Cynthia B Brumfield

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 6/1/24

FBI-controlled encrypted phones took down drug kingpins, Open source investigator Bellingcat evolves as falsified information surges, Drone police pose a dilemma for poor residents, Twitter deplatforming reduced misinformation and disinformation, Fact-based inoculation needed to reduce misinformation, AI chop shop produced mounds of error-ridden 'news' articles Metacurity is pleased

Fears Over Recall Feature Deepen After Researcher Knocks Down Microsoft's Last Remaining Defense

500 Snowflake credentials found linked to info-stealing malware, FCC launches BGP NPRM, Ukrainian man busted thanks to Operation Endgame, New campaign seeks to steal Ukrainian military info, Panasonic Australia hit by Akira ransomware attack, Daixin Team claims ransomware attack on city of Dubai, Third-party breach exposes 1.9m CoinGecko users,

Israel Launched Covert Gaza War Influence Campaign to Target US Lawmakers and Public

NoName targeted General Dynamics subsidiary supplying tanks to Ukraine, Alleged human smuggler stalked wife using AirTags, Club Penguin fans swiped Disney internal corporate data, Threat actors are allegedly selling Advanced Auto Parts data stolen during Snowflake breach, 22 Chinese nationals plead guilty to internet fraud, Chinese campaign targets SE Asian

London Hospitals Grind to a Halt After Qilin Ransomware Group Hits Pathology Provider Synnovis

TikTok fixes zero-day after two high-profile accounts targeted, MediSecure slides into bankruptcy following ransomware attack, Medibank faces theoretical trillions in fines for 2022 cyberattack, Important rare-earth mine hit by Bian Lian ransomware group, GhostR claims ransomware attack on Oz freight logistics firm, Judge orders Canadian insurance firm to pay $15,

Leaked Database Reveals Thousands of Google Privacy and Security Issues

Security firms join Snowflake in denying culpability in major breaches, Trader blames Binance for $1m loss in hacking scam, Cox fixes auth bypass flaw in modems, BC says foreign threat actor hit 22 government email inboxes, Russia uses AI and propaganda in Olympics disinformation campaign, DOJ charges two in elder

Snowflake Cloud Provider is Ground Zero for Breach Blast That So Far Includes Ticketmaster, Santander and Ticketek

Germany's CDU party takes IT assets offline following cyberattack, Japanese crypto exchange lost $308m, Crypto hacking thefts reached $385m in May, Hugging Face's Spaces was hacked, Spanish cops break up illegal streaming network, Wyden urges regulators to hold UHG negligent for ransomware attack, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 5/25/24

NSO Group founder is thriving following his ouster, Rwandan leaders targeted by Pegasus, Austria's spy agency raided by Moscow-led operation, Insights from the most prolific LLM jailbreaker, Novel Espionage Act brought against Chinese drone photographer Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers this weekly digest

Massive Cyberattack in America's Heartland Disabled Over 600,000 Routers

Five campaigns used OpenAI's technology to manipulate public opinion, Cloudflare thwarted Russian phishing and spy campaign aimed at cash-strapped Ukrainians, Pegasus spyware used against Russian and Belarusian journalists and activists, Canadian superstation hit by Play ransomware attack, Cyberattack on Christie's didn't harm auctions, Japanese

Operation Endgame Seizes 2,000 Domains, Takes Out 100 Servers and Arrests Four People for Spreading Ransomware via Emails

US arrests operator of 911 S5 botnet, Belgian police carry out raids related to Russian propaganda promoters, BBC investigates data breach affected 25K current and former employees, Meta took down network of pro-Israel fake accounts, Treasury warns of NFT use in fraud and scams, Former FL deputy sheriff is a

Treasury Department Sanctioned Three Chinese Nationals for Roles in Anonymity Service 911 S5

Famed hardware hackers recouped $3m from crypto wallet with lost password, ShinyHunters claims Ticketmaster breach affecting an alleged 560m customers, BreachForums returns to old clearnet domain, Seattle Public Library offline following ransomware attack, pcTattletale shutters after data breach, NK Moonstone Sleet group linked to millions in ransom demands, OpenAI creates

Christie's Hacker RansomHub Threatens to Leak Sensitive Data on Wealthy Art Collectors

Patient medical data stolen during pharma giant Cencora's data breach, Personal data on nearly 3m people stolen in Sav-Rx cyberattack, Hacker who breached pcTattletale publishes internal data, Breach Forums admin announces new onion address, ABN Amro Bank breached via supplier, Indian national pleads guilty to stealing $37m using

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 5/18/24

Hackers rescued a bricked Polish train, The double life of Incognito Market's founder, Tricking Wi-Fi networks into less secure connections, Cybercriminals are selling Indian police biometric data, AI fakes are used to recruit Indian voters, Indian fake news verification tools are a bust Metacurity is pleased to offer