Cyber Scoop

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• 2026 elections
• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• ChatGPT
• election security
• National Association of Secretaries of State
• National Association of State Election Directors
• OpenAI

OpenAI heralds cybersecurity, election interference safeguard plans for 2026 midterms

Cyber Scoop May 27, 2026

OpenAI heralds cybersecurity, election interference safeguard plans for 2026...

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• Conti
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• Dataminr
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Flashpoint
• Halcyon
• law firms
• legal
• phishing
• ransomware
• Recorded Future
• Russia
• Silent Ransom Group
• Social engineering
• Threats
• voice phishing

FBI warns US-based law firms to be on the lookout for cybercrime group that steals data in person

Cyber Scoop May 27, 2026

FBI warns US-based law firms to be on the...

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• AI
• AI Security Institute
• Anne-Keast Butler
• artificial intelligence
• China
• Europe
• GCHQ
• Government
• Iran
• National Cyber Security Centre
• Policy
• Russia
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom (U.K.)

UK spy chief labels AI ‘unstoppable force’ with offensive, defensive ramifications for cyberspace

Cyber Scoop May 27, 2026

UK spy chief labels AI ‘unstoppable force’ with offensive,...

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• botnet
• CrowdStrike
• cybercrime
• Glassworm
• Google
• Shadowserver
• Threats

CrowdStrike disrupts Glassworm botnet that preyed on open-source supply chain

Cyber Scoop May 27, 2026

CrowdStrike disrupts Glassworm botnet that preyed on open-source supply...

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• Apple
• Cybersecurity
• encryption
• formal verification
• iMessage
• post-quantum encryption
• quantum computing
• Research

Apple open-sources quantum-resistant encryption code

Cyber Scoop May 26, 2026

Apple open-sources quantum-resistant encryption code | CyberScoop Skip to...

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• AI
• Biden administration
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Elastic
• Government
• Institute for Security and Technology
• logging
• Nick Leiserson
• office of management and budget
• Office of the National Cyber Director
• Policy
• Russell Vought
• Trump administration
• White House

White House charts new course for federal agencies and cybersecurity logging

Cyber Scoop May 26, 2026

White House charts new course for federal agencies and...

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• AI
• AI Security Institute
• Anthropic
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cloudflare
• Cybersecurity
• mozilla
• Project Glasswing
• vulnerabilities
• XBOW

Anthropic: Mythos finds more than 10,000 software flaws in first month

Cyber Scoop May 26, 2026

Anthropic: Mythos finds more than 10,000 software flaws in...

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• access tokens
• Arctic Wolf
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• device-code phishing
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Government
• Kali365
• Microsoft
• Microsoft 365
• OAuth
• phishing
• phishing kit
• Proofpoint
• Research
• Threats

FBI warns about fast-growing phishing kit targeting Microsoft 365 users

Cyber Scoop May 22, 2026

FBI warns about fast-growing phishing kit targeting Microsoft 365...

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• Aisuru
• Arrest
• botnet
• Canada
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• DDoS
• DDoS-for-hire
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• extradition
• JackSkid
• Kimwolf
• Mossad

Alleged leader of Kimwolf, a sweeping botnet for cybercriminals, arrested in Canada

Cyber Scoop May 21, 2026

Alleged leader of Kimwolf, a sweeping botnet for cybercriminals,...

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• budget
• Congress
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Government
• House Armed Services Committee
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Salt Typhoon

Lawmakers from both parties say CISA cuts have gone too far

Cyber Scoop May 21, 2026

Lawmakers from both parties say CISA cuts have gone...

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