Best Long-Reads of the Week, 7/2/22

Indian mercenary hackers have become the secret weapon of litigants, the Razzlekhan money-laundering couple are talking about a plea bargain, the greatest privacy threats pregnant people face, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of long-form infosec pieces and related articles that we

Best Long-Reads of the Week, 7/2/22

Indian mercenary hackers have become the secret weapon of litigants, the Razzlekhan money-laundering couple are talking about a plea bargain, the greatest privacy threats pregnant people face, more

Half of Recent Zero Day Bugs Could Have Been Prevented with Patching, Regression Tests

45.5% of Lockbit 2.0 victims paid a ransom, Macmillan forced to shut down due to security incident, SessionManager backdoored Exchange servers, Google blocked hack-for-hire sites, much more

North Korea's Lazarus Group Is Likely Behind Blockchain Firm Harmony's $100 Million Theft

OpenSea's customers emails leaked to an outside party, Indian hackers have tried to steal documents in 35+ legal cases, GOP FCC Chairman asks Google and Apple to remove TikTok apps, much more

Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group XakNet Has Ties to Kremlin, Coordinates Efforts With Killnet

RansomHouse group may have breached AMD, Former Uber security chief must face wire fraud charges related to breach, Hacking group has infected wide range of routers with new malware, much more

Three Iranian Steel Companies Targeted in Cyberattack by Likely State-Backed Hacktivists

Lithuanian websites targeted by Russian DDoS attacks, Stardust period-tracking app backs away from freely giving data to authorities, Hacktivists target anti-choice state governments, much more

Tech Companies, Individuals and Lawmakers Tackle Data Privacy Issues After Roe's Overturn

Thieves stole $100 million from blockchain company Harmony, XCarnival retrieves half its stolen Ether, Vodafone warns of wide telecom sector impact from supplier cyber incident, much more

Best Long-Reads of the Week, 6/25/22

Tighten those privacy settings right now, Post-Roe world will rely on electronic surveillance, Widespread surveillance of pregnant people can be used to ferret out other crimes, more

Best Long-Reads of the Week, 6/25/22

Tighten those privacy settings right now, Post-Roe world will rely on electronic surveillance, Widespread surveillance of pregnant people can be used to ferret out other crimes, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of some long-form infosec pieces and related articles that we

Italian Company Developed Tools to Spy on Smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan

Feds issue warning about VMWare Horizon and Unified Access Gateway (UAG) servers, Chinese APT group using ransomware as decoy, Intel agencies given greenlight to hire past pot smokers, more

Russia Has Stepped Up Cyberattacks Against Nations Providing Aid to Ukraine

Trove of documents stolen from Ecuadorian embassy reveal comms about Snowden, CISA committee proposes 311 cybersecurity emergency line, Intel agencies say don't disable PowerShell, much more

ToddyCat Threat Group Is Targeting Microsoft Exchange Servers in Asia and Europe

Police bust nine in the Netherlands for phishing, fraud, and scams, Ukraine CERT exposes two new hacking campaigns, Delivery company Yodel impacted by 'cyber incident,' much more