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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Parliament committee says UK is a hacking priority for Iran
Mexico AG launches probe into alleged NSO Group bribes of former president, Pakistan arrests 150 in cybercrime crackdown, Rowhammer attacks against GPUs are possible, Hackers exploit Wing FTP Server file flaws, Thief returns 90% of $2.2m swiped from Texture Finance, much more
UK's NCA arrested four people for M&S, Co-Op cyberattacks
Russian hoops player Kasatkin busted in France in connection with ransomware, McDonald's employee chatbot was riddled with absurd flaws, Hackers stole $40m from GMX protocol, Customer data exposed in Bitcoin Depot breach, Hackers run scam messages in old Mt. Gox wallets, much more
M&S and Qantas leaders remain mum on ransomware payments
M&S chairman says two other British companies' ransomware attacks have gone unreported, 5.7m customers impacted by Qantas attack, US sanctions DPRK man for IT worker scheme, DoJ seeks to bring COVID hacker to US, Rubio impersonated in AI voice effort, MSFT patches 137+ flaws, much more
Italian cops arrest FBI-wanted Chinese hacker who tried to steal the COVID-19 vaccine
Brazilian cops bust IT worker connected to $100m banking systems hack, Call of Duty: WWII yanked offline after RCE rumors, OpenAI beefs up corporate spying protections, DragonForce battles RansomHub, Cambodia accuses Thai hackers of attacks, Trump's tax bill contains cyber money, much more