Cyber Scoop

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• Cicada3301
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• ransomware
• Research
• Threats

New ransomware variant has BlackCat-like similarities, report says

Cyber Scoop September 3, 2024

New ransomware variant has BlackCat-like similarities, report says |...

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6 min read

• China
• disinformation
• Election 2024
• elections
• Spamouflage Dragon
• Threats

Disinfo group Spamouflage more aggressively targeting U.S. elections, candidates

Cyber Scoop September 3, 2024

Disinfo group Spamouflage more aggressively targeting U.S. elections, candidates...

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7 min read

• Alexandra Seymour
• Blake Moore
• Brian Harrell
• CISA
• Congress
• cyber workforce
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• cybersecurity workforce
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Election 2024
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Josh Steinman
• Karen Evans
• Lucian Niemeyer
• Mark Green
• Michael Ellis
• Mike Klipstein
• Mike Pompeo
• National Security Agency
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• National Security Council
• National Security Council (NSC)
• Nick Andersen
• Pedro Allende
• Policy
• Rob Strayer
• Sam Kaplan
• Sean Plankey
• State Department
• tom cotton
• U.S. National Security Agency
• workforce

Who would be the cyber pros in a second Trump term?

Cyber Scoop September 3, 2024

Who would be the cyber pros in a second...

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5 min read

• China
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• energy
• health care
• Policy
• ransomware
• Volt Typhoon
• water sector

How Benjamin Franklin is inspiring defenders to protect critical infrastructure

Cyber Scoop August 30, 2024

How Benjamin Franklin is inspiring defenders to protect critical...

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4 min read

• Cybersecurity
• Government
• Technology

WATCH: NSA releases lecture from computer science pioneer Rear Adm. Grace Hopper

Cyber Scoop August 30, 2024

WATCH: NSA releases lecture from computer science pioneer Rear...

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3 min read

• Change Healthcare
• health care
• Policy
• ransomware
• UnitedHealth Group

Senate bill to protect health care data gets House partner

Cyber Scoop August 29, 2024

Senate bill to protect health care data gets House...

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3 min read

• APT29
• Cozy Bear
• European Union
• Executive order
• Geopolitics
• Google
• Government
• Intellexa
• Mongolia
• n-day
• NSO Group
• Poland
• Privacy
• Russia
• spyware
• Threats
• zero-days

Google: apparent Russian hackers play copycat to commercial spyware vendors

Cyber Scoop August 29, 2024

Google: apparent Russian hackers play copycat to commercial spyware...

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3 min read

• blockchain
• Chainalysis
• cybercrime
• scams
• Social engineering
• Uncategorized

Online scam cycles are getting shorter and more effective, Chainalysis finds 

Cyber Scoop August 29, 2024

Online scam cycles are getting shorter and more effective,...

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4 min read

• APT42
• cyber espionage
• cybercrime
• Iran
• Israel
• Mandiant
• spearphishing

Iranian hackers using social media, job recruitment sites to lure Israeli spies

Cyber Scoop August 28, 2024

Iranian hackers using social media, job recruitment sites to...

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2 min read

• ALPHV
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• data breaches
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Geopolitics
• hacking
• Iran
• ransomware

Iranian-linked hackers collaborate with ransomware affiliates, feds say

Cyber Scoop August 28, 2024

Iranian-linked hackers collaborate with ransomware affiliates, feds say |...

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