Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 12/9/23
Viral Indian influence operation pushes Modi's agenda, Organized pig-butchering scams, Smart TVs track everything you watch, Meta's new privacy-violating smart glasses, Trump's troll army
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Authorities Bust Seventeen People for Running a Botnet Affecting Nearly 500,000 Victims
DOJ busts crypto hackers who stole $243M, German cops shutter 47 exchanges used by cybercrims, Malicious actors stole $26M from BingX, Hackers post stolen data on Telegram chatbots, FTC says social media is a "vast surveillance" sea, UK victims sue NSO Group, Disney dumps Slack after hack, much more
US Disrupted Chinese Malicious Botnet Flax Typhoon
Iranians sent emails stolen from Trump campaign to Harris' workers, Newmark donates $100M to bolster US cybersecurity, Dark Angels reportedly received $75M ransom from Cencora, Indonesia's tax agency allegedly breached, Chinese CTF contest might have been espionage operation, much more
Tampered Taiwanese Pagers Used to Dodge Espionage Caused Deadly Explosions on Hezbollah
Oz police arrest dozens in takedown of encrypted app Ghost, FCC fines AT&T over 2023 breach, Russia ups propaganda attacks on Harris-Walz, US warns Vietnam away from Chinese underseas cables, Newsom signs bills moderating AI deepfakes, Hackers bruteforce accounting servers, much more
US Issues Fresh Sanctions Against Five Individuals Connected to Intellexa
Chinese man who tried to hack NASA indicted, Meta to ban RT for foreign interference, Instagram beefs up privacy efforts for under-18 users, PKfail compromises larger than previously known, Patches urged for Ivanti RCE, Binance warns of Clipper malware, Humanity's Last exam for AI pitched, much more