Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 1/6/24: Special Misinformation Edition

WEF says misinformation is biggest global threat, Taiwan presages years of misinformation threats, Taiwan civil groups fight China's disinformation, The US must counter disinformation in Taiwan Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 1/6/24: Special Misinformation Edition

WEF says misinformation is biggest global threat, Taiwan presages years of misinformation threats, Taiwan civil groups fight China's disinformation, The US must counter disinformation in Taiwan

FCC Seeks Car Maker Data on Connected App Tracking of Domestic Abuse Victims

Sandworm less tied to Danish CI attacks than thought, Geofence warrant error swept up San Franciscans' data, Hackers breached AI chatbot Chattr, Volt Typhoon exploits old Cisco router flaw, much more

FTC Bars Data Broker Sale of Location Data for Reproductive Health Clinics, Other Locations

Biden admin to float hospital cybersecurity rules, Mandiant said mistakes led to X account hijack, Ransomware victims targeted by bogus security researchers, New Mirai campaign emerges, much more

Sim-Swapper Hacked SEC Twitter Account to Spread False Report of Bitcoin ETF Approval

SBU-linked group breached Moscow ISP in revenge for Kyivstar attack, ShinyHunters member sentenced to 3 years, Elder scammer sentenced to 10 years, Paraguay warns of Black Hunt hackers, much more

State-Backed Chinese Forensics Firm Claims It Cracked Apple's AirDrop to Police Speech

Dutch engineer delivered Stuxnet malware, loanDepot hit in cyber incident, Toronto Zoo ransomwared, Spamdot admins ID'ed, AsyncRAT active for nearly a year, Lumma Stealer spread via YouTube, much more

Nineteen People Charged in xDedic Cybercrime Marketplace Investigation

Merck settles cyber "war" insurance exclusion case, Lebanon airport flight displays hacked, No-Justice wiper used in Albanian attacks, DPRK hackers stole up to $700m in crypto in 2023, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long (and Longish) Reads for the Weeks of 12/23/23 and 12/30/23

Cars have become mobile tracking machines for domestic abusers, ChatGPT exposes sensitive information, China's MSS gets sharper at spying, How to stay anonymous online, NIST snags NYT good tech award Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form (and

Best Infosec-Related Long (and Longish) Reads for the Weeks of 12/23/23 and 12/30/23

Cars have become mobile tracking machines for domestic abusers, ChatGPT exposes sensitive information, China's MSS gets sharper at spying, How to stay anonymous online, NIST snags NYT good tech award

Orange Spain Suffers Outage After Threat Actor Misconfigures BGP Using Stolen Email Password

Compromised gold and grey X accounts sold on dark web, 4.5m affected by HealthEC breach, Gamma Strategies drained of $500K, CertiK X account hacked, Orrick hack bigger than first reported, much more

Russian Hackers Were Inside Kyivstar's System Seven Months Before Cyberattack, SBU

Mandiant's Twitter account hijacked for crypto scam, Nigerian national busted for BEC scams, Former Group-IB exec extradited to Russia, 23andMe blames victims, Museum vendor hacked, much more

Ukraine Blocked Hacked Webcams Used by Russian Special Services

Xerox confirms ransomware attack, Cactus gang attacks Swedish supermarket chain, Emsisoft calls for ransomware payment ban, Black Basta subverts decryptor, Radiant Capital exploited, much more