Joe Warminsky

Joe Warminsky is the news editor for CyberScoop and FedScoop.

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Nintendo Switch — A Nintendo Switch controller. (Garrett Coakley / Flickr)

US arrests suspected hackers accused of video game piracy

Technology

email, phishing, spearphishing, business email compromise, malware — (Getty Images)

Emotet hackers are using Democratic Party content in email scam

Threats

Twitter — Elon Musk has been reinstating accounts associated with promoting disinformation at a rapid clip. (Brett Jordan / Flickr)

Twitter says FBI tip prompted takedown of 130 fake accounts during debate

Government

Telegram app, WhatsApp — (Getty Images)

ESET catches spyware posing as Telegram, Android messaging apps

Technology

McAfee, Black Hat 2019, cybersecurity — McAfee at the 2019 Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. (Greg Otto / CyberScoop)

IPO all over again: McAfee prepares for return to Nasdaq

Financial

Russian President Vladimir Putin — Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with U.S. officials in Sochi, Russia, on May 14, 2019. (U.S. Department of State / Flickr)

Weeks before Election Day, Putin trolls the US with an offer for cyber truce

Government

Microsoft booth at Web Summit Lisbon, 2019. — (Web Summit / Flickr)

Microsoft says it nixed China-linked hackers’ apps from Azure cloud

Geopolitics

Moscow, Russia — Moscow. (Getty Images)

A new ransomware gang is aiming at big Russian targets, researchers say

Technology

Edward Snowden, Web Summit 2019 — Edward Snowden speaks during the opening night of Web Summit 2019 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. (Sam Barnes / Web Summit via Sportsfile / Flickr / CC BY 2.0)

Snowden agrees to forfeit $5 million from ‘Permanent Record’ and speeches

Policy