Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 7/22/23

TheTruthSpy's web of fake sellers, China and Russia use intel agencies in cold war revisionism, Twitter's disinformation sewer, The 50-year crypto war, Video codec tool nails police abuse, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 7/22/23

TheTruthSpy's web of fake sellers, China and Russia use intel agencies in cold war revisionism, Twitter's disinformation sewer, The 50-year crypto war, Video codec tool nails police abuse, more

Chinese Hackers Accessed Email Accounts of US Ambassador to China, Assistant Secretary

AI leaders agree to voluntary security and transparency practices, Apple to pull services if UK's Snooper's Charter changed, DOJ revamps cyber-crypto crime team, GitHub warns of Lazarus campaign, more

Microsoft to Offer Pricier Tiers of Audit Logging for Free Following Chinese Spy Campaign

DPRK was behind JumpCloud hack, Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick dead at 59, DPRK stole $700 mil. in crypto last year, Norwegian mining outfit hit by ransomware, Data mining ban passes panel, much more

Commerce Department Adds Surveillance Firms Cytrox, Intellexa to Export Prohibition List

VirusTotal exposed 5,600 registered users' data, Google tests internet-free desktops for employees, Fin8 moves to ransomware, Bill bars feds and cops from using data brokers, much more

White House, FCC Announce New Cybersecurity Labeling Program for Smart Devices

JumpCloud reports nation-state attack, Hackers exploit WooCommerce plugin, Threads rate limits due to spam, Hackers exploit ColdFusion vulnerabilities, Amazon driver videos leaking, much more

Microsoft Is Coy About Whether Zero Day Flaw Led to Chinese Espionage Campaign

London mayor's office exposed data, CERT-UA warns of Gamaredon speed, US military emails misdirected to Mali, Walden denied top cyber job for bogus reason, Genesis Market sold to new owner, much more

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