Interpol takes down 1,037 servers and busts 41 in Operation Synergia II, Germany drafts law to protect security researchers, Chinese hackers targeted US natsec and policy officials, Nigerian real estate firm hacker sentenced to 25 years, S.Ct. hears Meta's Cambridge Analytica case, much more
What happened yesterday was cataclysmic. Pretending it's business as usual would be tone-deaf. Metacurity will return to its regular format tomorrow. It is a good thing that cybersecurity is one of the least political issues we face.
Suspected Snowflake hacker busted, Schneider Electric confirms breach, Nokia probes vendor breach, Threat actors abuse DocuSign API to distribute fake invoices, Two Android flaws exploited in the wild, NCSC warns of Pigmy Goat malware, LA and Houston housing authorities hit by attacks, much more
Okta password flaw allowed users with long account names to log in without passwords, Chinese hackers use Quad7 botnet in password-spray attacks, Crypto exchange M2 hacked for nearly $14M, Online casino MetaWin hacked for $4M, Booking.com stolen credentials used in phishing campaign, much more
Trump's failed hack of Venezuela's government, Transport for London's cyber sh*tshow, How voting machines got safer, The misunderstood quantum attacks paper, How a Dutch cyber prodigy got busted, YouTube's election conspiracies, Easterly in the hot seat
Zero-click bug in Synology devices allowed backdoor access, FBI says get rid of remember-me cookies, Iran's Emennet Pasargad accused of Olympics hacking, Ex-employee hacked Disney World restaurant menus, US adversaries target minority populations, Phishing campaign promotes fake products, much more
N. Korean hackers are collaborating with Play ransomware gang, Colorado voting machines accidentally exposed BIOS passwords, Right-wing voter database for sale, Crypto app websites compromised by animation library supply chain attack, Threat actor claims attack on Peru's Interbank, much more
Salt Typhoon targeted Trump family, US charges Redline infostealer dev, Canadian tax agency was mum after hackers accessed accounts, 22K CyberPanel instances targeted in ransomware attack, Google fined $2.5 decillion for allegedly blocking pro-Kremlin content, much more
World leaders still getting tracked by Strava fitness app, Four REvil gang members sentenced in Russia, Mint Sandstorm finally got stolen Trump material published, French ISP Free was hacked, New ChatGPT safeguards jailbreak released, Star Health CISO cleared of wrongdoing, much more
CSRB to study Salt Typhoon's intrusion into wiretap systems, Canada warned of Chinese state scanning, Delta sues CrowdStrike over outage, Italy embroiled in database hack scandal, Japan sentences man for creating AI-generated virus, UNC5812 targets Ukraine using Telegram persona, much more
The GOP has CISA in its crosshairs, This US intel agency hub keeps elections safe, ZachXBT's watchful eye on blockchain money laundering, The firearm industry's violation of members' privacy, Strengthening the security of digital public infrastructure
Biden issues national security memo on AI, UnitedHealth says 100M people affected by Change Healthcare data theft, Ukraine eyes creating Cyber Forces as armed forces branch, CFPB warns businesses about monitoring employees, Apple opens Private Could Compute materials to researchers, much more