Cybersecurity
The Homeland Security surveillance machine
A series of press investigations reveal how DHS has quietly assembled a system capable of tracking Americans’ movements, identities, and digital lives.
Cybersecurity
This is a newsletter designed to end cybersecurity news overload by aggregating the latest developments from thousands of sources and summarizing them smartly.
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International operation takes down massive cybercrime proxy network SocksEscort
Telus probes purported ShinyHunters hack, Stryker cyberattack continues to disrupt operations, Leidos CTO John Solly ID'ed as DOGE SSA data thief, GAO finds gaps in CMMC program, Google issues emergency fixes for Chrome, much more
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Medical device giant Stryker hit by wiper attack, Iranian hacktivist takes credit
Poland foiled a cyberattack on its nuclear research center that ostensibly originated in Iran, Cyberattackers defaced ad signs in Tel Aviv train station, Albania's parliament hit by cyberattack, Apple issues updates to address Coruna exploit, US charges former ransomware negotiator, much more
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DOGE engineer stole hundreds of millions of US taxpayers' data, whistleblower
Meta unveils new fraud protections as an international operation disrupts scam compound activity, China bans OpenClaw apps on security grounds, Foreign hacker accessed Epstein files in 2023, Rudd confirmed as Cybercom/NSA chief, Quittr app exposes (ahem) sensitive data, much more
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Pentagon-Anthropic standoff escalates, putting contracts and AI deployments at risk
FBI warns of phishing campaigns impersonating city and county officials, TX governor warns health agencies and universities of Chinese-manufactured devices, A big bank in S. Africa was hit by a ransomware attack, Hackers are selling Windows exploit for $220k, much more
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Russian hackers target Signal and WhatsApp accounts of officials, journalists, and military
DPRK hackers use AI to accelerate and expand their schemes, Trump promotes offensive operations in cyber strategy and issues cybercrime EO, DHS and Secret Service seek real-time access to travel records, Polish hospital hit by 'huge' cyberattack, Chinese spy groups target S. American telcos, more
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Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 2/28/26
CISA's year-long turmoil under Gottumukkala, Meta smart glasses expose underpaid annotators to intimate data, Border Patrol surveils SoCal civilians, DHS nominee faces ethics allegations, LLMs enable deanonymization, Tile server flaws enable mass tracking
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FBI's wiretap network hit by suspected hack, maybe by the Chinese spies it was watching
US gov't contractor's son pleads guilty to stealing $46m in crypto, DoD officially labels Anthropic a supply chain risk, About half of zero-days target enterprises, Bing's AI-enhanced search pushed malicious OpenClaw installers, Ghanaian national pleads guilty to role in $100m fraud ring, much more
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Conflicting accounts emerge over Plankey's departure from DHS, future as CISA head
European law enforcement busted up Tycoon2FA phishing platform, FBI and European cops take down cybercrime forum Leakbase, Phobos admin pleads guilty to wire fraud, Lawmakers call for probe into decades-old TEMPEST attacks, IDF says it bombed complex hosting Iran's cyberwar HQ, much more
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The Iran war has a cyber story. It's not the one you're reading
Google warns that US government-originated iPhone hacking kit has spread to Russian intel, Altman calls the backlash to Pentagon deal 'really painful,' Defense contractors expected to jettison Anthropic, CBP is tracking people through online advertising, much more
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OpenAI, Pentagon revise AI deal's surveillance limits, but commitments may be hollow
Israel spent years hacking Tehran's traffic cameras and phone networks, Iranian hacking groups' efforts have been negligible and opportunistic, Internet collapse in Iran has cut off hackers, Gulf ships bombarded with GPS attacks, Starlink has sustained Iran's Handala hackers, much more
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AI safety red lines tested as OpenAI replaces Anthropic in last-minute Pentagon deal
Israel reportedly hacked a widely used Iranian prayer app to urge military defections, Unconfirmed reports suggest large-scale cyberattacks in Iran, S. Korea's tax service exposed millions of crypto wallets' seed phrases, European retailer ManoMano breach exposed 38m customers' PII, much more