Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 5/20/23

Police platform brings surveillance to the suburbs, Second-rate dating sites target lonely people, AI making steganography more secure, Vietnam's troll army, Can TikTok be banned? Important publishing notice: Metacurity will be on a break starting Monday, May 22. We resume publication on Tuesday, May 30. Stay safe and

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 5/20/23

Police platform brings surveillance to the suburbs, Second-rate dating sites target lonely people, AI making steganography more secure, Vietnam's troll army, Can TikTok be banned?

Anti-Choice Groups Used Geolocation Data to Target Planned Parenthood Visitors

Twitter accuses Microsoft of improper data use, TikTok users file suit against Montana, Apple restricts employee ChatGPT use, DoJ charges DraftKings hacker, Meta leak spawns AI spinoffs, much more

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

Alleged Russian Hacker Charged and Sanctioned for Role in $200 Million Ransomware Rampage

Disruptive Technology Strike Force announce five actions, OpenAI CEO calls for regulation, EU tees up crypto regulations, Police auction phones found unwiped, L3Harris Technologies hacked?, more

Pharmacy Services Provider Attack Exposed Medical Data on Nearly Six Million Patients

Attacks through macros drop sharply, Dallas ransomware recovery will take weeks, NK hackers have stolen $721 million from Japan, DoD to adopt Defender, WhatsApp unveils ChatLock, much more

US DoT Suspends Commuting Cost Benefits Following Data Breach

Anonymous Sudan goes after Sweden, Philly Inquirer print editions crippled by cyber incident, NY AG nails fake FCC commenters, Ex-ByteDance engineer says Beijing has "supreme access" to US data, more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 5/13/23

Swiss surveillance mastermind, Regional disasters of hospital attacks, Dark Avenger's virus journey, Silk Road hacker's story, Rip and replace pain, Apple II software Piracy, Mafia's favorite phone Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 5/13/23

Swiss surveillance mastermind, Regional disasters of hospital attacks, Dark Avenger's virus journey, Silk Road hacker's story, Rip and replace pain, Apple II software Piracy, Mafia's favorite phone

UK Cops Win Ruling to Gain Warrantless Access to Stored Encrypted Phone Chats

Industrial tech provider ABB hit by Black Basta gang, EU moving closer to new AI rules, Ad surveillance company revealed, Genesis Market not dead, Spanish cops arrest 40 bank scammers, much more

US Probes Possible Exposure of Sensitive Critical Infrastructure Data at Rockwell China Facility

Dragos unveils cyber event, Ubiquiti worker sentenced for stealing data, Twitter's encrypted DMs are a big fail, WhatsApp is not secretly recording users, Coldplay lyrics appear in SSD, much more

Operation Medusa Took Down Russia's Snake Cyber Espionage Network

Twitter hacker PlugWalkJoe pleads guilty, Microsoft patches at least four dozen vulnerabilities, Oz's TechnologyOne suspends trading after attack, Capita warns of $25m hit, much more