CyberScoop

Air Force cyber official: need to invest in digital forensics

Wanda Jones-Heath said it’s key to keeping pace with incidents and threats, speaking at a Datadog event Thursday.

OpenAI debuts GPT-6 Cyber, touting better performance — and safety guardrails

After a summer of sandbox escaping hacks, OpenAI said their new model was trained to be more cautious around user intent and less sensitive to “reward hacking” behaviors.

What Democratic control of Congress means for cybersecurity

There’s a lame-duck session before Dems take over, but the leaders of the homeland security panels are already teeing up their agendas.

Officials extradite Canadian man to US for alleged cryptomining spree

Ryan Roach and his alleged co-conspirator, Mathiew Stubbings, are accused of compromising U.S. universities’ computers and taking over processing power to mine for cryptocurrency.

Defense and aerospace firm settles with government over allegedly failing to meet cybersecurity contract requirements

ILC settled for $13 million, and its parent company said it resolved the issues before settling without an admission of liability.

Oklahoma man charged with mailing threats, substances to election officials nationwide

Robin Patrick Martin was charged with conveying false or misleading information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications in an effort to intimidate election officials.

Europol dismantles investment scheme that impacted potential victims in 50 countries

Authorities seized more than 100 servers and searched locations linked to the alleged operation across 17 countries.

Ballot scanner malfunctions, flurry of federal legal actions test election officials on final day of voting

Rumors of malfeasance spread on X despite no evidence, as election officials continue to fight off numerous legal challenges from the Trump administration in the last 48 hours.

CrowdStrike moves to acquire Fiddler and Dreadnode, adding AI observability and testing to its security platform

CrowdStrike is extending its platform to watch, test and explain autonomous AI agents, as enterprises face behavior-based risks that conventional security tools cannot catch.

Vulnerabilities

CISA’s new strategy runs into America’s blind trust problem

Persistent credentials and forgotten software approvals leave essential operational networks vulnerable under CISA’s latest cybersecurity roadmap.