Cyber Scoop

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• Government

Hegseth, Gabbard tap Tim Kosiba as NSA deputy director after months of cyber leadership tumult

Cyber Scoop January 9, 2026

Hegseth, Gabbard tap Tim Kosiba as NSA deputy director...

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• AI
• Congress
• cybercrime
• deepfakes
• Elon Musk
• European Union
• Government
• Grok
• Policy
• UK

Dems pressure Google, Apple to drop X app as international regulators turn up heat

Cyber Scoop January 9, 2026

Dems pressure Google, Apple to drop X app as...

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• Cybersecurity
• greynoise
• HackerOne
• Meta
• Next.js
• open source software
• React2Shell
• Response
• Technology
• Threats
• Unit 42
• Vercel
• VulnCheck
• vulnerability
• vulnerability reporting

Inside Vercel’s sleep-deprived race to contain React2Shell

Cyber Scoop January 8, 2026

Inside Vercel’s sleep-deprived race to contain React2Shell | CyberScoop...

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3 min read

• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• CrowdStrike
• Cybersecurity
• identity management
• mergers and acquisitions
• Money

CrowdStrike to buy identity startup SGNL for nearly $740M

Cyber Scoop January 8, 2026

CrowdStrike to buy identity startup SGNL for nearly $740M...

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• Alexandra Givens
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Chris Painter
• disinformation
• Freedom Online Coalition
• Geopolitics
• Global Forum on Cyber Expertise
• human rights
• internet freedom
• marco rubio
• Nina Jankowicz
• Privacy
• Ron Deibert
• State Department
• Threats
• Trump administration

Trump pulls US out of international cyber orgs

Cyber Scoop January 8, 2026

Trump pulls US out of international cyber orgs |...

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6 min read

• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• Elon Musk
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Government
• Grok
• Privacy
• Section 230
• Take It Down Act
• Technology

‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal risks that apply to Grok’s deepfake disaster

Cyber Scoop January 8, 2026

‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal...

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3 min read

• AI
• Cybersecurity
• n8n
• Research
• Threats
• vulnerability
• vulnerability disclosure
• vulnerability reporting

Researchers rush to warn defenders of max-severity defect in n8n

Cyber Scoop January 7, 2026

Researchers rush to warn defenders of max-severity defect in...

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• China
• critical infrastructure
• energy
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies
• Geopolitics
• Government
• ransomware
• taiwan
• Telecommunications

Taiwan blames Chinese ‘cyber army’ for rise in millions of daily intrusion attempts

Cyber Scoop January 7, 2026

Taiwan blames Chinese ‘cyber army’ for rise in millions...

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2 min read

• Cybersecurity
• remote code execution
• Veeam
• vulnerability

Veeam issues patch to close critical remote code execution flaw

Cyber Scoop January 7, 2026

Veeam issues patch to close critical remote code execution...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• code developement
• Commentary
• workforce

Why cybersecurity cannot hire its way through the AI era

Cyber Scoop January 7, 2026

Why cybersecurity cannot hire its way through the AI...

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