Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 3/4/23

Wirecard's profound ties to Russian intelligence, Viasat hack took months to reveal, The fall of UK digital policymaking, 28,000 apps receive TikTok data, OSINT firm tracks Russian soldiers Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form infosec pieces

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 3/4/23

Wirecard's profound ties to Russian intelligence, Viasat hack took months to reveal, The fall of UK digital policymaking, 28,000 apps receive TikTok data, OSINT firm tracks Russian soldiers

Hackers Have Access to More Than 550,000 Gun Owners' Data From Firearm Auction Site

Indigo Books' employee data were stolen during ransomware incident, Secret Service and ICE lacked court orders for some Stingray surveillance, Drone operators can be pinpointed, much more

White House Issues Cyber Strategy to Bolster Software Security, Offensive Operations

WH Smith employee details exposed in cyber attack, Poland cites Russia as culprit behind tax system DDoS, Pierce Transit confirms ransomware attack, Phishing campaign targets Trezor users, more

Dish Network Confirms Ransomware Attack, Says Threat Actors Stole Data

China targets its neighbors & hacked emails of ASEAN, T-Mobile targeted in 100+ incidents, Biden eyes revoking licenses for Huawei suppliers, Chip supplier hit by ransomware, more

US Marshals Service Suffered a Significant Ransomware and Data Exfiltration Incident

LastPass had a coordinated second attack, Easterly raps companies for subpar security, Hackers disrupted Russian broadcasts, Hackers posted stolen Activision data, Nine Danish hospitals DDoS'ed, more

Dish Network Still Offline Following an Apparent Cyberattack

New group CH01 defaced Russian websites on war anniversary, Russian cyberattacks not as fierce as predicted one year later, Counter exploit retrieved $225m from Wormhole hacker, much more

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 2/25/23

Belarusian Cyberpartisans versus Putin, Need to create cyber intelligence hubs within DHS, How scalpers' tools are helping Mexican immigrants beat the bureaucracy Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers this weekly digest of the best long-form infosec pieces and related articles that we couldn’t properly

Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 2/25/23

Belarusian Cyberpartisans versus Putin, Need to create cyber intelligence hubs within DHS, How scalpers' tools are helping Mexican immigrants beat the bureaucracy

Dark Web Seller Claims to Sell Telus Employee Email Lists, Code Repositories

Valve patched an exploit and then ran a honeypot to catch cheaters, Dutch police bust three hackers, Synthetic voice clone used to hack back account, Meta declares victory in Russian disinfo war, more

'Nevada' Hacking Group Has Targeted 5,000 Victims in Widespread Ransomware Campaign

EC bans TikTok from work devices, LA students' mental health records published on dark web, DOJ nabbed Russian cybercriminal, The Good Guys hacked, Dole shut down following attack, much more

Activision's Data Breach Contains Employee Information, Call of Duty and More, Report

Virgin Media TV disrupted by hack, DoD server spilled military emails, Ransomware payments dropped in 2022, Putin’s address disrupted by DDoS, Albanian mafia mounted 500 CCTV cameras, more