Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 10/7/23
How Intellexa sold spyware to Egypt, How phone phreakers created Apple, How one writer lost $31,000 in a pool-related BEC scam, The best password manager, PCLOB's view on Sec. 702
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AI without brakes, porous data boundaries, and murky cyber alliances: Best infosec long reads 10/10/26
Zuckerberg gives risky AI agent the green light, TikTok’s ByteDance ties test US data safeguards, China’s AI expansion defies a central kill switch, AI agents erode the human oversight they need, Ukraine’s Cyber Corps shows ties to military intelligence
US seizes seven domains in fresh blow to China-linked hackers
The crackdown targets Integrity Technology Group’s hacking infrastructure as a joint advisory details tools used to breach critical infrastructure and browse stolen emails.
AI could crack crypto’s defenses before quantum computers do, Buterin warns
Ethereum’s co-founder warns that AI-driven mathematical breakthroughs could undermine wallet security—and weaken even cryptography designed to withstand quantum attacks.
Europe’s wind and solar farms leave controls exposed, raising the risk of sabotage
Dutch researchers identified 8,547 internet-facing systems across 35 countries, with potential full control at roughly 181 sites