Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 1/21/23
Infiltrating the LockBit gang, That funny feeling online chatbots can pass the Turing test, Time to start protecting submarine cables from threats, The meaningless advice to not pay ransoms
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The Com members doxxed DHS and ICE workers
DPRK hackers use EtherHiding malware to turn blockchain into C2 server, Trump buys Dominion Voting Systems to be "America-owned," Trump's DoJ sues voting tech company Smartmatic amid defamation suit, MI5 points to new Chinese threat disruption, much more
CISA warns agencies to update F5 appliances after breach disclosure
Sources say China hacked classified UK systems for over a decade. Some think a secret US cybercrime-fighting group is behind the doxxing of a Russian ransomware kingpin. Microsoft is moving Surface manufacturing out of China. Pro-Palestine activists hacked four N. American PA systems, much more
US seizes $15 billion, sanctions Huione group, and indicts Cambodian scam ringleader
S. Korea seeks return of disappeared workers from Cambodia, First Wap has built a phone-tracking empire, Microsoft plugs 172 security holes, Windows 10 reaches end-of-support, ICO fines Capita $19m for 2023 data breach protection fails, PowerSchool hacker sentenced to 4 years, much more
California sets global standards with new landmark AI and data privacy laws
UK highly significant cyberattacks jumped by 50% over the past year, Australian cyber incidents rose 11% over the past year, Ofcom fined 4chan under new online safety regime, Researchers eavesdropped on sensitive satellite comms, Stingrays were used near Portland protest, much more