Microsoft Discovers New Attacks by SolarWinds Group, Including One Against Its Own Agent
Amazon buys encrypted messaging app Wickr, Fortinet firewall has a serious RCE bug, Mozilla launches Rally for privacy-centric academic research
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Surveillance without borders, weaponized cameras, and the Russian bot myth: Best infosec long reads 10/17/26
Hacked cameras become weapons of war, China deepens its surveillance, Uganda slides into surveillance authoritarianism, Outlit wants AI agents to watch customers, Russian bots blackout is a myth Goodfire essay on neural networks is all the rage
Cyberattack on BAE Systems knocks US bankruptcy notices offline
Attack disrupts the platform serving every federal bankruptcy court, halting notice production and cutting access to key judiciary websites.
Spyware turns digital ads into silent attack vectors
Citizen Lab uncovered an ad-delivered, zero-click spyware campaign targeting 45 Al Jazeera devices—no clicks or visible warning required.
FBI uproots over 40 of North Korea’s US laptop farms
Authorities dismantled more than 40 Texas laptop farms supporting fraudulent IT hires whose paychecks allegedly financed Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs.