Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 2/18/23

Scammers are using fake receipts to target users of payment apps in South America, America's overclassification crisis, How two reporters secretly recorded "Jorge," AI's hacking threat

Updated: Atlassian Hackers Stole Employee Records, Floor Plans, More Via Third-Party App

FBI cyber official warns of more Chinese cyber activity, Proof-of-concept shows Flipper Zero can change traffic lights, SAS customer data exposed, Platypus loses $8.5 million in attack, much more

Ukraine Targets Inundated with 'Near-Constant' Cyberattacks Since War's Onset, Google

Oakland declares a state of emergency following ransomware attack, More than 500 new EU orgs are now targets for ESXiArgs ransomware, LG Uplus apologizes for DDoS-related leaks, more

Investigation Uncovers Israeli Team's Decades-Long Effort to Manipulate Elections Globally

Chip giant ASML says insider in China stole data, Royal Mail spurned Lockbit's $80 million ransom demand, SAS hit by paralyzing ransomware attack, Microsoft plugged three zero-days, much more

Apple Fixes a Zero Day Flaw in iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1 Exploited in the Wild

Cloudflare blocked largest DDoS attacks to date, Al-Toufan took down Bahrain’s international airport and state news agency websites, Michigan co-offensive coordinator fired for hacking, more

New Ransomware Threat Actor DarkBit Attacked Israel's Technion Research Institute

Ali’s Justice interrupted Iran leader's broadcast, Killnet is the rumored attacker of NATO's websites, SoCal healthcare facilities suffered data breach, Oakland hit by ransomware attack, more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 2/11/23

Moscow's "Safe City" is a surveillance tool of oppression, Weak security leads to Malawi mobile thefts, India's easy ban of TikTok, How L0pht came to be, Ukraine war ushers in new intel gathering era Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 2/11/23

Moscow's "Safe City" is a surveillance tool of oppression, Weak security leads to Malawi mobile thefts, India's easy ban of TikTok, How L0pht came to be, Ukraine war ushers in new intel gathering era

Hackers Accessed Reddit's Business Systems, Stole Documents and Source Code

Feds say DPRK hackers ransom hospitals to fuel cyberattacks on US and S. Korea, New threat actor uses screenshots to gauge target worthiness, 1Password will offer plan that ditches password, much more

US and UK Sanction Seven Members of Russia's Trickbot Ransomware Gang

Hackers find means to bypass ChatGPT restrictions, Australia's defense department to remove Chinese cameras, Second wave of ESXiArgs ransomware attacks make decryption impossible, more

VMware Issues Warning While CISA Releases Script to Recover Encrypted ESXi Servers

Florida Supreme Court and universities hit in ransomware wave, Biden pitches for federal privacy law in SOTU, UK MP breached by Russian spy group, Ryuk actor pleads guilty, much more

LockBit Gang Officially Claims Ransomware Attack on Royal Mail

Engineering firm Vesuvius hit by incident, ION plans to relaunch systems following attack, Dutch cops bust up another encrypted phone company, Germany names new cybersecurity chief, much more