Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 10/14/23
How data flows from apps to the feds, Top-notch AI voices are the new misinformation battlefield, Tech industry's attempt to undermine right-to-repair, The shape-shifting crypto war, more
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Hackers Who Stole $400 Million From FTX Have Ties to Russian Cybercrime, Elliptic
UK regulator fines Equifax $13.4m over breach, EU formally asks Twitter to explain illegal content, US prosecutors say PI used hackers to steal climate activists email, EPA cyber rule gone, much more
SEC Launches Probe into Progress Software's MOVEit Vulnerability, Issues Subpoena
BianLian takes credit for Air Canada hack, Play group stole data from St. Louis transit agency, Simpson Manufacturing disrupted by cyber incident, Space Force bans generative AI, much more
Zero-Day Vulnerability in HTTP/2 Protocol Caused Unprecedented Surge in DDoS Attacks
Google to require passkeys for default sign-in, EU commissioner gives Musk 24 hours to answer for Hamas war misinformation, Utah latest state to sue TikTok, Microsoft patches 100+ flaws, much more
Hacktivists Create Digital Chaos Following Hamas' Attacks on Israel
Israel cyber police froze Hamas cryptocurrency accounts, Mandiant spotted fake anti-Israeli accounts, Vietnamese actors tried to plant Predator spyware on lawmakers, journalists, experts, much more
Hacker Claims Sale of Millions of 23andMe’s Customers' Genetic Profiles
DC elections board probes RansomedVC claims, UK ICO raps Snap over AI chatbot privacy, THORSwap halted illicit funds transfer, Stars Arena drained of $3m, Huobi hacker earns $400k bounty, much more
Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 10/7/23
How Intellexa sold spyware to Egypt, How phone phreakers created Apple, How one writer lost $31,000 in a pool-related BEC scam, The best password manager, PCLOB's view on Sec. 702 Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form
Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 10/7/23
How Intellexa sold spyware to Egypt, How phone phreakers created Apple, How one writer lost $31,000 in a pool-related BEC scam, The best password manager, PCLOB's view on Sec. 702
MGM Resorts Suffers $100 Million Blow from Ransomware Attack
Blackbaud to pay $49.5m in ransomware attack settlement, Pro-Russian group DDoS'ed Oz Home Affairs website, 4chan miscreants use Bing AI to post racist images, Feds reveal top 10 misconfigs, much more
Belgium Fears China Is Spying Via Alibaba's Logistics Software at Liège Airport
Sony data breach exposed employee data, Apple patches another zero-day, Scattered Spider reportedly behind Clorox attack, Big info-stealing on Python platforms, Atlassian fixes zero-day, much more
NATO Is Addressing Document Thefts Claimed by SiegedSec Hacktivists
EU considers export curbs on some technologies, ShellTorch flaws could lead to unauthorized access and RCE, Senators probe TikTok staff transfers, Court bars CISA's election misinfo outreach, more
Arm Warns of Ongoing Attacks Targeting Flaw in Mali Line of GPUs
Hackers stole ETSI database, Progress Software blasts PoC release, Thai police bust crypto scammers, Ransomware gangs target JetBrains flaw, Exim releases patches, BunnyLoader MaaS emerges, more