U.S. Military Mounted Dozens of Phony Facebook Accounts to Little Avail

Guadeloupe shuttered systems in face of 'cyberattack,' Tax filing services send sensitive financial data to Facebook, Oil and gas systems need urgent cyber fixes, Canadian town hit by Lockbit, more

Corellium Offered Its Phone Virtualization Tools to Controversial Spyware Makers

Estonian nationals busted for Ponzi scheme, DOJ seized pig butchering domains, AXLocker steals Discord tokens, AirAsia hit by ransomware attack, Lunar Moth group invests in call centers, more

Medibank Hackers Release 1,500 More Patient Records Including Mental Health Details

Irish regulator is probing Twitter privacy, security practices, DOJ charges ten alleged BEC scammers, Vanuatu's govt knocked offline, Estonia's Eesti Energia hit by DDoS attacks, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 11/19/22

How North Korea became one of the world's top cyber criminals, Royal Thai Police came to California to help hunt for Alpha Bay's mastermind, U.S. war on Chinese tech can have catastrophic consequences Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 11/19/22

How North Korea became one of the world's top cyber criminals, Royal Thai Police came to California to help hunt for Alpha Bay's mastermind, U.S. war on Chinese tech can have catastrophic consequences

North Korean Internet Knocked Out by Likely DDoS Attacks Amid Increased Missile Activity

Meta insiders disciplined for account takeovers, Twitter still faces scrutiny over national security concerns, Google wins Glupteba botnet lawsuit, MI schools re-open after ransom attacks, more

Iran's Nemesis Kitten Hacked U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board to Implant Crypto Miner

European regulators warn about Qatar World Cup app, UK blocks takeover of chipmaker citing risk to national security, RapperBot emerges with new campaign, more

FBI Director Wray Says TikTok APIs Are a National Security Concern

JabberZeus crew leader arrested in Switzerland, Mastodon password-stealing exploit devised, Novel attack against spacecraft systems disclosed, Twitter is working on E2E for DMs, much more

Google Enters Into $391.5 Million Settlement for Deceptive Location Tracking Practices

RCMP charges Hydro-Québec employee with spying on behalf of China, Twitter fails at sending 2FA over SMS after turning off 'microservices,' Thales confirms LockBit ransomware attack, more

The CDC and U.S. Army Removed Apps From Russian Company That Posed as U.S. Firm

FTX suffers $663 million heist, Security risks dominate Twitter as turmoil and mismanagement subsume the platform, FBI pushed to deploy NSO spyware, Oz gov't plans to outlaw ransom payments, more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 11/12/22

An exposé on the hack-for-hire industry, 'Cyber slaves' run Cambodia's scam mills, WeChat users go to great lengths to get their banned accounts back, How Canada took down Vachon-Desjardins Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of long-form infosec pieces

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 11/12/22

An exposé on the hack-for-hire industry, 'Cyber slaves' run Cambodia's scam mills, WeChat users go to great lengths to get their banned accounts back, How Canada took down Vachon-Desjardins