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• Cybersecurity
• Threats

Wide-ranging Apple security update addresses over 30 vulnerabilities

Cyber Scoop May 13, 2025

Wide-ranging Apple security update addresses over 30 vulnerabilities |...

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• Congress
• election security
• Government
• grants
• HAVA

State and local election officials plead with Congress for election security funding

Cyber Scoop May 13, 2025

State and local election officials plead with Congress for...

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• botnets
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• FBI
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• indictment
• Malware
• routers
• Threats

US seizes Anyproxy, 5socks botnets and indicts alleged administrators

Cyber Scoop May 12, 2025

US seizes Anyproxy, 5socks botnets and indicts alleged administrators...

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• Check Point
• CISA
• Cisco
• CVE
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• edge devices
• exploit
• firewall
• Fortinet
• Mandiant
• Palo Alto Networks
• Rapid7
• Research
• SonicWall
• Technology
• Threats
• virtual private network (VPN)
• vulnerabilities

SonicWall customers confront resurgence of actively exploited vulnerabilities

Cyber Scoop May 9, 2025

SonicWall customers confront resurgence of actively exploited vulnerabilities |...

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• AI
• China
• Congress
• contractors
• DeepSeek
• Geopolitics
• Government

Senators move to quash the use of Chinese AI system by federal contractors 

Cyber Scoop May 9, 2025

Senators move to quash the use of Chinese AI...

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• budget
• Chris Murphy
• CISA
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• disinformation
• election security
• Gary Peters
• Government
• House Appropriations Committee
• information sharing
• Kristi Noem
• Lauren Underwood
• misinformation
• Money
• Senate Appropriations Committee

Sen. Murphy: Trump administration has ‘illegally gutted funding for cybersecurity’

Cyber Scoop May 8, 2025

Sen. Murphy: Trump administration has ‘illegally gutted funding for...

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• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• Data theft
• Education
• extortion
• ransomware
• stolen credentials
• Threats

PowerSchool customers hit by downstream extortion threats

Cyber Scoop May 7, 2025

PowerSchool customers hit by downstream extortion threats | CyberScoop...

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• CrowdStrike
• Cybersecurity
• jobs
• Technology
• workforce

CrowdStrike cuts 5% of workforce after revenue jumped 29% last year

Cyber Scoop May 7, 2025

CrowdStrike cuts 5% of workforce after revenue jumped 29%...

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• booter and stresser services
• cybercrime
• DDoS
• Department of Justice
• Europol
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Operation PowerOFF

Six DDoS sites seized in multi-national law enforcement operation

Cyber Scoop May 7, 2025

Six DDoS sites seized in multi-national law enforcement operation...

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• Meta
• NSO Group
• Privacy
• spyware
• Technology
• U.S. courts
• WhatsApp

NSO Group owes $168M in damages to WhatsApp over spyware infections, jury says

Cyber Scoop May 6, 2025

NSO Group owes $168M in damages to WhatsApp over...

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