Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 7/8/23
Russia's new surveillance cottage industry, How the FBI took down Hive, America's defense and intel agencies are luring Israel's spyware workers, How the FBI queries Americans under Sec. 702
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US Disrupted Chinese Malicious Botnet Flax Typhoon
Iranians sent emails stolen from Trump campaign to Harris' workers, Newmark donates $100M to bolster US cybersecurity, Dark Angels reportedly received $75M ransom from Cencora, Indonesia's tax agency allegedly breached, Chinese CTF contest might have been espionage operation, much more
Tampered Taiwanese Pagers Used to Dodge Espionage Caused Deadly Explosions on Hezbollah
Oz police arrest dozens in takedown of encrypted app Ghost, FCC fines AT&T over 2023 breach, Russia ups propaganda attacks on Harris-Walz, US warns Vietnam away from Chinese underseas cables, Newsom signs bills moderating AI deepfakes, Hackers bruteforce accounting servers, much more
US Issues Fresh Sanctions Against Five Individuals Connected to Intellexa
Chinese man who tried to hack NASA indicted, Meta to ban RT for foreign interference, Instagram beefs up privacy efforts for under-18 users, PKfail compromises larger than previously known, Patches urged for Ivanti RCE, Binance warns of Clipper malware, Humanity's Last exam for AI pitched, much more
Apple Asks Court to Dismiss Its Hacking Lawsuit Against NSO Group
23andme to pay $30M for failing to protect customers' privacy, Port of Seattle blames Rhysida for ransomware attack, Scattered Spider members also harm vulnerable teens, TikTok to argue against ban today, Fiji confirms cyber attack, Delta Prime hacked for $6M, much more