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• Android
• Cellebrite
• Citizen Lab
• Geopolitics
• human rights
• iPhone
• Jordan
• Privacy
• Serbia
• spyware

Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against activists

Cyber Scoop January 22, 2026

Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against...

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• budget
• Cybersecurity
• encryption
• Government
• NIST
• post quantum cryptography
• Privacy
• Trump administration

NIST officials detail impact of staff cuts on encryption and other priorities

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

NIST officials detail impact of staff cuts on encryption...

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• CIRCL
• CVE
• CVE Foundation
• Cybersecurity
• ENISA
• MITRE
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Vulnerability Management
• vulnerability reporting

GCVE launches as a decentralized system for tracking software vulnerabilities

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

GCVE launches as a decentralized system for tracking software...

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• Andrew Garbarino
• Andy Ogles
• Bennie Thompson
• budget
• Congress
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• James Walkinshaw
• Madhu Gottumukkala
• Robert Costello
• workforce

Lawmakers probe CISA leader over staffing decisions

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

Lawmakers probe CISA leader over staffing decisions | CyberScoop...

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• Black Basta
• BlackSuit
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Europol
• Flashpoint
• germany
• Interpol
• ransomware
• Recorded Future
• Royal
• Russia
• Ukraine

Black Basta’s alleged ringleader identified as authorities raid homes of other members

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

Black Basta’s alleged ringleader identified as authorities raid homes...

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• Bitdefender
• Coveware
• CrowdStrike
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• encryption
• extortion
• FinCEN
• Flashpoint
• Google
• GroupSense
• hacking
• Halcyon
• Mandiant
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• Surefire Cyber
• Threats
• Treasury Department
• Unit 42
• Veeam
• XFIL Cyber

The thin line between saving a company and funding a crime

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

The thin line between saving a company and funding...

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• AI
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice
• HackerOne
• Policy
• Research
• Uncategorized
• vulnerability disclosure

HackerOne rolls out industry framework to support ‘good faith’ AI research

Cyber Scoop January 20, 2026

HackerOne rolls out industry framework to support ‘good faith’...

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• budget
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• EI-ISAC
• election security
• Government
• House Appropriations Committee
• information sharing
• Money
• Senate Appropriations Committee
• State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
• Technology Modernization Fund
• workforce

Congressional appropriators move to extend information-sharing law, fund CISA

Cyber Scoop January 20, 2026

Congressional appropriators move to extend information-sharing law, fund CISA...

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• AI
• API
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• bots
• Commentary
• Defense-in-Depth
• op-ed

Predator bots are exploiting APIs at scale. Here’s how defenders must respond.

Cyber Scoop January 20, 2026

Predator bots are exploiting APIs at scale. Here’s how...

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• access broker
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• EDR
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• firewalls
• ransomware
• State Department

Jordanian national pleads guilty after unknowingly selling FBI agent access to 50 company networks

Cyber Scoop January 16, 2026

Jordanian national pleads guilty after unknowingly selling FBI agent...

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