Montana Becomes the First State to Ban TikTok
FTC raps fertility app for sharing data with third parties, IT contractor in Russia breached DC transportation system, Sophos warns of ChatGPT fleeceware in app stores, much more
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Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 4/19/25
How young hackers got caught after stealing a quarter of a billion in crypto, What Hegseth's SignalGate really teaches us, Why the US needs to protect transparent security research, All web browsers except Tor are insecure, The divergent cybercrime paths of Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran
DPRK spies launched two US businesses to spread malware among crypto workers
DPRK hackers used Russian internet infrastructure, Lazarus Group targeted multiple businesses in Operation SyncHole, DPRK workers use genAI for US and European jobs, Scattered Spider member extradited to US, Antitrust probe launched into TP-Link, FBI tracks down Nigerian sextortionists, much more
FBI: Online scams stole nearly $17 billion in 2024, up sharply from 2023 levels
Hijacked brokerage accounts in Japan juiced $710m in fraudulent trading since Feb., BreachForums reportedly rises again, New malware appears in apps Russian soldiers use, S. Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data w/o permission, Millions affected by Blue Shield CA 2021 breach, so much more
UK regulators ban 'global titles' that allow criminals to intercept messages
No third-party cookies prompt for Google, Marks & Spencer warns of 'cyber incident,' XRP Ledger package could lead to 'catastrophic' supply chain attack, Verizon DBIR says ransomware attacks soared, China's Billbug breached SE Asian orgs, B'more City and Phoenix attorneys' offices hacked, much more