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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AVCheck site for counter antivirus service displays a seizure notice on May 29, 2025.

Top counter antivirus service disrupted in global takedown

Government

US Department of Justice building and the American flag under the sun, Washington DC, United States

US intelligence employee arrested for alleged double-dealing of classified info

Government

The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Treasury sanctions crypto scam facilitator that allegedly stole $200M from US victims

Government

A logo sign outside of the headquarters of Ivanti in South Jordan, Utah. (Kristoffer Tripplaar / Alamy Stock Photo)

Questions mount as Ivanti tackles another round of zero-days

Cybersecurity

A man talks on the phone walking along Red Square in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in central Moscow on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

New Russian state-sponsored APT quickly gains global reach, hitting expansive targets

Government

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)

DanaBot malware operation seized in global takedown

Government

A seal reading "Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation" is displayed on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022. — (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Lumma infostealer infected about 10 million systems before global disruption

Government

infected file, information stealer, malware — (Getty Images)

Lumma Stealer toppled by globally coordinated takedown

Uncategorized

Monitors display Coinbase signage during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq market site April 14, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Coinbase flips $20M extortion demand into bounty for info on attackers

Financial