Palo Alto Networks researchers haven’t been able to identify who’s behind the commercial-grade tech yet.
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The most important story in cybersecurity today is not about the next breach, but how organizations respond and evolve in light of accountability.
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Suspected foreign hackers reportedly breached Congressional Budget Office, possibly exposing communications with lawmakers.
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The security vendor said the attack, which exposed customers’ firewall configuration files, is contained and unrelated to recent Akira ransomware attacks on its customers.
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A federal judge has reimposed a sentence on Paige Thompson, the former Amazon Web Services engineer convicted in the 2019 Capital One data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 100 million people. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik sentenced Thompson to time served, plus five years of supervised release with three years of […]
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Public interest groups want the feds to investigate the systemic risk from market share, while tech and security experts worry about single points of failure.
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In an exclusive, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., told CyberScoop that policymakers must learn from past mistakes around 5G.
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They cited past cyberattacks from Beijing as evidence of the threats posed by Chinese tech in areas like AI or energy generation.
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By furloughing employees, halting procurement, and delaying guidance, agencies are operating with skeleton crews and depleted morale. For nation-state operators, this expanding attack surface and declining oversight are creating a huge window of opportunity.
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The Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned eight people and two companies it accused of laundering money obtained from cybercrime and IT worker schemes to fund North Korean government objectives. According to the department, over the last three years North Korea-linked cybercriminals have stolen over $3 billion, mostly in cryptocurrency. In addition, it said, North Korean […]
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The tech giant didn’t report active exploitation of any of the patched defects, yet details about potential impacts remain limited.
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Mayhem, which won the 2016 DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge, will have all its employees join Bugcrowd.
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The agency discussed the plans amid student concerns that they’ll be on the hook for six-figure tuition costs, with federal cyber job openings sparse.
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The alleged cybersecurity turncoats attacked at least five U.S. companies while working for their respective employers, officials said.
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The Splx deal follows Zscaler’s recent acquisition of Red Canary, an AI-driven threat management company.
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The cyber incidents in the headlines aren’t acts of cyber terror.
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Baron Cain Martin, a 21-year-old, allegedly joined the nihilistic violent extremist group in 2019. Officials described his alleged crimes as “atrocious” and “so depraved they defy comprehension.”
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Oleksii Lytvynenko, 43, was arrested in Ireland in 2023 and extradited to the U.S. earlier this month. He pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday.
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At this very moment, nation-state actors and opportunistic criminals are looking for any way to target Americans and undermine our national security. Their battlefield of choice is cyberspace. Cybersecurity is the preeminent challenge of our time, and threats to our networks impact far more than just our data––they impact the resilience of our communities, the […]
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The model, currently in beta mode, is designed to automatically scan, analyze and patch vulnerabilities in private and open-source code bases.
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