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By gutting its cyber staff, State Department ignores congressional directives

Cyber Scoop August 18, 2025

By gutting its cyber staff, State Department ignores congressional...

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• Alexei Bulazel
• Biden administration
• Border Gateway Protocol
• budget
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• China
• cyber workforce
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• DARPA
• DEF CON
• digital identity
• Eric Swalwell
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• Government
• Health-ISAC
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• Mark Montgomery
• National Cyber Director
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• National Security Memorandum 22
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• Sean Cairncross
• Sean Plankey
• secure-by-design
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• Trump administration
• U.S. Cyber Trust Mark

The overlooked changes that two Trump executive orders could bring to cybersecurity

Cyber Scoop August 13, 2025

The overlooked changes that two Trump executive orders could...

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• Biden administration
• budget
• China
• CrowdStrike
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Donald Trump
• Elissa Slotkin
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• National Cyber Director
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• Salt Typhoon
• Sean Cairncross
• taiwan
• Threats
• USTelecom
• workforce

New National Cyber Director Cairncross faces challenges on policy, bureaucracy, threats

Cyber Scoop August 6, 2025

New National Cyber Director Cairncross faces challenges on policy,...

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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
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• 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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• 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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• China
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• exploit
• Government
• known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV)
• Microsoft
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center
• nation-state hackers
• ransomware
• Research
• Technology
• Threats
• vulnerabilities
• zero-days

Microsoft SharePoint attacks ensnare 400 victims, including federal agencies

Cyber Scoop July 24, 2025

Microsoft SharePoint attacks ensnare 400 victims, including federal agencies...

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• budget
• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• election security
• energy
• Gary Peters
• Government
• Josh Hawley
• Kristi Noem
• rand paul
• Richard Blumenthal
• Rick Scott
• Ron Wyden
• Salt Typhoon
• Sean Plankey
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
• supply chain
• Telecommunications
• workforce

Plankey vows to boot China from U.S. supply chain, advocate for CISA budget

Cyber Scoop July 24, 2025

Sean Plankey vows to boot China from U.S. supply...

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• China
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• exploit
• Exploitation
• Linen Typhoon
• Mandiant
• Microsoft
• Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center
• Research
• Storm-2603
• Threats
• Violet Typhoon
• zero-days

Microsoft SharePoint zero-day attacks pinned on China-linked ‘Typhoon’ threat groups

Cyber Scoop July 22, 2025

Microsoft SharePoint zero-day attacks pinned on China-linked ‘Typhoon’ threat...

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• China
• cybercrime
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Exchange Server
• France
• Geopolitics
• Italy
• Microsoft
• ransomware
• Russia

French police arrest Russian pro basketball player on behalf of US over ransomware suspicions

Cyber Scoop July 10, 2025

French police arrest Russian pro basketball player on behalf...

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