Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 3/22/25
The Signal leak makes NSA's job harder, How to launder $27B from online scams, Be afraid of Q-Day, RISC architecture *is* changing everything, How to tell your online accounts have been hacked
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FBI's wiretap network hit by suspected hack, maybe by the Chinese spies it was watching
US gov't contractor's son pleads guilty to stealing $46m in crypto, DoD officially labels Anthropic a supply chain risk, About half of zero-days target enterprises, Bing's AI-enhanced search pushed malicious OpenClaw installers, Ghanaian national pleads guilty to role in $100m fraud ring, much more
Conflicting accounts emerge over Plankey's departure from DHS, future as CISA head
European law enforcement busted up Tycoon2FA phishing platform, FBI and European cops take down cybercrime forum Leakbase, Phobos admin pleads guilty to wire fraud, Lawmakers call for probe into decades-old TEMPEST attacks, IDF says it bombed complex hosting Iran's cyberwar HQ, much more
The Iran war has a cyber story. It's not the one you're reading
Google warns that US government-originated iPhone hacking kit has spread to Russian intel, Altman calls the backlash to Pentagon deal 'really painful,' Defense contractors expected to jettison Anthropic, CBP is tracking people through online advertising, much more
OpenAI, Pentagon revise AI deal's surveillance limits, but commitments may be hollow
Israel spent years hacking Tehran's traffic cameras and phone networks, Iranian hacking groups' efforts have been negligible and opportunistic, Internet collapse in Iran has cut off hackers, Gulf ships bombarded with GPS attacks, Starlink has sustained Iran's Handala hackers, much more