Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 7/29/23

How Signal became the go-to privacy app, LAC nations need cybersecurity support, Hunting down a Twitter scammer, Cyber insurers need capital access, Mass. push to ban cop facial recognition use
How Signal became the go-to privacy app, LAC nations need cybersecurity support, Hunting down a Twitter scammer, Cyber insurers need capital access, Mass. push to ban cop facial recognition use
Gucci parent Kering is a victim of an attack claimed by ShinyHunters, Jaguar extends its shutdown after ShinyHunters attack, Google confirms LE platform attack claimed by ShinyHunters, ShinyHunters claims attack on SK Telecom, Poland boosts cyber budget after attacks, much more
Vastaamo hacker who released psychotherapy center records is set free, FBI issues warning of UNC6040 and UNC6395 targeting Salesforce users, Shiba Inu stopped damage from attack, DC AG charges Athena ATM operator for ignoring elderly scams, much more
Myanmar's junta benefits from cyberscams, Cyberscams could be behind the Thai-Cambodia conflict, Africans are tricked into cyberscam compounds, How China's propaganda and surveillance work, Vibe coding is risky, Ross Ulbricht is very lucky, Don't steal the phone of a hacker's girlfriend
Akira is exploiting critical flaw in SonicWall, Vietnamese government warns of National Credit Information Center hack, UK ICO warns that kids are hacking their schools, Opposition to EU Chat Control scanning of encrypted messages grows, New infostealer dubbed ModStealer stays invisible, much more