Hey π there, cyber friends!
Welcome toΒ this week's cybersecurity newsletter, where we aim to keep you informed and empowered in the ever-changing world of cyber threats.
In today's edition, we will cover some interesting developments in the cybersecurity landscape and share some insightful analysis of each to help you protect yourself against potential attacks.
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Plus: The FBI gets busted abusing a spy tool, an ex-Apple engineer is charged with corporate espionage, and collection of airborne DNA raises new privacy risks.
TikTok user data is exposed to Chinese ByteDance employees, a screen recording app goes rogue in Google Play, and privacy groups want Slack to expand encryption.
Plus: Instagramβs CSAM network gets exposed, Clop hackers claim credit for MOVEit Transfer exploit, and a $35 million crypto heist has North Korean ties.
Plus: The arrest of an alleged Lockbit ransomware hacker, the wild tale of a problematic FBI informant, and one of North Koreaβs biggest crypto heists.
Plus: A French bill would allow spying via phone cameras, ATM skimmers target welfare families, and Japanβs largest cargo port gets hit with ransomware.
Plus: A fitness app may have leaked the location of a murdered submarine captain, the privacy risks of filing taxes online, and how Facebook data was used in an abortion trial.
Plus: Microsoft expands access to premium security features, AI child sexual abuse material is on the rise, and Netflixβs password crackdown has its intended effect.
New research reveals the strategies hackers use to hide their malware distribution system, and companies are rushing to release mitigations for the βDownfallβ processor vulnerability on Intel chips.
The US Secret Serviceβs relationship with the Oath Keepers gets revealed, Tornado Cash cofounders get indicted, and a UK court says a teen is behind a Lapsus$ hacking spree.
Plus: MGM hackers hit more than just casinos, Microsoft researchers accidentally leak terabytes of data, and China goes on the PR offensive over cyberespionage.
Plus: IT workers secretly funnel money to North Korea, a court in the US upholds keyword search warrants, and WhatsApp gets a passwordless upgrade on Android
Plus: Details emerge of a US government social media-scanning tool that flags βderogatoryβ speech, and researchers find vulnerabilities in the global mobile communications network.
Plus: Apple tightens anti-theft protections, Chinese hackers penetrate US critical infrastructure, and the long-running rumor of eavesdropping phones crystallizes into more than an urban legend.
Plus: Russia hacks surveillance cameras as new details emerge of its attack on a Ukrainian telecom, a Google contractor pays for videos of kids to train AI, and more.
Plus: Microsoft says attackers accessed employee emails, Walmart fails to stop gift card fraud, βpig butcheringβ scams fuel violence in Myanmar, and more.
Plus: North Korean hackers get into generative AI, a phone surveillance tool that can monitor billions of devices gets exposed, and ambient light sensors pose a new privacy risk.
Plus: Chinaβs Volt Typhoon hackers lurked in US systems for years, the Biden administrationβs crackdown on spyware vendors ramps up, and a new pro-Beijing disinformation campaign gets exposed.
Plus: State-backed hackers test out generative AI, the US takes down a major Russian military botnet, and 100 hospitals in Romania go offline amid a major ransomware attack.
Plus: Scammers try to dupe Apple with 5,000 fake iPhones, Avast gets fined for selling browsing data, and researchers figure out how to clone fingerprints from your phone screen.
Plus: Apple warns about sideloading apps, a court orders NSO group to turn over the code of its Pegasus spyware, and an investigation finds widely available security cams are wildly insecure.
Plus: An ex-Google engineer gets arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets, hackers breach the top US cybersecurity agency, and Xβs new feature exposes sensitive user data.
Plus: The operator of a dark-web cryptocurrency βmixingβ service is found guilty, and a US senator reveals that popular safes contain secret backdoors.