Cybersecurity Venture Capital Investments Took a Stiff Dip in Q2 22

Q2 VC investment levels across the cybersecurity landscape slipped to $3.4 billion, a quarterly drop of nearly 40%, exceeding the 23% drop in the global venture ecosystem

Cybersecurity Venture Capital Investments Took a Stiff Dip in Q2 22

Q2 22 VC investment levels across the cybersecurity landscape slipped to $3.4 billion, a quarterly drop of nearly 40%, exceeding the 23% drop in the global venture ecosystem

Thai Pro-Democracy Protesters and Activists Were Targeted With NSO's Pegasus Spyware

Phone of jailed Rwandan government critic's nephew was hacked with Pegasus spyware, Report warns of 'excessive' data harvesting by TikTok, U.S. announces cyber deal with Saudi Arabia, more

Best Infosec Long-Reads of the Week, 7/16/22

An attorney found her face for sale on NFT marketplace OpenSea, How a teen from an upscale suburban community pulled off a $23.8 million crypto heist, DARPA wants to understand open source risks, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of long-form

Best Infosec Long-Reads of the Week, 7/16/22

An attorney found her face for sale on NFT marketplace OpenSea, How a teen from an upscale suburban community pulled off a $23.8 million crypto heist, DARPA wants to understand open source risks, more

North Korean Hacking Group H0lyGh0st Has Been Targeting Small Businesses for Nearly a Year

Powerful Mantis botnet has targeted nearly 1,000 Cloudflare customers, Illicit addresses account for nearly a quarter of funds sent to mixers, Lawmakers seek to curb VPN abuses, much more

Vault 7 Leaker Joshua Schulte Convicted of Nine Counts Related to Largest Theft in CIA History

Hackers potentially stole Bandai Namco user data, Cyber Safety Review Board says log4j flaw less significant than feared, Ring gave footage to police without user permission, much more

Large-Scale Phishing Campaign Can Hijack Accounts Even When They're Protected by MFA

Hackers tried to trick Christine Lagarde, New Spectre-based speculative-execution attack discovered, Windows Autopatch available now, Microsoft issues 86 security fixes, much more

Microsoft Says Its Plan to Stop Blocking Macros by Default Is Only Temporary

Hacker stole $8 million from Uniswap liquidity provider, UK regulator raps cybersecurity plans of French nuclear power company, CrowdStrike warns of callback phishing, much more

U.S. Intel Community Reportedly Supported Defense Contractor's Plan to Buy NSO Group

Malware researcher shredded for shoddy report and abuse, Biden's EO seeks to protect privacy post-Roe, La Poste Mobile struggles after ransomware attack, Killnet took down Congress.gov, more

Best Infosec Long-Reads of the Week, 7/9/22

End-to-end encryption is even more important now that we're living in a post-Roe world, Sara Jacobs is fighting to protect reproductive data, Finland's model of cybersecurity is a winner, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of long-form infosec

Best Infosec Long-Reads of the Week, 7/9/22

End-to-end encryption is even more important now that we're living in a post-Roe world, Sara Jacobs is fighting to protect reproductive data, Finland's model of cybersecurity is a winner, more