Best Infosec Long-Reads of the Week, 7/23/22
Apps scam working-class Mexicans into a cycle of debt, Client-side scanning floated again as a solution to CSAM, Experts may have underestimated the cyber challenges Russia faced in Ukraine, more
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PHP urges immediate patching as details of two critical flaws reportedly leak
Emergency updates due today will address two critical vulnerabilities that researchers say could allow remote code execution across widely used PHP versions.
DHS orders DeepSeek out of federal civilian systems
The ban also blocks future purchases and covers affiliates and third-party products built on DeepSeek technology.
Trump appointees asked CISA to secretly hack a voting machine and not reveal the results, report
The effort stalled, but election officials say the administration’s cuts have left CISA less equipped to defend voting systems against real threats.
Surveillance without borders, weaponized cameras, and the Russian bot myth: Best infosec long reads 10/17/26
Hacked cameras become weapons of war, China deepens its surveillance, Uganda slides into surveillance authoritarianism, Outlit wants AI agents to watch customers, Russian bots blackout is a myth Goodfire essay on neural networks is all the rage