Cyber Scoop

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• disinformation
• Election 2024
• Government
• intelligence community (IC)
• ODNI
• Russia
• Uncategorized

Intel officials expect more foreign influence efforts leading up to Election Day

Cyber Scoop September 6, 2024

Intel officials expect more foreign influence efforts leading up...

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• cybercrime
• extortion
• Iran
• IRLeaks
• ransomware

Major Iranian IT vendor paying large ransom to resolve recent cyberattack

Cyber Scoop September 6, 2024

Major Iranian IT vendor paying large ransom to resolve...

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• Geopolitics
• GRU
• Russia
• Threats
• Ukraine
• Unit 29155
• WhisperGate

U.S. charges five Russian military members for destructive cyber ops, hack-and-leak campaigns

Cyber Scoop September 5, 2024

U.S. charges five Russian military members for destructive cyber...

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• China
• Cyber Command
• cyber workforce
• Gen. Haugh
• Government
• hunt forward operations
• Iran
• North Korea
• Policy
• ransomware
• Russia
• Timothy Haugh
• training
• workforce

Cyber Command leader says budget powers are shaving time to complete tasks that once took years

Cyber Scoop September 5, 2024

Cyber Command leader says budget powers are shaving time...

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• cybercrime
• extortion
• Planned Parenthood
• RansomHub
• ransomware

Planned Parenthood of Montana confirms cyberattack

Cyber Scoop September 5, 2024

Planned Parenthood of Montana confirms cyberattack | CyberScoop Skip...

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• Angola
• Congo
• Congress
• Europe
• Geopolitics
• Intellexa
• Madagascar
• Predator
• Privacy
• Recorded Future
• spyware
• United Arab Emirates
• United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• United Nations

Predator spyware resurfaces with signs of activity, Recorded Future says

Cyber Scoop September 5, 2024

Predator spyware resurfaces with signs of activity, Recorded Future...

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• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• disinformation
• election interference
• election security
• FSB
• Geopolitics
• misinformation
• Russia
• Russia Today (RT)
• Social Design Agency

Justice Department accuses Russia of interfering with 2024 elections

Cyber Scoop September 4, 2024

Justice Department accuses Russia of interfering with 2024 elections...

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• business email compromise (BEC)
• cybercrime
• Nigeria
• phishing

Nigerian man sentenced to 5 years for role in BEC operation

Cyber Scoop September 4, 2024

Nigerian man sentenced to 5 years for role in...

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• bgp
• Border Gateway Protocol
• CISA
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• FCC
• Federal Communications Commission
• Government
• Harry Coker
• National Cyber Director
• Office of the National Cyber Director
• Policy
• regulation

White House publishes latest plan to protect a key component of the internet

Cyber Scoop September 3, 2024

White House publishes latest plan to protect a key...

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• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• disinformation
• election security
• misinformation
• social media

CISA moves away from trying to influence content moderation decisions on election disinformation

Cyber Scoop September 3, 2024

CISA moves away from trying to influence content moderation...

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