Cyber Scoop

2 min read

• artificial intelligence (AI)
• email security
• Money
• SlashNext
• Uncategorized
• Varonis

Varonis buys AI email security firm SlashNext

Cyber Scoop September 2, 2025

Varonis buys AI email security firm SlashNext | CyberScoop...

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13 min read

• AOL
• Apple
• Arctic Wolf
• Arrest
• Bank of America
• Binance
• bitcoin
• California
• computer fraud
• Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
• crypto
• crypto mixer
• cryptocurrency
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• District Court of Northern Texas
• Ethereum
• Exclusive
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Flashpoint
• Government
• hacking
• Halcyon
• iCloud
• indictment
• Money
• PayPal
• Proton Mail
• ransomware
• Recorded Future
• Research
• Russia
• Silent Push
• Texas
• Threats
• Zeppelin

Prolific Russian ransomware operator living in California enjoys rare leniency awaiting trial

Cyber Scoop September 2, 2025

Prolific Russian ransomware operator living in California enjoys rare...

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5 min read

• AI
• ai detection
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• DARPA
• FTC
• Government
• Technology

Workado settles with FTC over allegations it inflated its AI detectors’ capabilities 

Cyber Scoop August 29, 2025

Workado settles with FTC over allegations it inflated its...

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4 min read

• China
• Cybersecurity
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Geopolitics
• Government
• hacking
• Salt Typhoon
• sanctions

Top FBI official says Chinese reliance on domestic firms for hacking is a weakness

Cyber Scoop August 29, 2025

Top FBI official says Chinese reliance on domestic firms...

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3 min read

• AI
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Coalition
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Google Workspace
• Mandiant
• OAuth
• Research
• Salesforce
• Salesloft
• Salesloft Drift
• Snowflake
• Technology
• Threats
• virtual private network (VPN)

Salesloft Drift compromised en masse, impacting all third-party integrations

Cyber Scoop August 28, 2025

Salesloft Drift compromised en masse, impacting all third-party integrations...

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7 min read

• Election Assistance Commission
• election security
• Government
• Trump administration
• Uncategorized
• voter fraud
• voter suppression

Trump administration setting the stage for elections power grab, voting rights group warns

Cyber Scoop August 28, 2025

Trump administration setting the stage for elections power grab,...

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3 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Financial
• Government
• North Korea
• North Korean IT workers
• Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
• sanctions
• Threats
• Treasury Department

Treasury sanctions North Korea IT worker scheme facilitators and front organizations

Cyber Scoop August 27, 2025

Treasury sanctions North Korea IT worker scheme facilitators and...

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3 min read

• Australia
• Canada
• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Czech Republic
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Finland
• Geopolitics
• germany
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Government
• Italy
• John Hultquist
• Madhu Gottumukkala
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Salt Typhoon
• Spain
• Telecommunications
• Threats
• transportation
• United Kingdom (U.K.)

Salt Typhoon hacking campaign goes beyond previously disclosed targets, world cyber agencies say

Cyber Scoop August 27, 2025

Salt Typhoon hacking campaign goes beyond previously disclosed targets,...

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5 min read

• active defense
• Brandon Wales
• Congress
• cryptocurrency
• cyber offense
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Dmitri Alperovitch
• Geopolitics
• Google
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• hacking back
• Institute for Security and Technology
• letters of marque
• Microsoft
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• National Security Council (NSC)
• Policy
• ransomware
• Russia
• SentinelOne

Google previews cyber ‘disruption unit’ as U.S. government, industry weigh going heavier on offense

Cyber Scoop August 27, 2025

Google previews cyber ‘disruption unit’ as U.S. government, industry...

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3 min read

• Active Directory
• Cloud
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• MFA
• Microsoft
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft Teams
• multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• ransomware
• Research
• storm-0501
• Threats

Microsoft details Storm-0501’s focus on ransomware in the cloud

Cyber Scoop August 27, 2025

Microsoft details Storm-0501’s focus on ransomware in the cloud...

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