Cybersecurity

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• Black Basta
• BlackSuit
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Europol
• Flashpoint
• germany
• Interpol
• ransomware
• Recorded Future
• Royal
• Russia
• Ukraine

Black Basta’s alleged ringleader identified as authorities raid homes of other members

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

Black Basta’s alleged ringleader identified as authorities raid homes...

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• Bitdefender
• Coveware
• CrowdStrike
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• encryption
• extortion
• FinCEN
• Flashpoint
• Google
• GroupSense
• hacking
• Halcyon
• Mandiant
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• ransomware negotiation
• Surefire Cyber
• Threats
• Treasury Department
• Unit 42
• Veeam
• XFIL Cyber

The thin line between saving a company and funding a crime

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

The thin line between saving a company and funding...

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• AI
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice
• HackerOne
• Policy
• Research
• Uncategorized
• vulnerability disclosure

HackerOne rolls out industry framework to support ‘good faith’ AI research

Cyber Scoop January 20, 2026

HackerOne rolls out industry framework to support ‘good faith’...

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• access broker
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• EDR
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• firewalls
• ransomware
• State Department

Jordanian national pleads guilty after unknowingly selling FBI agent access to 50 company networks

Cyber Scoop January 16, 2026

Jordanian national pleads guilty after unknowingly selling FBI agent...

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• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice
• election
• election security
• Government
• Privacy
• Trump administration
• U.S. courts
• voter data

Federal court dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter data

Cyber Scoop January 16, 2026

Federal court dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter...

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• critical infrastructure
• Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• information sharing
• Policy
• Sector Coordinating Council
• sector risk management agencies
• Threats

Sources: DHS finalizing replacement for disbanded critical infrastructure security council 

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Sources: DHS finalizing replacement for disbanded critical infrastructure security...

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• Aisuru
• Black Lotus Labs
• botnet
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Kimwolf
• Lumen Technologies
• Synthient
• Threats
• XLab

Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates security researchers

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates...

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• AI
• California
• Cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• Privacy
• XAi

California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakes

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakes |...

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• account takeover (ATO) attacks
• Australia
• business email compromise
• business email compromise (BEC)
• Canada
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Europol
• France
• germany
• Microsoft
• phishing
• RedVDS
• Research
• The Netherlands
• United Kingdom (U.K.)
• virtual machines

Microsoft seizes RedVDS infrastructure, disrupts fast-growing cybercrime marketplace

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Microsoft seizes RedVDS infrastructure, disrupts fast-growing cybercrime marketplace |...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• CESER
• China
• Congress
• Cybersecurity
• Government
• House Energy and Commerce Committee
• Policy
• Technology
• Trump administration
• Volt Typhoon

CESER chief touts AI projects as congressional Dems point to federal cuts

Cyber Scoop January 13, 2026

CESER chief touts AI projects as congressional Dems point...

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