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It's Saturday morning, and that means it's time for Metacurity's round-up of the best infosec-related long reads of the week, available to our free and paid subscribers.
This week's selection covers
--Myanmar's junta benefits from cyberscams,
--Cyberscams could be behind the Thai-Cambodia conflict,
--Africans are tricked into cyberscam compounds,
--How China's propaganda and surveillance work,
--Vibe coding is risky,
--Ross Ul…

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 9/6/25
Myanmar's junta benefits from cyberscams, Cyberscams could be behind the Thai-Cambodia conflict, Africans are tricked into cyberscam compounds, How China's propaganda and surveillance work, Vibe coding is risky, Ross Ulbricht is very lucky, Don't steal the phone of a hacker's girlfriend

Generative KI: Disney wirft Google massive Copyright-Verletzung vor
Googles generative KI soll in großem Umfang Disney-Rechte verletzen. Die Ausgaben würden dann auch noch auf Youtube verbreitet. Disney ist sauer.

The (proposed) #Anthropic settlement is a good reminder that #copyright registration can be worth the hassle. (Although, even at 3000 $/work, most money will be eaten by transaction costs and middlemen.)

Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Speeding Ticket
It’s the largest copyright settlement in history. But for Anthropic, it’s a toll booth, not a stop sign.

ChatGPT violated copyright laws, German court rules.
Are we surprised?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/11/chatgpt-violated-copyright-laws-german-court-rules

Analysis: Fox News' coverage of Portland ICE protests ahead of Trump's call to send in the National Guard often mischaracterized 2020 videos as being from 2025 (Rob Davis/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-g…

“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.

It was Operation Endgame that took down Rhadamanthys.
End of the game for cybercrime infrastructure: 1025 servers taken down
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/end-of-game-for-cybercrime-infra…

End of the game for cybercrime infrastructure: 1025 servers taken down – Operation Endgame’s latest phase targeted the infostealer Rhadamanthys, Remote Access Trojan VenomRAT, and the botnet Elysium | Europol
Between 10 and 14 November 2025, the latest phase of Operation Endgame was coordinated from Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. The actions targeted one of the biggest infostealers (Rhadamanthys), the Remote Access Trojan VenomRAT, and the botnet Elysium, all of which played a key role in international cybercrime. Authorities took down these three large cybercrime enablers. The main suspect for VenomRAT was also arrested in Greece on 3 November 2025.

amazon_copurchases: Amazon co-purchasing network (2003)
Network of items for sale on amazon.com in 2003 and the items they "recommend" (via the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" feature). If one item is frequently co-purchased with another, then the first item recommends the second.
This network has 262111 nodes and 1234877 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Unweighted

Spain dismantles “GXC Team” cybercrime syndicate, arrests leader
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spain-dismantles-gxc-team-cybercrime-syndicate-arrests-leader/

Spain dismantles “GXC Team” cybercrime syndicate, arrests leader
Spanish Guardia Civil have dismantled the "GXC Team" cybercrime syndicate and arrested its alleged leader, a 25-year-old Brazilian known as "GoogleXcoder."

Cybersecurity firm Deepwatch lays off dozens, citing move to “accelerate” AI investment
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/cybersecurity-firm-deepwatch-lays-off-dozens-citing-move-to-accelerate-ai-investment/

Cybersecurity firm Deepwatch lays off dozens, citing move to "accelerate" AI investment | TechCrunch
Deepwatch’s CEO told TechCrunch that the layoffs allow the company to accelerate investments in “AI and automation.”

Looks like law enforcement disrupted the Rhadamanthys infostealer.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rhadamanthys-infostealer-disrupted-as-cybercriminals-lose-server-access/

Rhadamanthys infostealer disrupted as cybercriminals lose server access
The Rhadamanthys infostealer operation has been disrupted, with numerous "customers" of the malware-as-a-service reporting that they no longer have access to their servers.