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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This photograph taken in Lyon, eastern France, on September 5, 2023 shows the entrance of the International Criminal Police Organization headquarters, known as Interpol. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images)

Interpol leads cybercrime crackdown across 13 countries in Middle East, North Africa

Cybercrime

Cisco zero-day under ongoing attack by persistent threat group

Cybersecurity

Foxconn campus in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin. (Taylor Glascock for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Major tech manufacturer Foxconn confirms cyberattack hit North American factories

Cybercrime

Microsoft Romania headquarters in City Gate Towers situated in Free Press Square, in Bucharest, Romania. (Getty Images)

Microsoft addresses 137 vulnerabilities in May’s Patch Tuesday, including 13 rated critical

Cybersecurity

Students with hands raised in classroom. — Students with hands raised in classroom. (Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images)

Instructure claims hackers returned stolen Canvas data after an extortion standoff

Cybercrime

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Google spotted an AI-developed zero-day before attackers could use it

AI

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

Ivanti customers confront yet another actively exploited zero-day

Cybersecurity

American duo sentenced for hosting laptop farms for North Korean IT workers

Cybercrime

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

A critical Palo Alto PAN-OS zero-day is being exploited in the wild

Cybercrime