Cyber Scoop

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• Black Lotus Labs
• botnets
• cybercrime
• DDoS
• ngioweb
• NSOCKS
• Shadowserver
• Spur

Botnet serving as ‘backbone’ of malicious proxy network taken offline 

Cyber Scoop November 19, 2024

Botnet serving as ‘backbone’ of malicious proxy network taken...

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5 min read

• Commentary
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• Government
• Policy

How to remove the cybersecurity gridlock from the nation’s energy lifelines

Cyber Scoop November 19, 2024

How to remove the cybersecurity gridlock from the power...

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• 8Base
• CISA
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• doj
• Education
• Europe
• Evgenii Ptitsyn
• FBI
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• health care
• Japan
• Justice Department
• Lisa Monaco
• RaaS
• ransomware
• Recorded Future
• Russia
• South Korea

Alleged Russian Phobos ransomware administrator extradited to U.S., in custody

Cyber Scoop November 18, 2024

Alleged Russian Phobos ransomware administrator extradited to U.S., in...

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7 min read

• Government

Can the Global Engagement Center make the case for itself?

Cyber Scoop November 18, 2024

Can the Global Engagement Center make the case for...

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3 min read

• exploit
• Meta
• NSO Group
• Privacy
• spyware
• U.S. courts
• WhatsApp

NSO Group used WhatsApp exploits after the messaging app sued the spyware developer, court filing says

Cyber Scoop November 15, 2024

NSO Group used WhatsApp exploits after the messaging app...

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• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• firewall
• known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV)
• Palo Alto Networks
• Research
• Threats
• vulnerabilities

More bugs in Palo Alto Expedition see active exploitation, CISA warns

Cyber Scoop November 15, 2024

More bugs in Palo Alto Expedition see active exploitation,...

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3 min read

• Cybersecurity
• Government
• HackerOne
• Policy
• Research
• security research
• United Nations

HackerOne urges U.S. to advocate for research protections in UN cybercrime treaty

Cyber Scoop November 14, 2024

HackerOne urges U.S. to advocate for research protections in...

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2 min read

• bitsight
• Cybersixgill
• Financial
• mergers and acquisitions
• Money
• Technology

Bitsight acquires Cybersixgill for $115 million

Cyber Scoop November 14, 2024

Bitsight acquires Cybersixgill for $115 million | CyberScoop Skip...

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4 min read

• appomni
• Cybersecurity
• data exposure
• Microsoft
• Technology

Here’s how misconfigurations in Microsoft Power Pages could lead to data breaches

Cyber Scoop November 14, 2024

Misconfigured Microsoft Power Pages could lead to data breaches...

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5 min read

• Commentary
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitics
• op-ed
• Research

The UN cybercrime convention threatens security research. The US should do something about it

Cyber Scoop November 14, 2024

The UN cybercrime convention threatens security research. The US...

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