Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 1/13/24
A grad student discovered cryptocurrencies are not anonymous, Smartphone ambient light sensors can spy on you, Cyberscams suck China into Myanmar's conflict, more
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North Korean Military Hacker Indicted for String of US Attacks
CrowdStrike CEO says 97% of Windows sensors are back online, Israeli gov't stymied US Pegasus lawsuit, Industry spec Secure Boot compromised on hundreds of PC models, US spyware maker hacked, Authorities remove PlugX from French devices, Chainguard is now a unicorn, much more
Global Losses from CrowdStrike Outage Could Top $15 Billion
Meta removes 63K Nigerian sextortion accounts, German MEP targeted by spyware, 3K GitHub 'ghost' accounts pushing malware, Hacker claims breach of India's Piramal Group, DDoS attack sets record, MonoSwap hit with hack, much more
CrowdStrike Explains How 'Unexpected Exception' Crashed Nearly Nine Million Windows Machines
Microsoft tries to blame EU regs for outage, CrowdStrike warns of info stealing malware, Feds still recovering from outage, Hackers leak government contractor Leidos' data, KnowBe4 mistakenly hired DPRK hacker, Verizon pays $16m over TracFone breaches, FTC probes surveillance pricing, much more
UK, Irish Cops Take Down Top DDoS Marketplace
Russian group used novel malware to shut off the heat and hot water to Ukraine buildings, Lawmakers seek CrowdStrike testimony, Google is keeping cookies in Chrome, Telegram 0-day exploit delivers payloads as videos, Crypto scammers use fake Zoom links, Wiz walks away from $23b, much more