Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 10/29/22

Hunting for cryptocurrency crime lords, Non-state armed groups turn to cyber, Inside the prisoner swap of Huawei's CFO, El Salvador relies on social media snitches, Leaving social media platforms Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of long-form infosec pieces and related

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 10/29/22

Hunting for cryptocurrency crime lords, Non-state armed groups turn to cyber, Inside the prisoner swap of Huawei's CFO, El Salvador relies on social media snitches, Leaving social media platforms

Rogue Employee Posted Fake and Inflammatory New York Post Tweets and Articles

Iran's cellular program helps conduct repression and censorship, CISA releases cybersecurity performance goals, Team Finance suffers $14.5 million hack, OpenSSL reveals zero day flaw, much more

Notorious UK Hacker Arraigned in the U.S. for Connections to Dark Web Market The Real Deal

LinkedIn rolls out user authentication features, Apple fixes SiriSpy bug, Massive cache reveals workings of stalkerware operation, 'Monkey Drainer' stole $1 million in phishing scam, much more

Chinese Group Dragonbridge Seeks to Fuel Division, Discord Ahead of Midterm Elections

Ukrainian arrested for using Raccoon Infostealer program, TikTok CSO was hamstrung by ByteDance, Cloud infrastructure crypto-jacking scheme revealed, SQLite database library flaw fixed, much more

Feds Level Charges Against Two Chinese Nationals for Obstructing Huawei Probe

Biden to issue intelligence bulletin on election, FTC sanctions Drizly and its CEO for data privacy abuses, Square sells access to customers' inboxes, Medibank breach bigger than expected, more

'Black Reward' Hackers Reportedly Accessed the Iranian Atomic Energy Agency's Email System

Thousands of PoCs on GitHub contain malware, Experts say get rid of Exchange on-prem, Lots of illegal behavior found on Facebook, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority compromised, more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 10/15/22 and 10/22/22

Chinese tycoon linked to Beijing intel became a favorite of MAGA-land, Former U.S. generals work for oppressive regimes, IDF's first-ever cyberattack, FBI struggled with cybercrime, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of long-form infosec pieces and related articles that

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 10/15/22 and 10/22/22

Chinese tycoon linked to Beijing intel became a favorite of MAGA-land, Former U.S. generals work for oppressive regimes, IDF's first-ever cyberattack, FBI struggled with cybercrime, more

CORRECTED HEADLINE: ByteDance Planned to Use TikTok to Monitor Specific U.S. Citizens' Locations, Report

Google hit with TX privacy lawsuit, Israelis busted for planning to make cell provider vulnerable to a cyberatttack, Medibank's customer data held for ransom, EnergyAustralia suffers data breach, more

ByteDance Planned to Use TikTok to Monitor Specific U.S. Citizens' Locations, Report

Google hit with TX privacy lawsuit, Israelis busted for planning to make cell provider vulnerable to a cyberatttack, Medibank's customer data held for ransom, EnergyAustralia suffers data breach, more

Misconfigured Server Exposed Some of Microsoft's Customers' Sensitive Information

Ransom Cartel gang overlaps with REvil characteristics, Brazilian police arrest suspected Lapsus$ gang member, White House convened IoT labeling workshop, Hacker returns $9 million to Moola, more