Cyber Scoop

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• ChatGPT
• Cybersecurity
• foreign spies
• Government
• OpenAI
• Technology
• Threat Intelligence

OpenAI: Threat actors use us to be efficient, not make new tools

Cyber Scoop October 7, 2025

OpenAI: Threat actors use us to be efficient, not...

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• Clop
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Halcyon
• known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV)
• Oracle
• ransomware
• Research
• Russia
• Threats
• vulnerabilities
• vulnerability
• Zero-day
• zero-days

Oracle zero-day defect amplifies panic over Clop’s data theft attack spree

Cyber Scoop October 6, 2025

Oracle zero-day defect amplifies panic over Clop’s data theft...

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• Biden administration
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Executive order
• Government
• House Oversight Committee
• ICE
• Paragon
• Privacy
• Shontel Brown
• spyware
• Summer Lee
• Supreme Court
• surveillance
• Technology
• U.S. courts
• Yassamin Ansari

House Dems seek info about ICE spyware contract, wary of potential abuses

Cyber Scoop October 6, 2025

House Dems seek info about ICE spyware contract, wary...

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4 min read

• Cybersecurity
• data privacy
• encryption
• European Union
• Geopolitics
• Policy
• Privacy
• signal
• Technology

Potential EU law sparks global concerns over end-to-end encryption for messaging apps 

Cyber Scoop October 6, 2025

Potential EU law sparks global concerns over end-to-end encryption...

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• AI
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• CISO
• compromise
• CSO
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Mandiant
• okta
• Research
• Salesforce
• Salesloft
• Salesloft Drift
• supply chain
• supply chain attacks
• Technology
• Threats
• Zscaler

Security leaders at Okta and Zscaler share lessons from Salesloft Drift attacks

Cyber Scoop October 6, 2025

Security leaders at Okta and Zscaler share lessons from...

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• Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• breach
• Government
• House Appropriations Committee
• House Intelligence Committee
• House Judiciary Committee
• John Roberts
• multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• PACER
• Ron Wyden
• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Senate Intelligence Committee
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• Supreme Court
• Technology
• U.S. courts

Federal judiciary touts cybersecurity work in wake of latest major breach

Cyber Scoop October 3, 2025

Federal judiciary touts cybersecurity work in wake of latest...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• deepfakes
• disinformation
• Geopolitics
• Government
• influence operations
• Israel
• Israel-Gaza conflict
• Uncategorized

Researchers say Israeli government likely behind AI-generated disinfo campaign in Iran

Cyber Scoop October 3, 2025

Researchers say Israeli government likely behind AI-generated disinfo campaign...

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• attack
• breach
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• GitLab
• IBM
• open source
• open source software
• Red Hat
• Technology

Red Hat confirms breach of GitLab instance, which stored company’s consulting data

Cyber Scoop October 2, 2025

Red Hat confirms breach of GitLab instance, which stored...

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• Clop
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• extortion
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Mandiant
• Oracle
• ransomware
• Research
• Threats

Here is the email Clop attackers sent to Oracle customers

Cyber Scoop October 2, 2025

Here is the email Clop attackers sent to Oracle...

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• Android
• BadBazaar
• China
• ESET
• Privacy
• signal
• spyware
• Threats
• United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Android spyware disguised as legitimate messaging apps targets UAE victims, researchers reveal

Cyber Scoop October 2, 2025

Android spyware disguised as legitimate messaging apps targets UAE...

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