Cyber Scoop

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• AWS
• Bennie Thompson
• Congress
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Delia Ramirez
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• GitGuardian
• GitHub
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Infoblox
• maggie hassan
• Nick Andersen
• Nightwing
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• Technology
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CISA credential leak raises alarms, and Capitol Hill demands answers

Cyber Scoop May 19, 2026

CISA credential leak raises alarms, and Capitol Hill demands...

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• CISA
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• data breaches
• exploit
• known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV)
• Patching
• ransomware
• ransomware payments
• Research
• Threats
• Verizon
• Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
• vulnerabilities
• Vulnerability Management

Attackers hit vulnerabilities hard last year, making exploits the top entry point for breaches

Cyber Scoop May 19, 2026

Attackers hit vulnerabilities hard last year, making exploits the...

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• application security
• CI/CD
• Cybersecurity
• GitHub
• Malware
• mini shai hulud
• open source
• Research
• SSH
• worm

Mini Shai-Hulud returns, compromising hundreds of npm packages

Cyber Scoop May 19, 2026

Mini Shai-Hulud returns, compromising hundreds of npm packages |...

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• certificate
• code-signing
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Fox Tempest
• Malware
• Microsoft
• Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit
• ransomware
• Threats

Microsoft disrupts cybercrime service that abused software verification systems en masse

Cyber Scoop May 19, 2026

Microsoft disrupts cybercrime service that abused software verification systems...

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• AI
• Anthropic
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• bug bounty
• Cybersecurity
• Daybreak
• GitHub
• Mythos
• OpenAI
• Research
• software
• software security
• Technology
• vulnerabilities

AI might cut false positives, but it won’t stop the slop 

Cyber Scoop May 18, 2026

AI might cut false positives, but it won’t stop...

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• Algeria
• Bahrain
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Egypt
• Government
• Group-IB
• Interpol
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Kaspersky
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Malware
• Middle East
• Morocco
• North Africa
• Oman
• Operation Ramz
• Palestine
• phishing
• Qatar
• Shadowserver
• takedown
• Team Cymru
• Trend Micro
• Tunisia
• United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Interpol leads cybercrime crackdown across 13 countries in Middle East, North Africa

Cyber Scoop May 18, 2026

Interpol leads cybercrime crackdown across 13 countries in Middle...

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• Canvas
• Commentary
• encryption
• identity
• Instructure
• op-ed
• ransomware
• SaaS
• Threats

The Canvas breach proved that prevention is no longer enough

Cyber Scoop May 18, 2026

The Canvas breach proved that prevention is no longer...

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• Congress
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• drones
• Government
• Markwayne Mullin
• Sean Plankey
• UFORCE
• Ukraine
• workforce

Former CISA nominee Sean Plankey named US CEO of defense startup

Cyber Scoop May 17, 2026

Former CISA nominee Sean Plankey named US CEO of...

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• Colorado
• Cybersecurity
• Donald Trump
• election denial
• election security
• Government
• prison
• Tina Peters
• voting machines

Colorado governor commutes prison sentence for election denier Tina Peters 

Cyber Scoop May 15, 2026

Colorado governor commutes prison sentence for election denier Tina...

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• AI
• Cybersecurity
• deepfake impersonation
• FTC
• Government
• Privacy
• regulation
• Take It Down Act

Here’s how the FTC plans to enforce the Take It Down Act

Cyber Scoop May 15, 2026

Here’s how the FTC plans to enforce the Take...

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