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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China’s hackers hide in plain sight through hijacked home routers, allies warn
US charges two accused of running major scam compound, White House accuses China of stealing AI property on 'industrial scale,' Stuxnet-like code was used in mid-2000s, Health info from UK Biobank was posted for sale in China, Indian media giant was hacked by an alleged Afghan group, much more
Plankey pulls out after a year-long CISA director confirmation stall
Chinese cyber firm is looking to compete with Anthropic, 100+ companies have cyber intrusion software, OpenAI lobbied US agencies on its new cyber model, Cybercrims hacked phone of Bundestag President, Sri Lanka's Finance Ministry was hacked, Dutch cosmetics giant Rituals was breached, more
Mythos model slips into the wild through vendor backdoor
Mozilla says Mythos ID'ed 271 vulnerabilities, Australia, New Zealand and Japan are monitoring Mythos, NCSC chief warns of a perfect storm of cyberattacks, Supplier attack exposes exposed details of potential school shooters and bullies, Former FBI cyber chief calls ransomware terrorism, much more
Ransomware negotiator cops to conspiring with cybercrims against US companies
NSW official charged in data breach involving sensitive documents, UK man faces 22 years in US prison for $8m hacking scheme, French gov't identity website hack might have exposed users' data, Bundesbank president wants level playing field for Mythos, Lovable downplays data exposure, much more