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Matt Kapko

Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop, covering cybercrime, software defects and the root causes of cyberattacks. The lifelong Californian has more than 25 years of experience in journalism. Drop Matt an email at matt.kapko@cyberscoop.com.

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SonicWall headquarters — SonicWall’s headquarters in Milpitas, California. (Getty Images)

SonicWall firewalls hit by active mass exploitation of suspected zero-day

Ransomware

Google office — A Google corporate logo hangs above the entrance to it office at St. John’s Terminal on March 11, 2025, in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Google addresses six vulnerabilities in August’s Android security update

Technology

BlackSuit site seizure notice — Seizure notice displayed on BlackSuit’s extortion site. (State Criminal Police Office Lower Saxony, Germany)

Details emerge on BlackSuit ransomware takedown

Threats

The money earned by remote North Korean IT workers is funding the North Korean weapons programs. (Getty Images)

CrowdStrike investigated 320 North Korean IT worker cases in the past year

Threats

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

Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds

Threats

Russia-affiliated Secret Blizzard conducting ongoing espionage against embassies in Moscow

Cybersecurity

Workers enter a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025, in Mountain View, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Project Zero disclosure policy change puts vendors on early notice

Technology

IBM offices in New York City — IBM offices on Madison Avenue on March 11, 2014, in New York City. (Ben Hider/Getty Images)

Research shows data breach costs have reached an all-time high

Threats

The FBI headquarters on November 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)

FBI alerts tie together threats of cybercrime, physical violence from The Com

Threats