Cynthia B Brumfield

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 9/3/22

The origins of cyberinsurance, TSA's security theater, A million-dollar Instagram scam, How artificial intelligence threatens to spawn government disinformation at scale Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of long-form infosec pieces and related articles that we couldn’t properly fit into

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 9/3/22

The origins of cyberinsurance, TSA's security theater, A million-dollar Instagram scam, How artificial intelligence threatens to spawn government disinformation at scale

Cops Have Been Quietly Tracking People Using a Little-Known Tool Called Fog Reveal

Hackers caused taxi traffic jam in Moscow, Twitter's edit feature causes concern among experts, REvil supposedly attacked Chinese appliance maker, Neopets hack worse than thought, much more

Cloudflare Signals That It Intends to Continue Protecting Transphobic Forum Kiwi Farms

TikTok vulnerability could have allowed account take-overs, FBI heads to Montenegro to help with attack, Feds head to Lexington to help with BEC, Apple backport patches that fix zero-day, much more

Cuba Ransomware Group Takes Credit for Crippling Attack on Montenegro's Government

Russia's START confirms data leak due to cyberattack, Chinese cyber espionage campaign targets Australia, Chrome extensions stole users' browsing data, Google has a new bug bounty program, more

FTC Sues Kochava for Allegedly Selling Data That Can Track Reproductive Health Clinic Visits

Musk and Twitter subpoena Zatko, FBI warns of DeFi threats, Turkish-speaking entity Nitrokod infects 111K victims, Montenegro still grappling with reported ransomware attack, much more

Italian Mobile Spyware Outfit Tykelab Exploits Mobile Spec Flaw to Target Victims Worldwide

Montenegro power utility may be a target in ongoing attacks, Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica suit, Sephora fined $1.2 million for selling data, LockBit eyes triple extortion, much more

Best Infosec Long-Reads of the Week, 8/27/22

Thieves bilked woman in elaborate romance scam, Peruvian "socialite" who infiltrated NATO society was a GRU operative, Teens rickrolled six schools, "OSINT" Twitter accounts in India target foes Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of long-form infosec pieces and

Best Infosec Long-Reads of the Week, 8/27/22

Thieves bilked woman in elaborate romance scam, Peruvian "socialite" who infiltrated NATO society was a GRU operative, Teens rickrolled six schools, "OSINT" Twitter accounts in India target foes

Hackers Stole Source Code and Proprietary Information From LastPass

NATO probes data breach of classified military documents, Apple's Lockdown mode can identify targets, Liberty Counsel hacked exposing large database, DoorDash confirms compromise, much more

Hackers Stole Source Code and Proprietary Information From LastPass

NATO probes data breach of classified military documents, Apple's Lockdown mode can identify targets, Liberty Counsel hacked exposing large database, DoorDash confirms compromise, much more

Twitter's Summer of Discontent Continues With Impending Senate Hearing, Employee Attrition

Jack Dorsey's Block buffeted by lawsuits & mysterious thefts, First big pro-American info op revealed, Ransomware attack hits Dominican Republic agency, Thieves tole $100m in NFTs, much more