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Iranian hackers ‘tickle’ targets in US, UAE with custom tool, Microsoft says

Peach Sandstorm is said to have focused on the oil and gas, satellite, government and communications sectors.

Aug 28, 2024 By Tim Starks

Conservative demonstrators who allege that the government pressured or colluded with social media platforms to censor right-leaning content protest outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, March 18, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Defining coercion at heart of Supreme Court case on government jawboning platforms

Monday’s case has major ramifications for the relationship between the government and social media platforms and policing disinformation.

Mar 18, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Making sense of government zero-trust guidance

The head of cybersecurity strategy for public sector at Google Cloud on why zero trust is an outcomes-oriented approach.

May 9, 2022 By CyberScoop Staff

The state of the threat intelligence landscape today

In an exclusive CyberScoop interview, Amy Hogan-Burney, general manager of Digital Crimes at Microsoft discusses findings from a recent cybercrimes trends report.

Oct 27, 2021 By CyberScoop Staff

Attendees listen to a speech during the the International Conference on the Legal-International Claims of the Holy Defense in the capital Tehran on February 23, 2021. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Suspected Iranian hackers snooping on Middle Eastern targets anew

MuddyWater is targeting government agencies, academia and the tourism industry.

Mar 5, 2021 By Tim Starks

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White House activates cyber emergency response under Obama-era directive

The process establishes a Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG) that is intended to help the U.S. government coordinate multiple agencies' responses to an event like the SolarWinds…

Dec 16, 2020 By Shannon Vavra

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Hacker who sent information on US personnel to Islamic State is freed by judge

Ardit Ferizi, a citizen of Kosovo, was arrested in 2015 at age 19.

Dec 4, 2020 By Joe Warminsky

Foreign VPN apps need a close look from DHS, senators say

If the U.S. intelligence community worries about Huawei and Kaspersky, DHS should worry about federal government use of certain foreign VPN apps, says Sens. Marco Rubio and…

Feb 7, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas

Government website encryption needs help from DHS, Sen. Wyden says

Despite significant improvements to government website encryption, some metadata is still transmitted insecurely, the Oregon Democrat said.

Oct 26, 2018 By Sean Lyngaas

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DHS prepares cross-sector strategy to limit domino effects from big cyberattacks

A forthcoming cybersecurity strategy from the Department of Homeland Security will seek to curb “systemic risk” to critical infrastructure by helping to secure digital tools used across…

Apr 17, 2018 By Sean Lyngaas