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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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Suspected Chinese espionage group used a Roundcube exploit chain to burrow into universities

Threats

Sysdig clocks first documented case of agentic ransomware

Threats

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)

Alleged longstanding member of Scattered Spider extradited to US

Cybercrime

Researchers spot exploitation of another critical Oracle defect

Cybersecurity

Authorities disrupt Evil Corp’s SocGholish botnet

Cybercrime

How software development’s speed obsession enabled TeamPCP’s chaos crusade

Threats

Fortinet headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, USA on June 10, 2023. (Getty Images)

Attackers hit pair of critical Fortinet vulnerabilities the vendor disclosed in April

Threats

A hacker with China’s national flag in background. (Getty Images)

Google exposes China espionage group that’s been lurking in networks undetected since 2023

Government

The headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on August 16, 2022, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

FBI takes down massive China-based cybercrime network that caused $1.9B in losses

Government