Cyber Scoop

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• AI
• AI executive order
• AI safety
• AI security
• Cybersecurity
• Executive order
• Government
• nsa
• Policy
• Technology
• Treasury Department
• Trump administration

Trump postpones executive order focused on AI security 

Cyber Scoop May 21, 2026

Trump postpones executive order focused on AI security  |...

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• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Government
• Nick Andersen
• open source
• TeamPCP
• Technology

CISA chief frets about open-source vulnerabilities, delayed security improvements

Cyber Scoop May 21, 2026

CISA chief frets about open-source vulnerabilities, delayed security improvements...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Eurojust
• Europe
• Europol
• France
• ransomware
• The Netherlands
• virtual private network (VPN)

European authorities take down prolific cybercrime VPN service

Cyber Scoop May 21, 2026

European authorities take down prolific cybercrime VPN service |...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Commentary
• op-ed
• resilience

The readiness paradox: Why a false sense of cyber confidence is becoming a liability

Cyber Scoop May 21, 2026

The readiness paradox: Why a false sense of cyber...

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• AI
• AI agents
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cybersecurity
• incident response
• large language models
• Microsoft
• open source
• prompt injection
• red team
• vulnerability reporting

Meet Rampart and Clarity, Microsoft’s new red team combo AI agents

Cyber Scoop May 20, 2026

Meet Rampart and Clarity, Microsoft’s new red team combo...

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• Aikido Security
• Docker
• GitHub
• incident response
• Microsoft
• npm
• open source software
• supply chain attacks
• Threats
• Visual Studio

GitHub says internal repositories were taken in poisoned VS Code extension attack

Cyber Scoop May 20, 2026

GitHub says internal repositories were taken in poisoned VS...

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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
• Rubrik
• Technology
• watchTowr

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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