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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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
IT giant Ingram Micro's systems shut down after SafePay ransomware attack
Qantas is talking with threat actor after attack, Android spyware flaw exposes thousands of customers, Ransomware negotiator may have struck deals with hackers, US sanctions bulletproof hoster, US goes after DRPK "IT worker" program, A racist hacked Columbia and the NYT shamed itself, much more