Cyber Scoop

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Commentary
• critical infrastructure
• op-ed

Why data centers now belong on the critical infrastructure list

Cyber Scoop May 4, 2026

Why data centers now belong on the critical infrastructure...

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3 min read

• Agentic AI
• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Government
• identity management
• nsa
• prompt injection
• Technology

US government, allies publish guidance on how to safely deploy AI agents

Cyber Scoop May 1, 2026

US government, allies publish guidance on how to safely...

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4 min read

• ALPHV
• BlackCat
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• DigitalMint
• guilty
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• ransomware payments
• Sygnia
• Threats

Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison for committing ransomware attacks

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison...

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4 min read

• Cybersecurity
• FCC
• Government
• Know Your Customer
• Policy
• regulation
• robocall
• supply chain security
• Telecommunications

FCC tightens KYC rules for telecoms, closes loophole for banned foreign services

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

FCC tightens KYC rules for telecoms, closes loophole for...

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3 min read

• Congress
• FISA
• Government
• John Thune
• Mark Warner
• Policy
• Privacy
• Ron Wyden
• Section 702
• Senate Intelligence Committee
• surveillance
• tom cotton

Congress kicks the can down the road on surveillance law (again)

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

Congress kicks the can down the road on surveillance...

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• cPanel
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Rapid7
• Research
• Threats
• VulnCheck
• vulnerability
• watchTowr
• website hosting

cPanel’s authentication bypass bug is being exploited in the wild, CISA warns

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

cPanel’s authentication bypass bug is being exploited in the...

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• academia
• automotive
• aviation
• BlackFile
• Cloud
• Cordial Spider
• CrowdStrike
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Data theft
• extortion
• financial sector
• Financial services
• hospitality
• legal
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• Research
• residential proxy network
• retail
• SaaS
• Scattered Spider
• Snarky Spider
• Technology
• The Com
• Threats
• Unit 42

Two new extortion crews are speedrunning the Scattered Spider playbook

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

Two new extortion crews are speedrunning the Scattered Spider...

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4 min read

• Agentic AI
• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Commentary
• identity
• op-ed

Everyone’s building AI agents. Almost nobody’s ready for what they do to identity.

Cyber Scoop April 30, 2026

Everyone’s building AI agents. Almost nobody’s ready for what...

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3 min read

• AI
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Andy Ogles
• cloud computing
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• data centers
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies
• Google Cloud
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• information sharing and analysis centers (ISACs)
• Information Technology-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC)
• Iran
• LaMonica McIver
• Mark Montgomery
• Microsoft Azure
• Policy
• PPD-21
• Robert Mayer
• Samuel Visner
• sector risk management agencies
• Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (S-ISAC)
• USTelecom
• Vince Fong

Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers

Cyber Scoop April 29, 2026

Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers...

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3 min read

• Agentic AI
• AI
• cyber workforce
• Government
• intelligence community (IC)
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
• workforce

Spy agency officials say job loss anxiety, moving fast ‘safely’ among top challenges in AI workforce overhaul

Cyber Scoop April 28, 2026

Spy agency officials say job loss anxiety, moving fast...

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