Cynthia B Brumfield

IBM MOVEit Breach Affects Millions of Americans' Healthcare Data

GOP representative hit by Chinese espionage campaign, CFPB plans to regulate data brokers, Mining company hit by cyberattack, Discord.io exposes data on 760,000, Black Hat-DEF CON roundup, much more

Europol and DOJ Busted Five Administrators in Lolek Bulletproof Hosting Take-Down

Unpatched flaw enabled UK Electoral Commission hack, Flaws in Moovit app, Critical data center power management gear flaws discovered, African power generator targeted, BlackHat-DEFCON news, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 8/12/23

SIM-swapping gamers' betrayal, Another false arrest from facial recognition, Identifying the most sexually predacious apps, Sweden's fight against disinformation, Yandex's privacy threat, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form infosec-related pieces we couldn’t

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 8/12/23

SIM-swapping gamers' betrayal, Another false arrest from facial recognition, Identifying the most sexually predacious apps, Sweden's fight against disinformation, Yandex's privacy threat, more

Cyber Safety Review Board to Probe Cloud Computing Risks Following Microsoft Incident

Belarus-tied hacking group targeted foreign diplomats, DHS warns of teen cybercriminals, Viasat suffered second attack on eve of Ukraine war, AI hackers descend on Vegas, so much more

DARPA to Oversee $20 Million AI Challenge to Find Flaws in US Government Infrastructure

EO seeks to limit US funding into some Chinese companies, Authorities take down Lolek Hosted bulletproof hosting, NY State unveils cyber strategy, ChatGPT prompt injection attack revealed, much more

Cyberattacker Accessed Data for 40 Million UK Voters

Northern Ireland police service exposed data on all cops, Intel fixes side-channel execution flaw, Phishing-as-a-service platform taken down in int'l op, Ukraine blocked Sandworm spy effort, much more

North Korean Hackers Breached Russian Missile Developer Networks

Chinese military hackers breached Japan's defense classified networks, Zoom trains AI on user data, Norway to fine Facebook nearly $100K per day, China regulates facial recognition, much more

Cyberattack Disrupted Medical Services Across a Wide Swath of the US

Attack puts at risk decades worth of CO student's records, Microsoft fixes flaw after Tenable CEO's public lambast, LetMeSpy to shut down after hack, Acoustic attack can steal keystrokes, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 8/5/23

The origin of Russian cybercrime groups, The relationship between cyber exploits and accidental nuclear use, Pakistan buys Cellebrite's hacking tech, Unstoppable AI chatbot attacks, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form infosec-related pieces we couldn’t properly

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 8/5/23

The origin of Russian cybercrime groups, The relationship between cyber exploits and accidental nuclear use, Pakistan buys Cellebrite's hacking tech, Unstoppable AI chatbot attacks, more

Husband in Bitfinex Money Laundering Duo Cops to Hacking the Exchange

Cyber authorities identify twelve most exploited vulnerabilities, Team discovers Tesla jailbreak, Android bug enabled sneaky app malware, Google Search update supports results take-downs, much more