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The quiet way AI normalizes foreign influence

Cyber Scoop January 15, 2026

The quiet way AI normalizes foreign influence | CyberScoop...

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• critical infrastructure
• Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• information sharing
• Policy
• Sector Coordinating Council
• sector risk management agencies
• Threats

Sources: DHS finalizing replacement for disbanded critical infrastructure security council 

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Sources: DHS finalizing replacement for disbanded critical infrastructure security...

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• Aisuru
• Black Lotus Labs
• botnet
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Kimwolf
• Lumen Technologies
• Synthient
• Threats
• XLab

Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates security researchers

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates...

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• AI
• California
• Cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• Privacy
• XAi

California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakes

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakes |...

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• Intellexa
• Jamf
• Predator
• Privacy
• Research
• spyware
• Technology

Predator spyware demonstrates troubleshooting, researcher-dodging capabilities

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Predator spyware demonstrates troubleshooting, researcher-dodging capabilities | CyberScoop Skip...

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• account takeover (ATO) attacks
• Australia
• business email compromise
• business email compromise (BEC)
• Canada
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Europol
• France
• germany
• Microsoft
• phishing
• RedVDS
• Research
• The Netherlands
• United Kingdom (U.K.)
• virtual machines

Microsoft seizes RedVDS infrastructure, disrupts fast-growing cybercrime marketplace

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Microsoft seizes RedVDS infrastructure, disrupts fast-growing cybercrime marketplace |...

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• Congress
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• Kristi Noem
• Policy
• Rick Scott
• Sean Plankey
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• Thom Tillis
• Trump administration
• U.S. Coast Guard
• workforce

Sean Plankey re-nominated to lead CISA

Cyber Scoop January 13, 2026

Sean Plankey re-nominated to lead CISA | CyberScoop Skip...

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• Action1
• Microsoft
• Patch Tuesday
• Research
• security patch
• Tenable
• Threats
• Trend Micro
• vulnerability
• vulnerability disclosure
• Zero Day Initiative

Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 112 defects, including one actively exploited zero-day

Cyber Scoop January 13, 2026

Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 112 defects, including one actively...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• CESER
• China
• Congress
• Cybersecurity
• Government
• House Energy and Commerce Committee
• Policy
• Technology
• Trump administration
• Volt Typhoon

CESER chief touts AI projects as congressional Dems point to federal cuts

Cyber Scoop January 13, 2026

CESER chief touts AI projects as congressional Dems point...

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• Andy Ogles
• Bennie Thompson
• Congress
• CrowdStrike
• CSIS
• cyber offense
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Federal IT
• Geopolitics
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• James Walkinshaw
• Policy
• regulation
• workforce

Hill warning: Don’t put cyber offense before defense

Cyber Scoop January 13, 2026

Hill warning: Don’t put cyber offense before defense |...

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