Cyber Scoop

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• Change Healthcare
• Charlee Hess
• Congress
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Government
• health care
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• Policy
• ransomware
• Third-Party Risk
• UnitedHealth Group

HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from third-party vendors

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from...

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• AI
• Alexandra Seymour
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• cybersecurity strategy
• Government
• Israel
• National Cyber Director
• Policy
• workforce

ONCD official says Trump administration aims to bolster AI use for defense without increasing risk

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

ONCD official says Trump administration aims to bolster AI...

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• cyber offense
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Operation Absolute Resolve
• operational technology
• Stuxnet
• Uncategorized
• Venezuela

The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan – just not the whole operation

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• hacking
• Justice Department
• Massachusetts
• phishing
• tax

Nigerian man sentenced to 8 years in prison for running phony tax refund scheme

Cyber Scoop February 18, 2026

Nigerian man sentenced to 8 years in prison for...

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• Cybersecurity
• disinformation
• election security
• FBI
• fulton county
• Georgia
• Government
• lawsuit
• Trump administration
• voting machines

Fulton County lawsuit claims feds used ‘gross mischaracterizations’ to justify raid

Cyber Scoop February 18, 2026

Fulton County lawsuit claims feds used ‘gross mischaracterizations’ to...

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• apache
• backdoor
• Brickstorm
• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• dell technologies
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Grimbolt
• hacking
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• Mandiant
• Research
• Silk Typhoon
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• UNC5221
• UNC6201
• virtual machines
• vulnerability
• Zero-day
• zero-day exploit

Chinese hackers exploited a Dell zero-day for 18 months before anyone noticed

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Google: Chinese state attackers going after Dell zero-day since...

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• 8Base
• cybercrime
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Phobos
• Poland
• ransomware

Polish authorities arrest alleged Phobos ransomware affiliate

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Polish authorities arrest alleged Phobos ransomware affiliate | CyberScoop...

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• Agentic AI
• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Koi Security
• mergers and acquisitions
• Money
• Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks’ Koi acquisition is all about keeping AI agents in check

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Palo Alto Networks to acquire Koi for agentic AI...

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• AI
• Commentary
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• data centers
• op-ed
• operational technology
• secure-by-design
• software bill of materials
• supply chain

Why ‘secure-by-design’ systems are non-negotiable in the AI era

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Why ‘secure-by-design’ systems are non-negotiable in the AI era...

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• access management
• AI
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• identity
• incident response
• initial access
• misconfiguration
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• Research
• Salesloft
• Salesloft Drift
• Social engineering
• stolen credentials
• Technology
• Threats
• Unit 42

Unit 42: Nearly two-thirds of breaches now start with identity abuse

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Unit 42: Nearly two-thirds of breaches now start with...

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