Cynthia B Brumfield

Threat Actors Infiltrated 1Password's Okta Tenant Using Stolen IT Employee Session Cookie

Spain busts 34 alleged online scammers, OpenStreetMap new digital hostility front in Hamas war, Microsoft to spend $5 billion to help Australia's cyber shield, September broke ransomware records, more

Hackers Had Access to Okta Customer Files For At Least Two Weeks

Main Ragnar Locker perpetrator arrested, Hackers may have stolen entire DC voter roll, Philly reports hacking incident, Flaws found in SolarWinds product, Cisco issued zero day patches, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 10/21/23

Garantex exchange is still thriving, Cybercrime crew's slide into physical violence, Searching for the Silk Road hacker, Israeli security firms pitch in during Hamas war, Signal's global fight, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 10/21/23

Garantex exchange is still thriving, Cybercrime crew's slide into physical violence, Searching for the Silk Road hacker, Israelis security firms pitch in during Hamas war, Signal's global fight, more

International Law Enforcement Operation Shut Down RagnarLocker Group

FinCEN plans to label mixers as money launderers, Moldovan man to face US charges for selling compromised computer access, OilRig breached twelve Middle Eastern gov't computers, much much more

State-Backed Cyber Actors from Russia and China Are Exploiting WinRAR Vulnerability

UK body overturns Clearview AI penalty, Finnish mental health clinic hacker faces seven years in prison, Pro-Ukraine hacktivists shut down Trigona leak site, New 23andme profiles leaked, much more

Five Eye Chiefs Band Together to Accuse China of Stealing, Hacking and Spying

CIA's Twitter account allowed hijacking of spy recruitment channel, Hamas wages psychological warfare by hijacking social media accounts, FBI warns of plastic surgery office attacks, much more

Cisco Warns of Critical Zero-Day Flaw Targeting Internet-Connected Devices

Kansas courts disrupted by widespread security incident, Neuberger hopes other countries will agree not to pay ransoms, Sandworm compromised Ukraine telcos, Fake rocket alert app spreads malware, more

Gaza War Digital Disruption, Disinformation Developments Continue to Mount

New EtherHiding campaign distributes malware to WordPress sites, Colonial Pipeline discredits attack reports, Signal disputes zero-day reports, Anonymous DDoS'ed Guatemalan gov't sites, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 10/14/23

How data flows from apps to the feds, Top-notch AI voices are the new misinformation battlefield, Tech industry's attempt to undermine right-to-repair, The shape-shifting crypto war, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form infosec-related pieces we couldn’

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 10/14/23

How data flows from apps to the feds, Top-notch AI voices are the new misinformation battlefield, Tech industry's attempt to undermine right-to-repair, The shape-shifting crypto war, more

Hackers Who Stole $400 Million From FTX Have Ties to Russian Cybercrime, Elliptic

UK regulator fines Equifax $13.4m over breach, EU formally asks Twitter to explain illegal content, US prosecutors say PI used hackers to steal climate activists email, EPA cyber rule gone, much more