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Iranian hackers were more coordinated, aligned during Israel conflict than it seemed

Cyber Scoop August 5, 2025

Iranian hackers were more coordinated, aligned during Israel conflict...

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• Android
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• Google
• Technology
• vulnerabilities

Google addresses six vulnerabilities in August’s Android security update

Cyber Scoop August 4, 2025

Google addresses six vulnerabilities in August’s Android security update...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cloudflare
• Perplexity
• Privacy
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• web crawling
• web scraping

AI company Perplexity is sneaking to get around blocks on crawlers, Cloudflare alleges

Cyber Scoop August 4, 2025

AI company Perplexity is sneaking to get around blocks...

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• Austria
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• SentinelLabs
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• Vietnam

‘Highly evasive’ Vietnamese-speaking hackers stealing data from thousands of victims in 62+ nations

Cyber Scoop August 4, 2025

‘Highly evasive’ Vietnamese-speaking hackers stealing data from thousands of...

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• Akira
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• United Kingdom (U.K.)

Details emerge on BlackSuit ransomware takedown

Cyber Scoop August 4, 2025

Details emerge on BlackSuit ransomware takedown | CyberScoop Skip...

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• CrowdStrike
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Famous Chollima
• Geopolitics
• North Korea
• North Korean IT workers
• Research
• Threat hunting
• Threats

CrowdStrike investigated 320 North Korean IT worker cases in the past year

Cyber Scoop August 4, 2025

CrowdStrike investigated 320 North Korean IT worker cases in...

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• Alexei Bulazel
• Brett Leatherman
• Congress
• Cyber Command
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• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Government
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• National Security Council (NSC)
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• Sean Cairncross
• Sean Plankey
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• workforce

Senate confirms national cyber director pick Sean Cairncross

Cyber Scoop August 3, 2025

Senate confirms national cyber director pick Sean Cairncross |...

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• AI
• Cybersecurity
• Research
• vibe coding
• vulnerabilities

Cursor’s AI coding agent morphed ‘into local shell’ with one-line prompt attack

Cyber Scoop August 1, 2025

Cursor’s AI coding agent morphed ‘into local shell’ with...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitics
• incident response
• North Korea
• North Korean IT workers
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• Research
• Scattered Spider
• Social engineering
• Threats
• Unit 42

Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds

Cyber Scoop August 1, 2025

Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto...

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• China
• defense
• Exchange
• Geopolitics
• Microsoft
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
• zero-days

China accuses US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in cyberattack

Cyber Scoop August 1, 2025

China accuses US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in cyberattack...

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