Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 9/23/23

Your health data belongs to everyone, Dodgy data practices of genetic testing firms, The former drug smuggling king of data brokers, NCS implementation plan gaps, Zoomers who pioneer AI detection

Apple Issues Emergency Patches to Fix Three New Zero-Day Flaws

New Sandman threat group targets telecom providers, Blockchain analytics company Nansen's customers affected by third party breach, Israeli orgs targeted by OilRig, Cisco to buy Splunk for $28b, more

Air Canada and Ben-Gurion Airport Join List of Cybersecurity Victims in the Air Travel Industry

Feds warn of Snatch ransomware group, MGM Resorts says normal operations have resumed, Voting vendors test coordinated disclosure, 1Password passkeys available, TransUnion denies breach, much more

UK Finally Passes Its Online Safety Bill With Controversial Scanning Provisions Intact

Microsoft accidentally uploaded Xbox plans, China accuses US of continuously hacking Huawei servers, Germany eyes banning Chinese tech, Criminal court in The Hague hacked, much more

Microsoft AI Researchers Accidentally Exposed Tens of Terabytes of Sensitive Data

Clorox supplies to run short following cyberattack, Programmer behind 8Base shame site ID'ed, 65 Oz gov't depts. were victims of law firm breach, Australia to build six cyber "shields," much more

North Korea's Lazarus Group Has Stolen $240 Million Since June

Hackers stole $900K in crypto from Mark Cuban, Hackers stole $2.7m from exchange Remitano, Retool blames hack's success on Google Authenticator, TikTok flooded with fake crypto giveaways, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 9/16/23

'Insane' and unstoppable new spyware tool, Buenos Aires' dystopian facial recognition system, State Department's early cyber warning system, UK lord's fight to protect E2E, NIST's CSF 2.0 is a bust Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 9/16/23

'Insane' and unstoppable new spyware tool, Buenos Aires' dystopian facial recognition system, State Department's early cyber warning system, UK lord's fight to protect E2E, NIST's CSF 2.0 is a bust

Hackers Claim Six Terabyte Data Theft From MGM-Caesars, Say They Still Have MGM Access

Manchester cops hacked, Google to pay $93 million to settle CA location data suit, The Weather Network hit by attack, Iran threat group has targeted thousands of orgs, CA passes Delete Act, much more

Hacking Group Scattered Spider Reportedly Targeted MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment

USDoD hacking group leaked stolen Airbus data, Auckland Transport card system hit by ransomware, Feds issue DeepFake warning, New 3AM ransomware uncovered, Fortress theft caused by Retool hack, more

Offshoot of China's APT41 Breached Asian Country's National Power Grid

Russian journalist hacked with Pegasus spyware, CoinEx hit with $27m hack, DoD says China and Russia prepped to unleash cyberattacks, China says it hasn't banned iPhone, Patch Tuesday updates, more

Widespread Cyber Incident Causes Outages Across MGM Resorts' Properties

Myanmar militia repatriates Chinese scammers, California judge orders crypto thief to return $5.2 million, Dutch football association paid Lockbit ransom, Lithuania aided FBI's Anom op, much more