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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
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Government
• National Cyber Director
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• National Security Council (NSC)
• Ron Wyden
• 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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• Biden administration
• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Guam
• McCrary Institute
• ports
• Salt Typhoon
• Telecommunications
• Threats
• Trump administration
• Volt Typhoon

Feds still trying to crack Volt Typhoon hackers’ intentions, goals

Cyber Scoop July 31, 2025

Feds still trying to crack Volt Typhoon hackers’ intentions,...

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• apt
• Cybersecurity
• FSB
• Geopolitics
• ISPs
• Malware
• Microsoft
• Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center
• networks
• Research
• Russia
• Secret Blizzard
• Telecommunications
• Threats
• Turla

Russia-affiliated Secret Blizzard conducting ongoing espionage against embassies in Moscow

Cyber Scoop July 31, 2025

Russia-affiliated Secret Blizzard conducting ongoing espionage against embassies in...

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• China
• Gary Peters
• Government
• marsha blackburn
• National Science and Technology Council
• post-quantum encryption
• quantum computing
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• Technology
• Threats
• White House

Senate legislation would direct federal agencies to fortify against quantum computing cyber threats

Cyber Scoop July 31, 2025

Senate legislation would direct federal agencies to fortify against...

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• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Google
• Google Project Zero
• hacking
• Research
• Technology
• vulnerability
• vulnerability disclosure
• zero-days

Project Zero disclosure policy change puts vendors on early notice

Cyber Scoop July 30, 2025

Project Zero disclosure policy change puts vendors on early...

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• Congress
• election security
• Government
• SAVE Act
• SAVE database
• Trump administration
• voter suppression

Senate Democrats call Trump admin’s focus on state voter rolls a pretext for disenfranchisement

Cyber Scoop July 30, 2025

Senate Democrats call Trump admin’s focus on state voter...

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