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The Press Corner
A short résumé of each security publication from the daily scan, with the topic and a link to the original. The scan runs every day at 01:15 UTC. If that run misses, the next hourly pass picks it up. Last scan Oct 23, 2026.
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North Korean companies, people sanctioned for money laundering from cybercrime, IT worker schemes
The Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned eight people and two companies it accused of laundering money obtained from cybercrime and IT worker schemes to fund North Korean government objectives. According to the department, over the last three years North Korea-linked cybercriminals have stolen over $3 billion,…
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- CyberScoop
Security leaders at Okta and Zscaler share lessons from Salesloft Drift attacks
Okta thwarted the supply-chain attack with security controls it had in place. Zscaler did not.
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- CyberScoop
Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds
Unit 42 said social engineering — the method of choice for groups as diverse as Scattered Spider and North Korean tech workers — was the top initial attack vector over the past year.
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- CyberScoop
Top FBI cyber official: Salt Typhoon ‘largely contained’ in telecom networks
Brett Leatherman told CyberScoop in an interview that while the group still poses a threat, the bureau is focused on resilience and victim support, and going on offense could be in the future.
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- CyberScoop
CrowdStrike, Microsoft aim to eliminate confusion in threat group attribution
Wild variances in naming taxonomies aren’t going away, but a new initiative from the security vendors aims to more publicly address obvious overlap in threat group attribution.
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- CyberScoop
Leaders of 764, global child sextortion group, arrested and charged
The Justice Department accuses two men of running a “network of nihilistic violent extremists” who engaged in and facilitated the grooming, manipulation and extortion of minors.
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- CyberScoop
ReliaQuest secures $500 Million in funding, boosting AI-driven cybersecurity operations
U.S.-based cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest has secured a significant funding boost with a new investment round totaling over $500 million, elevating the company’s valuation to $3.4 billion. The funding round was led by global investors EQT Partners, KKR, and FTV Capital, alongside existing investors Ten Eleven…
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- CyberScoop
US indicts 12 Chinese nationals for vast espionage attack spree
A flurry of unsealed indictments reveal China’s alleged well-coordinated effort to use a hacker-for-hire ecosystem to conduct espionage while obscuring the government’s direct involvement.
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- CyberScoop
Projecting the next decade of software supply chain security
A 2035 vision includes a shift that combines security and innovation.
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- CyberScoop
DOJ disbands foreign influence task force, limits scope of FARA prosecutions
Both the task force and FARA were used by the bureau to investigate, charge and disrupt foreign and domestic actors accused of working to influence American policy on behalf of other nations.
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- CyberScoop
Exclusive: Feds are probing 764, The Com’s use of cybercriminal tactics to carry out violent crimes
Documents reviewed by CyberScoop show that law enforcement is tracking these violent criminal groups’ use of malicious cyber tools to cause harm to children.
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- CyberScoop
FBI flags false videos impersonating agency, claiming Democratic ballot fraud
The bureau said the videos and their underlying claims were not genuine, while a disinformation researcher linked the activity to the Russian group Doppelganger.
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- CyberScoop
Credit monitoring and supply chain risk company hacked
The unknown hackers accessed CreditRiskMonitor employee data but not customer personal information, the company said.
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- CyberScoop
Tech giants reveal plans to combat AI-fueled election antics
Letters sent to Sen. Warner and shared exclusively with CyberScoop show platforms’ approach to AI and elections following calls that they aren’t doing enough.
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- CyberScoop
US intel officials: Kremlin once again prefers Trump
In a briefing with reporters on Tuesday, U.S. intelligence officials said Russia is the most active U.S.
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- CyberScoop