Cyber Scoop

5 min read

• Commentary
• Cybersecurity
• encryption
• op-ed
• post-quantum encryption
• quantum computing

Preparing for the post-quantum era: a CIO’s guide to securing the future of encryption

Cyber Scoop May 16, 2025

Preparing for the post-quantum era: a CIO’s guide to...

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6 min read

• AI
• Congress
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• FTC
• Government
• Take It Down Act

 FTC wants a new, segregated software system to police deepfake porn 

Cyber Scoop May 15, 2025

 FTC wants a new, segregated software system to police...

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2 min read

• hornetsecurity
• mergers and acquisitions
• Microsoft 365
• Money
• Proofpoint
• thoma bravo
• Uncategorized

Proofpoint to acquire Hornetsecurity for over $1 billion

Cyber Scoop May 15, 2025

Proofpoint to acquire Hornetsecurity for over $1 billion |...

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3 min read

• AI
• deepfakes
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Government
• Threats

FBI warns of fake texts, deepfake calls impersonating senior U.S. officials

Cyber Scoop May 15, 2025

FBI warns of fake texts, deepfake calls impersonating senior...

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4 min read

• China
• critical infrastructure
• cybercrime
• gas
• Google
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Government
• Mandiant
• Medical devices
• NightDragon
• oil
• Onapsis
• ransomware
• ReliaQuest
• Salt Typhoon
• SAP
• Saudi Arabia
• SolarWinds
• Threats
• United Kingdom (U.K.)
• Volt Typhoon

SAP cyberattack widens, drawing Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon comparisons

Cyber Scoop May 15, 2025

SAP cyberattack widens, drawing Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon...

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6 min read

• AI
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Dtex Systems
• Geopolitics
• North Korea
• North Korean IT workers
• sanctions
• Treasury Department

North Korea’s ‘state-run syndicate’ looks at cyber operations as a survival mechanism

Cyber Scoop May 15, 2025

North Korea’s ‘state-run syndicate’ looks at cyber operations as...

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5 min read

• crypto
• cryptocurrency
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Exclusive
• Financial
• financial fraud
• Investigation
• investment
• Money
• money laundering
• Sophos
• Threats

Who needs VC funding? How cybercriminals spread their ill-gotten gains to everyday business ventures

Cyber Scoop May 15, 2025

Who needs VC funding? How cybercriminals spread their ill-gotten...

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5 min read

• cross site scripting
• defense contractors
• Fancy Bear
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Russia
• Ukraine

Fancy Bear campaign sought emails of high-level Ukrainians and their military suppliers

Cyber Scoop May 15, 2025

Fancy Bear campaign sought emails of high-level Ukrainians and...

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5 min read

• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• data brokers
• Government
• Jonathan McKernan
• Policy
• Rohit Chopra
• Russell Vought

CFPB to withdraw rule targeting data brokers

Cyber Scoop May 14, 2025

CFPB to withdraw rule targeting data brokers | CyberScoop...

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3 min read

• Andrew Garbarino
• Bennie Thompson
• budget
• China
• CIRCIA
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• cybersecurity workforce
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FEMA
• Government
• Kristi Noem
• Mark Green
• Money
• regulation
• workforce

DHS won’t tell Congress how many people it’s cut from CISA

Cyber Scoop May 14, 2025

DHS won’t tell Congress how many people it’s cut...

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