encounter another SD-WAN zero-day under attack

Cybersecurity

By Matt Kapko

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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

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

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

By Matt Kapko

Trump and others want to ramp up cyber offense, but there’s plenty of doubt about the idea

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Agencies push for digital transformation amid security challenges

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Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, is pictured at its headquarters building on June 24, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images)

European authorities crack down on illegal streaming networks

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin pinpoints optimal CISA staffing levels

Left to right: Charleen Laughlin, deputy chief of space operations for cyber and data, U.S. Space Force; Brandon Pugh, principle cyber adviser, U.S. Army; Katherine Sutton, assistant secretary for cyber policy and principal cyber adviser, Defense Department; and John Sahlin, vice president of cyber solutions for GDIT. (photo by Isaac Latimer for EPNAC/Scoop News Group)

DOD wants to integrate cyber in all operations, and integrate security into AI

An opening section of the forthcoming cybersecurity strategy offers a Trumpian call for a more muscular approach to cyberspace. (Getty Images)

Trump administration releases scaled-back AI executive order

Governments and financial institutions are reviewing potential cybersecurity risks from the company’s advanced AI model, which has identified thousands of software vulnerabilities but is restricted over misuse concerns. (Photo Illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Anthropic expanding access to Project Glasswing

Palo Alto Networks headquarters in Silicon Valley; Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is an American multinational cyber security company. (Getty Images)

Attackers are exploiting Palo Alto Networks defect that initially flew under the radar

Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican candidate for secretary of state Tina Peters reacts to early election returns during a primary night watch party at the Wide Open Saloon on June 28, 2022 in Sedalia, Colorado. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

Tina Peters, convicted in election-security breach, emerges defiant and vows legal fight

A voter casts a ballot in a drop box outside the Union Market Super Vote Center during early voting in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

USPS moving forward with mail-in ballot changes as courts weigh Trump’s election order

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Election threats are focused on campaign systems, not voting machines

The Department of Justice building is seen in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Tennessee man linked to 764 accused of series of crimes against children dating back to 2022

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Federal audit reveals NIST’s NVD is plagued by poor planning and duplication

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol Building on July 25, 2023. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House panel poised to hold hearing centered on AI impact on cyber

Google security engineer accused of turning confidential search trends into $1.2M win on Polymarket

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