Matt Kapko

Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop. His beat includes cybercrime, ransomware, software defects and vulnerability (mis)management. The lifelong Californian started his journalism career in 2001 with previous stops at Cybersecurity Dive, CIO, SDxCentral and RCR Wireless News. Matt has a degree in journalism and history from Humboldt State University.

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Phishing (Getty Images)

Researchers track surge in high-level Smishing Triad activity

Threats

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Researchers uncover remote code execution flaw in abandoned Rust code library

Technology

A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), U.S. Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor’s entrance to the headquarters of the NSA at the entrance in Fort Meade, Maryland, February 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

China’s spy agency accuses NSA of yearslong attack on the country’s timekeeping service

Government

European law enforcement dismantled a cybercrime operation in Latvia. (Europol)

Europol dismantles cybercrime network linked to $5.8M in financial losses

Cybersecurity

In this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, a bird flies near a North Korean flag fluttering in the wind at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea on October 4, 2022. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korean operatives spotted using evasive techniques to steal data and cryptocurrency

Threats

PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years in prison

Government

CISA, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, RSA 2019 — The DHS and CISA booth at the 2019 RSA conference in San Francisco. (Scoop News Group photo)

CISA warns of imminent risk posed by thousands of F5 products in federal agencies

Government

Microsoft — (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday fixes 175 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-days

Cybersecurity

Justice Department headquarters at night — Traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue streaks by the Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters building at night with the US Capitol in the background on Jan. 24, 2025, in Washington. (J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Officials crack down on Southeast Asia cybercrime networks, seize $15B

Financial