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Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 5/25/24
NSO Group founder is thriving following his ouster, Rwandan leaders targeted by Pegasus, Austria's spy agency raided by Moscow-led operation, Insights from the most prolific LLM jailbreaker, Novel Espionage Act brought against Chinese drone photographer
Massive Cyberattack in America's Heartland Disabled Over 600,000 Routers
Five campaigns used OpenAI's technology to manipulate public opinion, Cloudflare thwarted Russian phishing and spy campaign aimed at cash-strapped Ukrainians, Pegasus spyware used against Russian and Belarusian journalists and activists, Canadian superstation hit by Play ransomware attack, Cyberattack on Christie's didn't harm auctions, Japanese man busted for using AI to create malware, Malware cocktail delivered via cracked MS Office versions, Student wanted for DDoS attacks on Texas state exams, much more
Operation Endgame Seizes 2,000 Domains, Takes Out 100 Servers and Arrests Four People for Spreading Ransomware via Emails
US arrests operator of 911 S5 botnet, Belgian police carry out raids related to Russian propaganda promoters, BBC investigates data breach affected 25K current and former employees, Meta took down network of pro-Israel fake accounts, Treasury warns of NFT use in fraud and scams, Former FL deputy sheriff is a key player in Russian disinformation, NIST hires vendor to deal with NVD backlog, much more
Treasury Department Sanctioned Three Chinese Nationals for Roles in Anonymity Service 911 S5
Famed hardware hackers recouped $3m from crypto wallet with lost password, ShinyHunters claims Ticketmaster breach affecting an alleged 560m customers, BreachForums returns to old clearnet domain, Seattle Public Library offline following ransomware attack, pcTattletale shutters after data breach, NK Moonstone Sleet group linked to millions in ransom demands, OpenAI creates new safety and security committee, RansomHub claims hack of major medication service ACS, much more
Christie's Hacker RansomHub Threatens to Leak Sensitive Data on Wealthy Art Collectors
Patient medical data stolen during pharma giant Cencora's data breach, Personal data on nearly 3m people stolen in Sav-Rx cyberattack, Hacker who breached pcTattletale publishes internal data, Breach Forums admin announces new onion address, ABN Amro Bank breached via supplier, Indian national pleads guilty to stealing $37m using fake Coinbase site, Threat actor posts data allegedly stolen from Medisecure, Election officials seek to 'pre-bunk' misinformation, much more
Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 5/18/24
Hackers rescued a bricked Polish train, The double life of Incognito Market's founder, Tricking Wi-Fi networks into less secure connections, Cybercriminals are selling Indian police biometric data, AI fakes are used to recruit Indian voters, Indian fake news verification tools are a bust
LockBit Leaks London Drugs Files on the Dark Web, Company Says It Can't Pay the $25 Million Ransom
Attackers have backdoored widely used courtroom video recording system, Oz authorities sue Optus for 2022 breach, Storm-0539 ramps up gift card theft, TikTok claims take-down of 15 covert influence ops, House panel passes comprehensive privacy bill, National security threatened by NVD stoppage, Deepfake Biden robocaller indicted and telco routing the calls fined $8m, much more
SEC Fines New York Stock Exchange Owner $10 Million for Failing to Report Hack
Northern Ireland police face a nearly $1 million fine for data breach, Teslas can still be hacked by relay attacks, Spyware found on three Wyndham hotels' check-in systems, Starlink systems can be located using Apple Wi-Fi access points, Nissan Oceania customers subject to another breach, New Chinese APT group targets government entities in South China Sea region, Chinese state hackers are using ORBs for cyberespionage, Fake Pegasus spyware fetches millions, Kevin Mandia leaving Google, much more
UK Data Watchdog Is Probing Microsoft's Recall, Which Experts Say Is a 'Privacy Nightmare'
London Drugs admits ransomware attack as LockBit claims credit, Gala Games hacker refunds stolen funds, Hong Kong orders a halt to iris-scanning Worldcoin project, Veeam warns of highly critical flaw, Medical groups want HHS to hold UnitedHealth accountable for breach notifications, Rockwell urges customers to disconnect ICS gear from the internet, Malicious campaign turns off security products and installs XMRig miner, much more
Incognito Market Operator Faces Life in Prison Following Arrest
EPA says 70% of inspected water systems don't follow security requirements, Google promotes its own security following scathing CSRB report on Microsoft, FBI busts man who used Stable Diffusion for CSAM, Attacker exploited Gala Games for $214m in tokens, Fluent Bit flaw impacts all major cloud providers, HHS offers hospitals $50m to improve cybersecurity, EU AI rules will go into effect next month, Microsoft Recall will track everything you do on your PC, much more
US Busts Two Chinese Nationals in $73 Million Pig Butchering Scam
US officials warn that Chinese repair ships could tamper with undersea cables, TX health insurance company breach could affect 2.5 million, Pump.fun hacker claims he was arrested in the UK, Chinese hacking group is targeting AI company individuals, Grandoreiro banking trojan is back in large-scale operation, American Radio Relay League disrupted by cyberattack, AI guardrails can be easily bypassed, UK judges say Assange can appeal extradition, much more
Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 5/11/24
The Russian consultant who pumps out disinformation, The expert who disproved the MyPillow guy is still waiting for his money, China tries to ramp up disinformation with AI news anchors, Crypto scam tweets struggle to find victims, Replacing public cryptography keys with something better, NYC to test error-prone gunshot detection system