The United States and other Western nations released guidance Tuesday designed to evict the China-linked group in the wake of the high-profile hack.| CyberScoop
An international advisory says that the purpose of the “brute force” attacks is to sell the info to cybercrime forums.| CyberScoop
Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee say privacy protections under a bill Congress passed to re-up Section 702 aren’t strong enough.| CyberScoop
In a wide-ranging speech and interview, Nakasone also talked about Trump administration moves and the shape of cyber offensive operations.| CyberScoop
In a joint report with DARPA and others, the cyber agency said that knowledge gap “exacerbates” risks posed by threat actors in U.S. critical infrastructure.| CyberScoop
The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative product seeks to build “a unified approach” to combat AI-related cyber threats.| CyberScoop
The CNCERT said it had “handled’ two attacks on Chinese tech companies, which it attributed to an unnamed suspected U.S. intelligence agency.| CyberScoop
Two spyware variants are targeting Uyghur, Taiwanese and Tibetan groups and individuals, the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre warned in a joint alert Wednesday with Western allies.| CyberScoop
Matt Bracken is the managing editor of FedScoop and CyberScoop, overseeing coverage of federal government technology policy and cybersecurity. Before joining Scoop News Group in 2023, Matt was a senior editor at Morning Consult, leading data-driven coverage of tech, finance, health and energy. He previously worked in various editorial roles at The Baltimore Sun and the Arizona Daily Star. You can reach him at matt.bracken@scoopnewsgroup.com.| CyberScoop
Rob Joyce emphasized during a House hearing how important probationary employees are to NSA efforts to counter China and other threats in cyberspace.| CyberScoop
The SVR is conducting its targeting both specifically and broadly, the U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies said.| CyberScoop
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