Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 7/15/23

Undersea cable firm's outsized surveillance role, Real-time surveillance centers, AI's doom-and-gloom, The state of cybersecurity in Malaysia, US chip bans against China, Threads' privacy posture Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form infosec-related pieces we

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 7/15/23

Undersea cable firm's outsized surveillance role, Real-time surveillance centers, AI's doom-and-gloom, The state of cybersecurity in Malaysia, US chip bans against China, Threads' privacy posture

FTC Launches Probe Into the Safety and Security of ChatGPT

Ashley Madison was blind to suspected hacker's past, BreachForums founder charged with child porn possession, Oz government's documents appear on dark web, Clop hacked Shutterfly, much more

White House Releases National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan

Chinese espionage campaign infiltrated email of Commerce Secretary, Tax prep firms sent sensitive consumer info to Meta, Ransomware payments to hit record high, USB malware triples, much more

Chinese Hackers Breached Organizations, US Government Via Microsoft Cloud Security Hole

Russian hackers used unpatched Microsoft flaw to target Summit attendees, Silk Road player sentenced to 20 years, Microsoft releases 130 patches, Security engineer charged in DEX theft, much more

Q2 2023 Sees Surge in Cybersecurity Deal Volume as Total Venture Spending Declines

The total amount of cybersecurity venture investments in Q2 2023 dropped by 21% compared to Q1 but the number of deals spiked to 115, up 31% over Q1 2023 levels

Data for Potentially Tens of Millions of HCA Healthcare Patients for Sale on Breach Forum

Barts Health NHS Trust added to ALPHV site, EU-US Data Privacy Framework approved, MA nears location data use ban, CA water facility contractor charged in hacking incident, much more

CISA Warns of Three New, Now-Patched Vulnerabilities in MOVEit Transfer

Bangladesh gov't site exposed data on 50m citizens, Hackers demand $100k from Razer, Hackers stole $20m from Revolut bank, Ashley Madison suspect committed suicide one year before data published, more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 7/8/23

Russia's new surveillance cottage industry, How the FBI took down Hive, America's defense and intel agencies are luring Israel's spyware workers, How the FBI queries Americans under Sec. 702

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 7/8/23

Russia's new surveillance cottage industry, How the FBI took down Hive, America's defense and intel agencies are luring Israel's spyware workers, How the FBI queries Americans under Sec. 702 Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the

FBI Searched the Home of Kraken Founder Amid Hacking, Cyber-Stalking Allegations

Joint advisory warns of Truebot variants, French lawmakers approve electronic surveillance of suspects, Possible $100+ mil. hack of cross-chain routing protocol, Cisco warns of severe flaw, more

Why are there so many Romanian cybersecurity journalists?

On any given day, over a half-dozen journalists from Romania produce a lot of infosec news articles. But why are there so many?