Cyber Scoop

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Citrix
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV)
• NetScaler
• Technology
• Tenable
• Threats
• vulnerability
• watchTowr Labs
• zero-days

Citrix NetScaler customers hit by third actively exploited zero-day vulnerability since June

Cyber Scoop August 26, 2025

Citrix NetScaler customers hit by third actively exploited zero-day...

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• AI
• AI chatbots
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• compromise
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Mandiant
• OAuth
• passwords
• Research
• Salesforce
• Snowflake
• Threats
• virtual private network (VPN)

Hundreds of Salesforce customers impacted by attack spree linked to third-party AI agent

Cyber Scoop August 26, 2025

Hundreds of Salesforce customers impacted by attack spree linked...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• ESET
• large language models
• ransomware

Researchers flag code that uses AI systems to carry out ransomware attacks

Cyber Scoop August 26, 2025

Researchers flag code that uses AI systems to carry...

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• Government

DOGE employees uploaded Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud, agency whistleblower says

Cyber Scoop August 26, 2025

DOGE employees uploaded Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud,...

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