Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 11/5/22
'Michael Jordan of the dark web' made a serious security mistake that led to his downfall, Psychedelic decriminalization poses serious privacy risks in CO, Election deniers reign supreme in PA
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Microsoft Will Extend $100 Million More to Ukraine to Help With Cybersecurity, Technology
Criminal hackers responsible for Denmark train breakdown, Finland charges man who extorted therapy patients , Qatar operated massive surveillance op against FIFA officials, much more
TikTok Tells EU Users That Staff in China, Other Countries Can Access User Data
Osaka hospital crippled by ransomware attack, 100 local election systems still waiting for CISA's tests ahead of midterms, A hacker stole $3m from Skyward Finance, Vitali Kremez found dead, much more
Ransomware Payments Made Though U.S. Banks Doubled to $1.2 Billion in 2021
OpenSSL flaws not as severe as predicted, Twitter disrupted three China-based election influence operations, Threat actors stole 130 code repos from Dropbox, Hackers stole $28m from Deribit, more
Experts Say That Chaos at Twitter Threatens the Security and Safety of Users
FTC targets Chegg for data security violations, Race is underway to defend OpenSSL, Malicious Android apps discovered dropping banking trojans, German copper giant hit with cyberattack, much more
Suspected Kremlin Agents Hacked the Personal Mobile Phone of Former British PM Truss
External provider of the Australian Defense Department hit with a ransomware attack, U.S. is hosting the International Counter Ransomware Summit, German police bust suspected dark web admin, more
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