Geopolitics

6 min read

• Commentary
• deterrence
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Iran
• NDAA
• offensive cybersecurity
• op-ed
• ransomware
• Russia
• Salt Typhoon
• Technology
• Threats
• Ukraine
• Volt Typhoon

Why it’s time for the US to go on offense in cyberspace

Cyber Scoop July 21, 2025

Why it’s time for the US to go on...

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4 min read

• 2016 elections
• DNC hack
• Donald Trump
• Financial
• Geopolitics
• GRU
• Money
• NotPetya
• Policy
• Russia
• sanctions
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom (U.K.)
• Vladimir Putin

UK sanctions Russian hackers, spies as US weighs its own punishments for Russia

Cyber Scoop July 18, 2025

UK sanctions Russian hackers, spies as US weighs its...

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5 min read

• Andrew Garbarino
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitics
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Iran
• operational technology
• Stuxnet

House hearing will use Stuxnet to search for novel ways to confront OT cyberthreats

Cyber Scoop July 16, 2025

House hearing will use Stuxnet to search for novel...

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2 min read

• cybercrime
• DDoS
• Europol
• Geopolitics
• hacktivism
• NoName057(16)
• Russia
• Ukraine

Pro-Russian DDoS group NoName057(16) disrupted by international law enforcement operation

Cyber Scoop July 16, 2025

Pro-Russian DDoS group NoName057(16) disrupted by international law enforcement...

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3 min read

• 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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2 min read

• El Salvador
• Geopolitics
• NSO Group
• Privacy
• spyware
• U.S. courts

Appeals court clears path for El Salvadoran journos to sue spyware maker

Cyber Scoop July 8, 2025

Appeals court clears path for El Salvadoran journos to...

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3 min read

• China
• COVID-19
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Exchange Server
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Geopolitics
• Google
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Hafnium
• John Hultquist
• Microsoft
• Silk Typhoon
• Texas
• Threats
• U.S. courts

Italian authorities arrest Chinese man over Microsoft Exchange Server hack, targeting of COVID-19 researchers

Cyber Scoop July 8, 2025

Italian authorities arrest Chinese man over Microsoft Exchange Server...

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3 min read

• China
• CISA
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• exploit
• Exploitation
• France
• Geopolitics
• Ivanti
• Mandiant
• Research
• Threats
• vulnerabilities
• zero-days

China-linked attacker hit France’s critical infrastructure via trio of Ivanti zero-days last year

Cyber Scoop July 3, 2025

China-linked attacker hit France’s critical infrastructure via trio of...

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3 min read

• Brett Leatherman
• China
• critical infrastructure
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Geopolitics
• Government
• North Korea
• North Korean IT workers
• Salt Typhoon
• Telecommunications
• Threats
• Volt Typhoon
• workforce

Top FBI cyber official: Salt Typhoon ‘largely contained’ in telecom networks

Cyber Scoop July 2, 2025

Top FBI cyber official: Salt Typhoon ‘largely contained’ in...

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2 min read

• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitics
• Kaseya
• ransomware
• REvil
• Russia

Russian court releases several REvil ransomware gang members

Cyber Scoop June 23, 2025

Russian court releases several REvil ransomware gang members |...

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