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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A corporate logo for Microsoft hangs above the door to its office building on 8th Avenue on June 24, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Microsoft: An organization without a response plan will be hit harder by a security incident

Threats

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BlackSuit, Royal ransomware group hit over 450 US victims before last month’s takedown

Cybercrime

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

CISA, Microsoft warn organizations of high-severity Microsoft Exchange vulnerability

Technology

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)

Nigerian accused of hacking tax preparation businesses extradited to US

Cybercrime

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

Cybercrime

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

Cybersecurity

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