Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 2/18/23
Scammers are using fake receipts to target users of payment apps in South America, America's overclassification crisis, How two reporters secretly recorded "Jorge," AI's hacking threat
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Harrods becomes the third top UK retailer to fend off a cyberattack
Nefilim attacker charged & extradited to US, Hacker pleads guilty to Disney Slack data theft, WI man lands 3.75-year sentence for swatting spree, Apple sent new round of spyware notices, Raytheon and Nightwing Group fined for bad cyber, Kraken toys with fake DPRK job applicant, much more
Alleged key leaders in 764 online exploitation group arrested, face life in prison
Polish cops dismantle online fraud group, FBI shares 42K LabHost phishing domains, RSAC news round-up, RansomHub affiliates might have migrated to Qilin, MSFT won't change RDP protocol that permits revoked passwords, Japanese logistics provider hit by ransomware, Persona lands $200m, much more
France accuses Russia's APT28 of a string of serious cyberattacks going back to 2021
Kristi Noem urges "back-to-basics" for CISA, WhatsApp to roll out private processing for new AI features, Indian court blocks Proton Mail, Nova Scotia Power copes with a cyber breach, Israeli hacker-for-hire PI loses extradition fight, Scammers use snail mail for Ledger wallet theft, much more
Krebs expresses outrage at Trump's gutting of cyber pros while industry rallies behind him
Take It Down Act goes to Trump's desk, Musk DOGE boys given access to highly guarded nuclear weapon data, Scattered Spider might be behind M&S attack, Zero days exploited in the wild dropped in 2024, British defense firms warned away from Chinese EVs, 4chan back after hack, so much more