Cynthia B Brumfield

Best Long-Reads of the Week, 6/18/22

What did Nakasone mean by offensive U.S. operations in Ukraine?, How cybersecurity pros can avoid nihilism, How state surveillance of women might emerge after Roe v. Wade is overturned, more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of some long-form infosec pieces and

Best Long-Reads of the Week, 6/18/22

What did Nakasone mean by offensive U.S. operations in Ukraine?, How cybersecurity pros can avoid nihilism, How state surveillance of women might emerge after Roe v. Wade is overturned, more

Police in India Planted False and Incriminating Files on Activists' Computers to Arrest Them

UK's home secretary approves Assange's extradition to U.S., Russian spy tried to infiltrate International Criminal Court, Interpol arrests 2,000 social engineering scammers, more

U.S. Has Stepped Up Funding for VPN Companies to Help Russians Evade Censorship

Cyber Partisans are finding new forms of asymmetrical warfare in Belarus, Ukrainian ISPs are forced to route through Russia, New bill would ban sale of location and health data, much more

Controversy Erupts Over U.S. Defense Contractor's Talks to Buy NSO Group's Spyware

Hertzbleed side-channel attack threatens cryptographic software security, Microsoft issues fix for Follina and other flaws, Microsoft accused of taking too long to fix Azure flaws, much more

Iranian Hackers Are Targeting Israeli Officials, Military Officers, Others Using Spearphishing

Sandworm may be exploiting Follina, Gallium has new stealth RAT, BlackCat actors target Microsoft Exchange servers, AZ medical center exposed 700K patients' data, Man sentenced for DDoS attack, more

Novel PACMAN Side-Channel Attack Can Defeat Apple's M1 Chip Defense Against Vulnerabilities

IT service provider of two German energy companies paralyzed by 'hacker attack,' Election equipment in Georgia county may have been compromised, 70+ Indian websites defaced, much more

Best Infosec Long-Reads of the Week, 6/11/22

Costa Rica pays a steep price for the Conti ransomware attack, Binance has processed billions from malicious deeds, Bitcoin veil of anonymity pierced, Malaysian LGBTQ activists get infosec help , more Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of selected long-form infosec pieces and related

Best Infosec Long-Reads of the Week, 6/11/22

Costa Rica pays a steep price for the Conti ransomware attack, Binance has processed billions from malicious deeds, Bitcoin veil of anonymity pierced, Malaysian LGBTQ activists get infosec help , more

Invasive Linux Malware Symbiote Stealthily Steals Credentials and Enables Backdoor Access

Hackers use Follina to spread banking Trojan, Stalkerware TruthSpy exposes data, Russian warns West to stop cyberattacks or else, Hacker exploits Optimism lapse to swipe $16 million, much more

Hackers Targeted Russian Radio Station to Protest Moscow's Invasion of Ukraine

Tehran blames Mossad for cyberattack last fall, Mixed reports suggest U.S. might remove NSO Group from blacklist, Emotet is trying to steal credit card data from Chrome profiles, much more

Feds Say Chinese Hacking Groups Compromised Significant Telecom and Network Providers

International op took down SSNDOB marketplace, MongoDB adds Queryable Encryption, U.S. government has been tracking international tourists, Actors stole $113 million from DEX exchange, more