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Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 4/20/24
How a lifelong hacker plunged Finland into a crisis, The challenges and opportunities posed by cybercrime take-downs, No consensus on TikTok's national security threat, ShotSpotter funnels data to police after contract cancellation, The existential threat of LLM optimization
Health Giant Kaiser Shared Millions of Members' Data With Third-Party Advertisers
FBI warns of unlicensed crypto transfer services, CISA reports success with ransomware warning pilot program, ByteDance says its critical algorithms foreclose sale of TikTok, Traffic generated by USPS scam texts rivals that of USPS, Attorneys General urge UnitedHealth to take meaningful action, Thoma Bravo to buy Darktrace for $5.32 billion, much more
State-Sponsored Spies Are Targeting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances in Global Hacking Campaign
Samourai Wallet founders charged for criminal money-laundering, Election hackers shift focus to major players, Czech and Ukraine cops expose bank fraud gang, Pegasus used against hundreds in Poland, France seeks new sanctions to target Russian disinformation, Sweden faces a dry weekend due to liquor logistics firm attack, much more
US Cracks Down on Four Alleged Iranian Hackers With Sanctions, $10 Million Reward
TikTok ban passes but is no slam dunk, Hackers release part of El Salvador's Bitcoin code, State Department imposes visa restrictions on 13 people linked to spyware, DPRK hackers are exploiting antivirus update mechanism, Chinese and Russian hackers use edge devices in espionage attacks, Google delays end of third-party cookies again, New keyboard app flaws emerge that enable surveillance of Chinese users, much more
Change Healthcare Cops to Paying Ransom, Warns Wide Swath of Health Information Could Have Been Stolen
Indiana wastewater plant targeted by Russian hackers, New Fancy Bear tool steals credentials, Hackers try to implant malware on Ukraine soldiers' apps, Former FSB counterintel chief sentenced to nine years, New HIPAA rule protects abortion data, Attackers were able to issue bank orders in Brazil, much more
Section 702 Renewed With Expanded Spying Powers
TikTok ban bill heads to Senate with likely passage, Nation-state hacking group breached Mitre, Hedgey Finance exploited for nearly $45 million, Belarusian hacktivist group claims attack on fertilizer plant, DPRK IT workers work as animators to raise regime funds, Chinese hackers infiltrated Volkswagen for five years, EU police chiefs go after E2EE, much more
Law Enforcement Disruption of Malicious Cyber Actors Is Gaining Steam
According to Metacurity’s timeline of law enforcement disruptions of malicious cyber actors, the rate of these actions is picking up steam in 2024, with the take-down of LabHost marking the fifth known action so far, compared to eight total in all of 2023.
FBI's Wray Ramps Up Rhetoric on Chinese Hackers, Says They're Poised to Deal a 'Devastating Blow'
Frontier Communications forced to shut down some systems following cyberattack, Akira gang has earned $42M, Jury finds Mango Markets exploiter guilty, Hacker claims theft from financial crime database, LastPass users targeted by CryptoChameleon, FIN7 targeted US carmaker, Ransomware attack threatens US and European blood supply, Cybersec pros ask Congress to solve NVD problems, much more
International Operation Shuts Down Phishing-As-A-Service Platform LabHost
GRU-linked Cyber Army of Russia attacked water utilities in Texas, Russian election disinfo campaigns kicking in at a slower pace, House passes data broker bill over Biden's objections, FISA provision could turn tech workers into informants, Cyberattack slows down NY legislature, Ransomware group stole Void Interactive's source code, Violent Russian propaganda transmitted over Disney-owned Dutch children's channel, Moldovan botnet operator busted, much more
Cybercrims Dangle $300 to T-Moble and Verizon Employees to Perform SIM Swaps
MGM Resorts sues FTC over cyberattack probe, Change Healthcare may face 2024 cyberattack costs of $1.6B, UnitedHealthCare was a no-show at Change Healthcare hearing, New pro-Palestinian leak site emerges, Omni Hotels confirms that hackers stole customer info, New Sandworm backdoor Kapeka detailed, Trust Wallet zero-day claim may be a scam, Railgun exchange denies Lazarus Group use, Nearly 600 Polish citizens targeted by Pegasus, Exploit code released for PAN-OS vunerability, much more