Best Infosec Long-Reads of the Week, 8/20/22
Russia's FSB botched the planning for Ukraine invasion, Apple and Facebook almost averted their 'privacy war,' Making money on selling Pentagon data, Series whitewashes Ring, What CIOs think
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Meta denies widespread reports of an Instagram breach
Authorities bust 34 alleged members of the Black Axe cyber fraud group, BreachForums user database exposed in breach, Fancy Bear has launched credential harvesting attacks, NIST seeks agentic AI security input, MuddyWater launches spearphishing campaign in Middle East, much more
Best infosec-related long reads for the weeks of 12/13/25, 12/30/25, and 1/3/26
Kids turn from cybercrime to real-world violent thefts, How retailers profit from crypto ATM scams, Integrated web browsers are insecure out of the box, An MIT railroad club led to modern-day hackers, AI coding tools are susceptible to attacks, LLM guardrails are inherently exploitable
Trump ends US participation in organizations devoted to stronger cybersecurity
Prisoner swap sends alleged ransomware payment negotiator back to Russia, CISA retires ten emergency directives at once, Cambodian cybercrime kingpin extradited to China, Fugitive wanted for Desjardins breach arrested in Spain, Trans activists hacked Free Speech Union, much more
Salt Typhoon infiltrated US House China Committee, other committees, sources
TX court enjoins Samsung from using or selling consumer data, FCC exempts some Chinese tech at Pentagon's request, Man accused of stealing Snapchat access codes for 600 women for Northeastern Univ. coach, Ni8mare flaw allows takeover of N8N workflow automation platform, much more