Cyber Scoop

5 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• extortion
• Google
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Mandiant
• ransomware
• Research

The ransomware economy is shifting toward straight-up data extortion

Cyber Scoop March 16, 2026

The ransomware economy is shifting toward straight-up data extortion...

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4 min read

• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• large language models

Attackers are exploiting AI faster than defenders can keep up, new report warns

Cyber Scoop March 16, 2026

Attackers are exploiting AI faster than defenders can keep...

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6 min read

• Commentary
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• cybersecurity strategy
• Executive order
• exploits
• fraud
• Government
• op-ed
• Policy
• romance scams
• Trump administration

Washington is right: Cybercrime is organized crime. Now we need to shut down the business model

Cyber Scoop March 16, 2026

Washington is right: Cybercrime is organized crime. Now we...

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6 min read

• Albania
• Army
• Brandon Pugh
• cameras
• Check Point
• China
• defense industrial base
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• espionage
• Geopolitics
• Handala
• hospitals
• Iran
• Israel
• ManTech
• Medical devices
• misinformation
• Poland
• Proofpoint
• Russia
• Stryker
• Sublime Security
• Threats

Stryker attack highlights nebulous nature of Iranian cyber activity amid joint U.S.-Israel conflict

Cyber Scoop March 12, 2026

Stryker attack highlights nebulous nature of Iranian cyber activity...

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3 min read

• Austria
• Black Lotus Labs
• botnet
• Bulgaria
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Eurojust
• Europol
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• France
• germany
• Government
• Hungary
• Lumen Technologies
• Malware
• modems
• proxy network
• proxy services
• Research
• residential proxy network
• Romania
• Shadowserver
• SocksEscort
• The Netherlands
• Threats

Authorities takedown global proxy network SocksEscort

Cyber Scoop March 12, 2026

Authorities takedown global proxy network SocksEscort | CyberScoop Skip...

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4 min read

• cyber espionage
• Cybersecurity
• Government
• Policy
• Salt Typhoon
• Telecommunications
• Uncategorized

Officials worry Salt Typhoon apathy is killing momentum for tougher telecom security rules

Cyber Scoop March 12, 2026

Officials worry Salt Typhoon apathy is killing momentum for...

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5 min read

• ALPHV
• BlackCat
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• DigitalMint
• incident response
• Justice Department
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments
• Threats

Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and extorted $75 million

Cyber Scoop March 12, 2026

Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and...

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3 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• identity
• Mandiant
• Salesforce
• ShinyHunters
• Threats

Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer attack spree in six months

Cyber Scoop March 11, 2026

Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer...

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4 min read

• Commentary
• compliance
• cybercrime
• Executive order
• office of management and budget
• op-ed
• phishing
• ransomware
• SBOM
• secure-by-design
• Sextortion
• software security
• supply chain

If consequences matter, they should apply to vendors, too

Cyber Scoop March 11, 2026

If consequences matter, they should apply to vendors, too...

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3 min read

• Action1
• Cybersecurity
• Microsoft
• Patch Tuesday
• Research
• Technology
• Tenable
• Threats
• Trend Micro
• vulnerabilities
• vulnerability disclosure
• Vulnerability Management
• vulnerability reporting
• Zero Day Initiative

Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday is first in 6 months with no actively exploited zero-days

Cyber Scoop March 10, 2026

Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday is first in 6 months...

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