Cyber Scoop

3 min read

• Akira
• BianLian
• botnet
• business email compromise (BEC)
• critical infrastructure
• crypto
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breach
• data breaches
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Financial services
• Government
• health care
• IC3
• INC
• investment scams
• Malware
• manufacturing
• Money
• phishing
• PLAY
• Qilin
• ransomware
• Research
• Sextortion
• SIM swapping
• Tech support scams
• Threats

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025

Cyber Scoop April 7, 2026

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025...

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5 min read

• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Grafana
• Noma Security
• prompt injection
• Threats

‘GrafanaGhost’ bypasses Grafana’s AI defenses without leaving a trace

Cyber Scoop April 7, 2026

‘GrafanaGhost’ bypasses Grafana’s AI defenses without leaving a trace...

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3 min read

• Cybersecurity
• endpoint security
• Fortinet
• Patching
• Research
• Shadowserver
• Threats
• VulnCheck
• vulnerabilities
• watchTowr
• Zero-day
• zero-day exploit

Fortinet customers confront actively exploited zero-day, with a full patch still pending

Cyber Scoop April 6, 2026

Fortinet customers confront actively exploited zero-day, with a full...

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2 min read

• data breaches
• Homeland Security Investigations
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• pcTattletale
• Privacy
• spyware
• stalkerware
• Technology
• Threats
• U.S. courts

pcTattleTale stalkerware maker sentence includes fine, supervised release

Cyber Scoop April 6, 2026

pcTattleTale stalkerware maker sentence includes fine, supervised release |...

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3 min read

• Bennie Thompson
• budget
• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• misinformation
• Money
• Policy

Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more from CISA

Cyber Scoop April 3, 2026

Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more...

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4 min read

• Congress
• Cybersecurity
• election security
• Government
• Privacy
• SAVE database
• Social Security Administration
• Trump administration
• voter data
• Wyden

Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is ‘blatant voter suppression’

Cyber Scoop April 3, 2026

Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is...

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3 min read

• Biden administration
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• drugs
• Executive order
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Paragon
• Privacy
• Shontel Brown
• Summer Lee
• surveillance
• Technology
• Todd Lyons
• Yassamin Ansari

House Dems decry confirmed ICE usage of Paragon spyware

Cyber Scoop April 2, 2026

House Dems decry confirmed ICE usage of Paragon spyware...

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3 min read

• Akira
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• encryption
• ransomware
• Research
• Threat Intelligence

Akira ransomware group can achieve initial access to data encryption in less than an hour

Cyber Scoop April 2, 2026

Akira ransomware group can achieve initial access to data...

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3 min read

• apprenticeships
• Brian Fitzpatrick
• cyber workforce
• department of labor
• Jacky Rosen
• marsha blackburn
• Policy
• Susie Lee
• workforce

Lawmakers renew push for Labor Department-backed cyber apprenticeship grants

Cyber Scoop April 2, 2026

Lawmakers renew push for Labor Department-backed cyber apprenticeship grants...

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3 min read

• apprenticeships
• Brian Fitzpatrick
• cyber workforce
• department of labor
• Jacky Rosen
• marsha blackburn
• Policy
• Susie Lee
• workforce

Lawmakers renew push for Labor Department-backed cyber apprenticeship grants

Cyber Scoop April 2, 2026

Lawmakers renew push for Labor Department-backed cyber apprenticeship grants...

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