Cyber Scoop

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• AI

CISA names Lisa Einstein as its first chief AI officer

Cyber Scoop August 1, 2024

CISA names Lisa Einstein as its first chief AI...

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• cybercrime
• extortion
• Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit
• ransomware
• Vietnam

Microsoft seizes domain used by Vietnamese group to sell fake accounts, services 

Cyber Scoop July 31, 2024

Microsoft seizes domain used by Vietnamese group to sell...

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• Change Healthcare
• cyber workforce
• cybersecurity harmonization
• cybersecurity workforce
• Policy

Cyber bills on federal regs, health security and workforce clear Senate panel

Cyber Scoop July 31, 2024

Cyber bills on federal regs, health security and workforce...

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• Uncategorized

Cyberattacks may follow CrowdStrike outage, warns MS-ISAC

Cyber Scoop July 23, 2024

Cyberattacks may follow CrowdStrike outage, warns MS-ISAC | StateScoop...

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• CrowdStrike
• cybercrime
• Handala Hack
• phishing
• wiper malware

Low-level cybercriminals are pouncing on CrowdStrike-connected outage

Cyber Scoop July 23, 2024

Low-level cybercriminals are pouncing on CrowdStrike-connected outage | CyberScoop...

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• critical infrastructure
• Dragos
• Geopolitics
• ics
• Research
• Russia
• Sandworm
• Threats
• Ukraine

Simple ‘FrostyGoop’ malware responsible for turning off Ukrainians’ heat in January attack

Cyber Scoop July 23, 2024

Simple ‘FrostyGoop’ malware responsible for turning off Ukrainians’ heat...

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• cybercrime
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Octo Tempest
• Scattered Spider
• The Com

Police nab 17-year-old linked to group behind MGM Resorts cyberattack

Cyber Scoop July 22, 2024

Police nab 17-year-old linked to group behind MGM Resorts...

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• API
• cellphones
• FCC
• Federal Communications Commission
• Privacy
• Technology
• Telecommunications
• Tracfone
• Verizon

FCC, Tracfone Wireless reach $16M cyber and privacy settlement

Cyber Scoop July 22, 2024

FCC, Tracfone Wireless reach $16M cyber and privacy settlement...

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• Cyber Av3ngers
• Government
• GRU
• Policy
• Russia
• Russian hackers
• Sandworm

Treasury sanctions Russian hackers that breached US water utilities

Cyber Scoop July 19, 2024

Treasury sanctions Russian hackers that breached US water utilities...

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• Cybersecurity
• Uncategorized

Many state, city government services disrupted by faulty CrowdStrike update

Cyber Scoop July 19, 2024

Many state, city government services disrupted by faulty CrowdStrike...

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