Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 7/29/23

How Signal became the go-to privacy app, LAC nations need cybersecurity support, Hunting down a Twitter scammer, Cyber insurers need capital access, Mass. push to ban cop facial recognition use
How Signal became the go-to privacy app, LAC nations need cybersecurity support, Hunting down a Twitter scammer, Cyber insurers need capital access, Mass. push to ban cop facial recognition use
Google sues BadBox 2.0 ops, Salt Typhoon continues telco targeting, Paradox.ai developer used password of 123456 for Fortune 500 customers, EU sanctions Russians for disinformation campaigns, Qantas gains order blocking release of stolen data, FCC to bar Chinese kit from undersea cables, much more
6.5m Co-op members' data were stolen, Cambodia busts 1k for cybercrime, Thai police raid Cambodian tycoon's homes in scam probe, DoJ busts one and charges three other alleged Ryuk actors, Aussie right-wing party hit by ransomware, China cyberspies on Taiwan's semiconductor industry, much more
Former US army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos, Ukraine claims hack of big Russian drone maker, Korean insurance giant hit by ransomware attack, Trump's bill offers $1b spend on offensive cyber, Abacus Market goes dark after suspected rug pull, AsyncRAT has spawned 30+ forks, much more
DOGE worker published the private key for four dozen-plus LLMs, US gov't IT contractor to pay $14.75m fine for overstated cyber services, Italian cops arrest Romanian behind 'Diskstation' ransomware gang, OMB readies post-quantum standard, MSFT's 'digital escorts' leave DoD vulnerable, much more