Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Archives

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How do you win a conflict most Americans can’t see?

Retired Lt. Gen. Charlie “Tuna” Moore, former deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command, joins Safe Mode to break down his new paper on “dominating the digital space”…

3 days ago By CyberScoop Staff

Madhu Gottumukkala, acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies during the DHS oversight hearing in the Cannon House office building on Jan. 21, 2026. The hearing covered a full oversight into the Department of Homeland Security, CISA, TSA and S&T. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Lawmakers probe CISA leader over staffing decisions

The House Homeland Security Committee grilled Madhu Gottumukkala, the acting director of the agency, over cutbacks both broad and specific.

4 days ago By Tim Starks

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives for a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2025. Noem testified before the Homeland Security Subcommittee about her department’s FY 2026 budget request. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Congressional appropriators move to extend information-sharing law, fund CISA

The legislation also includes mandates on election security funding and CISA staff levels, as well as an extension of a state and local cyber grant program.

5 days ago By Tim Starks

CISA’s secure-software buying tool had a simple XSS vulnerability of its own

A researcher who discovered the vulnerability said it was fixed in December, after he first reported it to the agency in September.

Jan 15, 2026 By Tim Starks

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What’s powering the ‘Steroid Era’ of cybercrime?

Adam Myers, Head of Counter Adversary Operations at CrowdStrike, and Elia Zaitsev, CTO of CrowdStrike

Jan 15, 2026 By CyberScoop Staff

Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

Sean Plankey re-nominated to lead CISA

President Donald Trump resubmitted his nomination Tuesday after it stalled in the Senate last year.

Jan 13, 2026 By Tim Starks

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters before attending an afternoon Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Sep. 29, 2023. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hill warning: Don’t put cyber offense before defense

A House hearing weighed the pros and cons from the Trump administration and some lawmakers to step up cyber offensive operations.

Jan 13, 2026 By Tim Starks

Time to restore America’s cyberspace security system

China’s campaign to break into our critical infrastructure and federal government networks is persistent and growing. Beijing is stealing information while also planting tools and maintaining access…

Jan 5, 2026 By Jim Langevin Mark Montgomery

Abstract binary code rippling on waving ribbons. (Getty Images)

MongoBleed defect swirls, stamping out hope of year-end respite

The high-severity vulnerability is under active exploitation and affects many versions of MongoDB, a nearly ubiquitous open-source database.

Dec 29, 2025 By Matt Kapko

Cisco customers hit by fresh wave of zero-day attacks from China-linked APT

Cisco has yet to release a patch for the actively exploited vulnerability, and attacks have been underway since at least late November.

Dec 18, 2025 By Matt Kapko