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
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
Inside a multimillion-dollar phone scam, How a fringe censorship theory reshaped policy, When AI learns to replicate itself, Iran's fractured information ecosystem, The unfinished fight over digital privacy
ByteDance trains AI model to rival Anthropic, Vishing gang targets Wall Street firms with fake login sites, Violent crypto robberies put 2026 on record pace, Chinese router maker pulls devices after backdoor discovery, Spike in suicides alarms US Cyber Command, much more
Meta undercuts AI coding rivals on price, Meta AI model breaches test containment, OpenAI agents built a secret message board, Snowflake hacker pleads guilty, Researchers crack AI browsers, Ransom Cartel mastermind gets 16 years, Chinese spyware goes commercial, DPRK hackers hit 1,600 orgs, more
AI agents demonstrate increasingly sophisticated offensive capabilities, China warns US against expanding AI and technology curbs, Suspected cyberattacks target water utilities in at least 12 states, House report links telecom loopholes to Salt Typhoon breaches, much more