Notices by Metacurity (metacurity@infosec.exchange)

@patrickcmiller I don't believe I've ever seen an errata from NIST before.

@patrickcmiller @msbrumfield Thanks Patrick!

I think Grammarly has jumped the AI shark.

CrowdStrike has yet to face a lawsuit over July's global IT meltdown
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/09/crowdstrike_legal_threats/

Nice to see a woman CEO handing control over a cybersecurity company to another woman.

"Darktrace Plc’s Chief Executive Officer Poppy Gustafsson will leave the British cybersecurity company, handing over to current operating chief Jill Popelka to steer the business as it’s absorbed into private equity firm Thoma Bravo."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-06/darktrace-ceo-gustafsson-steps-down-amid-thoma-bravo-takeover?mid=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/04/justice-department-election-security/
“The indictment offers a glimpse into how much money significant conservative personalities can make. One unnamed Tenet contributor with 2.4 million YouTube followers on their own channel received $400,000 a month, plus a $100,000 signing bonus and performance incentives, just for making four videos a week for Tenet, according to the indictment.”

This is a must-read post from @mmasnick on Pavel Durov's arrest. The internet is all over the place about why he was arrested, with everyone concocting reasons, but solid details are still missing.

Arrest Of Telegram’s Pavel Durov Raises Questions, But The Answers May Not Be Known For A While
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/26/arrest-of-telegrams-pavel-durov-raises-questions-but-the-answers-may-not-be-known-for-a-while/

Trezor Addresses Security Breach Affecting Thousandshttps://cointelegraph.com/news/trezor-discloses-66k-users-affected-phishing-attack

"Google News is boosting sites that rip-off other outlets by using AI to rapidly churn out content, 404 Media has found. Google told 404 Media that although it tries to address spam on Google News, the company ultimately does not focus on whether a news article was written by an AI or a human, opening the way for more AI-generated content making its way onto Google News."

Garbage AI on Google News
https://www.404media.co/email/5dfba771-7226-48d5-8682-5185746868c4/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

All the garbage I found on Substack in 1 hour

(I plan for Metacurity to be off Substack within a week.)

https://badnewsletter.substack.com/p/all-the-garbage-i-found-on-substack

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66964510

Omg

Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes

Foreign student arrested in Norway on suspicion of espionage including electronic eavesdropping
https://apnews.com/article/norway-espionage-arrest-student-eavesdropping-196c002ab34fc0ec333c5e348e1f991c

"Elon Musk gave his biographer confidential messages from a top Ukraine official without seeking permission, revealing exchanges over the entrepreneur restricting the Starlink internet service to thwart Kyiv’s military.

Ukrainian deputy prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov told the Financial Times on Friday that he was unaware that Walter Isaacson had obtained and published the messages in a forthcoming biography of Musk written with the billionaire’s full collaboration.

'It’s not very pretty,”' Fedorov said in an interview in his office in Kyiv. 'I’ve never shown or talked about our correspondence publicly.'"

Elon Musk gave biographer top Ukrainian official’s confidential messages without permission

https://www.ft.com/content/b38367f0-c70f-4a26-b9fa-8bf160e1803a

Admin of an anarchist Mastodon server raided by FBI, insecure user data gets seized
https://www.neowin.net/news/admin-of-an-anarchist-mastodon-server-raided-by-fbi-insecure-user-data-gets-seized/#google_vignette

Google News Blocked in Russia as Feud With Mercenary Leader Intensifies
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/world/europe/google-news-russia-prigozhin.html

Russian TV channels 'hacked' by Wagner chiefs as Putin accuses group of 'armed mutiny'
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-tv-channels-hacked-wagner-30311121

Millions of PC Motherboards Were Sold With a Firmware Backdoor
https://www.wired.com/story/gigabyte-motherboard-firmware-backdoor/

Twitter staff cuts leave Russian trolls unchecked
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65067707

Western Digital says hackers stole data in ‘network security’ breach
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/03/western-digital-breach/

Nearly a third of Uyghur-language Android apps shared on social media platforms or downloaded from third-party app stores since July are infected with spyware, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/lookout-researchers-say-spyware-tied-to-china-is-targeting-apps-used-by-uyghurs via @technology