California’s legal push on geolocation data collection must take aim at the right targets, privacy experts sayCyberScoop·Mar 14, 18:15 UTC · Mar 14, 2025Exploit / PoC in the wild60
Lobbyists Push Self-Driving Trucks Law Through California, No Safety Operators Required404 Media·Sep 27, 14:52 UTC · Sep 27, 2023Policy & legal55
California lawmaker seeks to end to 'reverse warrants' that could pinpoint abortion seekersCyberScoop·Feb 13, 23:03 UTC · Feb 13, 2023Exploit / PoC in the wild60
Federal court dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter dataCyberScoop·Jan 16, 15:59 UTC · Jan 16, 2026Policy & legal in the wild60
2020 Vision: California sees the future, and it looks like GDPRCyberScoop·Jul 9, 14:20 UTC · Jul 9, 2018Policy & legal in the wild60
California IoT security law: What it means and why it mattersHelp Net Security·Nov 14, 12:49 UTC · Nov 14, 2023Data breach60
California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakesCyberScoop·Jan 14, 19:36 UTC · Jan 14, 2026Exploit / PoC in the wild60
Palo Alto Crosswalk Signals Had Default PasswordsSchneier on Security·Jan 9, 12:06 UTC · Jan 9, 2026Vulnerability55
Resecurity opens new office in Silicon Beach, Southern CaliforniaHelp Net Security·Jul 11, 07:36 UTC · Jul 11, 2022Data breach60
Microsoft says it will apply California privacy law across the countryCyberScoop·Nov 11, 22:09 UTC · Nov 11, 2019Exploit / PoC in the wild60
California's new labor law is going to impact bug bounty companies. By how much is unknown.CyberScoop·Sep 26, 12:00 UTC · Sep 26, 2019Exploit / PoC in the wild60
State officials, election experts question California sheriff’s seizure of ballotsCyberScoop·Mar 23, 20:01 UTC · Mar 23, 2026Exploit / PoC in the wild60
LockBit ransomware crew claims attack on California Department of FinanceCyberScoop·Dec 13, 01:16 UTC · Dec 13, 2022Ransomware in the wild60
Hackers steal PII and payment info of thousands of California residents in company breachCyberScoop·May 21, 16:46 UTC · May 21, 2018Exploit / PoC in the wild60
Long Beach is latest California city facing cybersecurity incidentThe Record·Nov 16, 22:00 UTC · Nov 16, 2023Ransomware60
Three states team up in investigative sweep of companies flouting data optCyberScoop·Sep 11, 14:09 UTC · Sep 11, 2025Exploit / PoC in the wild60
Google settles with California for allegedly lying to users about location data practicesThe Record·Sep 15, 17:29 UTC · Sep 15, 2023Threat actor60
Feds charge California man for 2018 DDoS attacks on congressional campaignCyberScoop·Feb 21, 22:54 UTC · Feb 21, 2020Threat actor in the wild60
Hundreds of registered data brokers ignore user requests around personal dataCyberScoop·Jul 28, 17:15 UTC · Jul 28, 2025Exploit / PoC in the wild60
California jury orders Google to pay $314 million over data transfers from Android phonesThe Record·Jul 2, 20:02 UTC · Jul 2, 2025Threat actor60
Judges strike skeptical note of NSO Group’s argument to dismiss case from El Salvadoran journosCyberScoop·Apr 10, 19:30 UTC · Apr 10, 2025Exploit / PoC in the wild60
Police investigators blame Algerian for coronavirusCyberScoop·Aug 25, 13:45 UTC · Aug 25, 2020Data breach in the wild60
California university pays $1 million ransom amid coronavirus researchCyberScoop·Jun 29, 14:17 UTC · Jun 29, 2020Ransomware in the wild60
US state privacy fines reached $3.425 billion in 2025Help Net Security·Jul 23, 07:00 UTC · Jul 23, 2026Policy & legal55
U.S. companies hit with record fines for privacy in 2025CyberScoop·Apr 28, 14:52 UTC · Apr 28, 2026Exploit / PoC in the wild60
Many data brokers aren’t registering across state lines, privacy groups sayCyberScoop·Jun 25, 21:14 UTC · Jun 25, 2025Exploit / PoC in the wild60
How Card Skimming Disproportionally Affects Those Most In NeedKrebs on Security·Oct 19, 02:24 UTC · Oct 19, 2022Phishing & fraud55
California man gets 3 years in prison for hacking Nintendo, collecting child pornographyCyberScoop·Dec 1, 23:08 UTC · Dec 1, 2020Exploit / PoC in the wild60
NSO Group partly disputes claim about use of U.S.CyberScoop·May 1, 17:22 UTC · May 1, 2020Ransomware in the wild60
Weekly Recap: Outlook Add-Ins Hijack, 0-Day Patches, Wormable Botnet & AI MalwareThe Hacker News·Feb 23, 11:00 UTC · Feb 23, 2026Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2026-2441CVE-2026-1731CVE-2026-2070060
Appeals court clears path for El Salvadoran journos to sue spyware makerCyberScoop·Jul 8, 21:47 UTC · Jul 8, 2025Malware in the wild60
A man has been charged with a cyber attack on Discovery Bay water treatment facilitySecurity Affairs·Jul 7, 20:31 UTC · Jul 7, 2023Policy & legal55
Four Americans and two Russians conspired to sway elections, influence politics, Justice Department saysCyberScoop·Apr 18, 20:04 UTC · Apr 18, 2023Exploit / PoC in the wild60
LastPass breach exposes how US breach notification laws can leave consumers in the lurchCyberScoop·Jan 11, 19:00 UTC · Jan 11, 2023Ransomware60
Data privacy: A hot-button issue for Americans one year after GDPRHelp Net Security·May 23, 00:00 UTC · May 23, 2019Policy & legal55
Leader of ransomware crew pleads guilty to fourCyberScoop·Jan 22, 20:19 UTC · Jan 22, 2026Ransomware in the wild60
Google fined $314M for misusing idle Android users' dataSecurity Affairs·Jul 4, 12:22 UTC · Jul 4, 2025Policy & legal55
NSO Group Hit with $168m Fine for WhatsApp Pegasus Spyware AbuseInfosecurity Magazine·May 7, 12:15 UTC · May 7, 2025MalwareCVE-2019-356860
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid TrackersSchneier on Security·Apr 19, 21:05 UTC · Apr 19, 2024Data breach60