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Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection covers
--How an NYT reporter almost fell for a scam,
--Hackers increasingly take aim at small-town water systems,
--Citizens must shift their threat models under Trump's regime,
--Even the most innocent AI model can spew out dark material,

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 9/20/25
How an NYT reporter almost fell for a scam, Hackers increasingly take aim at small-town water systems, Citizens must shift their threat models under Trump's regime, Even the most innocent AI model can spew out dark material, Building a pipeline for scraping CTI content from Telegram

OHHHHBOY. Are you late 50s/early 60s?
Buckle up: John Oliver is shining a light on Medicare Advantage! 😜
▶️ Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ejoi9yfLVCc&si=01ru3kAObQJW-G_W

There are no weekends in cybersecurity so check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed since Friday, including
--Over 60 nations signed a controversial cybercrime convention,
--House Democrat service exposed details of government employees with top-secret clearances,
--AI chatbots push Russian propaganda,
--A third-party contractor exposed details on Dublin and Cork airport passengers,
--Philippines' GCash u…

Over 60 nations signed a controversial cybercrime convention
House Democrat service exposed details of government employees with top-secret clearances, AI chatbots push Russian propaganda, A third-party contractor exposed details on Dublin and Cork airport passengers, Philippines' GCash under probe for leak of 8m e-wallet users' data, much more

Ein Gesetz gegen #Mietwucher, eingebracht von der Linken und unterstützt durch mehrere #Bundesländer, ist im #Bundestag gescheitert.
Der Entwurf sah vor, überhöhte Mieten leichter z…

Deutscher Bundestag - Bundestag lehnt „Mietwuchergesetz“ der Linken ab
Der Bundestag hat am Donnerstag, 6. November 2025, nach halbstündiger Debatte den Gesetzentwurf der Fraktion Die Linke „zur besseren Bekämpfung überhöhter Mieten“ (Mietwuchergesetz,...

Cowboys, Chiefs similarities go far beyond mediocre midseason records https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/11/27/cowboys-chiefs-week-13-matchup-similarities/87483691007/

Two different news reports out today either completely fail to mention they're based on research out of two different security firms -- or the firms in question are just piggybacking on the news reports? I tend to think it's the former, so in today's Metacurity, I'm presenting it that way.

Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection covers
--The unlikely pair who pioneered RaaS,
--Lifting the lid on a global spyware operation,
--The teens who brought down Jaguar Land Rover,
--How a Log4j maintainer weathered a zero day crisis,
--Chinese spying could paralyze the UK

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 10/18/25
The unlikely pair who pioneered RaaS, Lifting the lid on a global spyware operation, The teens who brought down Jaguar Land Rover, How a Log4j maintainer weathered a zero day crisis, Chinese spying could paralyze the UK

Check out today's Metacurity for a ton of critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Cyberattack on a critical third-party vendor could expose top banks' customer data,
--An insider shared internal CrowdStrike screenshots on Telegram,
--Hackers stole Salesforce-stored data from 200 companies,
--DOGE has purportedly disbanded,
--Harvard is the latest Ivy to get hacked,
--AI models can sabotage coding projects, …

Cyberattack on a critical third-party vendor could expose top banks' customer data
An insider shared internal CrowdStrike screenshots on Telegram, Hackers stole Salesforce-stored data from 200+ companies, DOGE has purportedly disbanded, Harvard is the latest Ivy to get hacked, AI models can sabotage coding projects, Singapore raids scam-connected firm, much more

Another crazy week is in the can, so before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical developments you should know, including
--DOJ accuses director of defense firm's cyber division of selling secrets to Russia,
--N. Korean IT workers snagged work as animators,
--Ethical hackers breached F1 database and got access to Verstappen's info,
--Hackers enabled theft of Shaquille O'Neal's custom Range Rover,

DOJ accuses director of defense firm's cyber division of selling secrets to Russia
N. Korean IT workers snagged work as animators, Ethical hackers breached F1 database and got access to Verstappen's info, Hackers enabled theft of Shaquille O'Neal's custom Range Rover, CSC 2.0 appeals to Trump to reverse cyber cuts, Apple may end App Tracking Transparency in Europe, much more

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
https://www.wired.com/story/chatbots-are-pushing-sanctioned-russian-propaganda/

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.