Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 5/20/23

Police platform brings surveillance to the suburbs, Second-rate dating sites target lonely people, AI making steganography more secure, Vietnam's troll army, Can TikTok be banned?
Police platform brings surveillance to the suburbs, Second-rate dating sites target lonely people, AI making steganography more secure, Vietnam's troll army, Can TikTok be banned?
DOGE is a national cyberattack, DOGE violates fundamental cybersecurity risk management principles, How a crypto fraud fighter survived a Nigerian prison, Toledo is spying on its poor citizens, Affluent seniors in South Carolina were targeted in crypto scams
Italian spyware maker SIO makes malicious poseur apps, Zacks breach exposed 12m accounts, 2024 saw $12.4b in crypto scams, Newly renamed AI Security Institute emerges in UK, China's Emperor Dragonfly uses spy tools in ransomware attacks, DOGE lawsuits continue to fly, much more
Microsoft says Sandworm team is targeting English-speaking Western nations, Trump swapped Russian cybercrim for US teacher, DOGE staffer given accidental edit authority at Treasury, TikTok unofficial downloads surge in US, Spyware maker Variston shut down, Kimsuky poses as Korean official, much more
Sean Cairncross is cyber director nominee, DOGE hit by lawsuit for violating Privacy Act, Teen swatter sentenced to four years, Woman behind DPRK worker scheme pleads guilty, Top Italian businessmen targeted in AI voice scam, Sandworm targets Ukraine Windows users, ZkLend hacked for $9m, much more