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Moroccan cybercrime group impersonates nonprofits and abuses cloud services to rake in gift card cash

Cyber Scoop May 23, 2024

Moroccan cybercrime group impersonates nonprofits and abuses cloud services...

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• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Collaboration Center
• Ivanti
• Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC)
• National Risk Management Center

Current, former government cyber officials tout industry collaboration advancements

Cyber Scoop May 22, 2024

Current, former government cyber officials tout industry collaboration advancements...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• deepfakes
• election security
• Federal Communications Commission
• voice cloning

FCC pushes new disclosure requirements for AI in political ads

Cyber Scoop May 22, 2024

FCC pushes new disclosure requirements for AI in political...

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• critical infrastructure
• Government
• Harry Coker
• National Cyber Director
• National Cybersecurity Strategy
• operational technology
• Policy

Chinese hacking threat puts focus on protecting critical infrastructure, Biden adviser says

Cyber Scoop May 22, 2024

Chinese hacking threat puts focus on protecting critical infrastructure,...

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• cyber workforce
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• cybersecurity workforce
• workforce

House bill would give CISA millions to diversify cyber workforce

Cyber Scoop May 22, 2024

House bill would give CISA millions to diversify cyber...

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• botnets
• China
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitics
• operational relay box networks (ORBs)
• Volt Typhoon

Chinese-linked hacking units increasingly use ‘ORBs’ to obfuscate espionage, researchers say

Cyber Scoop May 22, 2024

Chinese-linked hacking units increasingly use ‘ORBs’ to obfuscate espionage,...

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• American Water Works Association
• critical infrastructure
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Government
• hacktivists
• Policy
• Russia
• water sector

EPA will step up inspections of water sector cybersecurity

Cyber Scoop May 20, 2024

EPA will step up inspections of water sector cybersecurity...

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• artificial intelligence
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• CIRCIA
• CISA
• cyber workforce
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• cybersecurity workforce
• CyberSentry
• Eric Goldstein
• Government
• Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC)
• Russia
• secure-by-design
• Ukraine
• workforce

Departing top CISA official reflects on nearly four years in the cyber hot seat

Cyber Scoop May 17, 2024

Departing top CISA official reflects on nearly four years...

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• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• emergency directive
• Eric Goldstein
• Goldman Sachs
• Jen Easterly
• secure-by-design
• workforce

Top CISA official Eric Goldstein to depart agency next month

Cyber Scoop May 16, 2024

Top CISA official Eric Goldstein to depart agency next...

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• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Geopolitics
• IT workers
• North Korea
• Threats

Arizona woman arrested and charged in North Korean IT worker scheme

Cyber Scoop May 16, 2024

Arizona woman arrested and charged in North Korean IT...

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