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Part 1: Cybersecurity News
- Largest ever operation against botnets hits dropper malware ecosystem https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/largest-ever-operation-against-botnets-hits-dropper-malware-ecosystem
- FBI Says It Dismantled ‘Likely the World’s Largest Botnet’ https://www.databreachtoday.com/fbi-says-dismantled-likely-worlds-largest-botnet-a-25352
- Ticketmaster hacked in what’s believed to be a spree hitting Snowflake customers https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/06/ticketmaster-and-several-other-snowflake-customers-hacked/
- Hundreds of thousands of US internet routers destroyed in newly discovered 2023 hack https://www.itnews.com.au/news/hundreds-of-thousands-of-us-internet-routers-destroyed-in-newly-discovered-2023-hack-608440
- Rx Benefits Firm Notifying 2.8 Million of Data Theft Hack https://www.databreachtoday.com/rx-benefits-firm-notifying-28-million-data-theft-hack-a-25356
- Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents https://www.404media.co/google-leak-reveals-thousands-of-privacy-incidents/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
- Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-starts-deprecating-older-more-capable-chrome-extensions-next-week/
Part 2: Analysis & Trends
- APT41’s Reconnaissance Techniques and Toolkit: Nmap and What Else?https://nattothoughts.substack.com/p/apt41s-reconnaissance-techniques
- From ‘safety cops’ to ‘partners’: How to build trust among workerhttps://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/leadership-and-culture/from-safety-cops-to-partners-how-to-build-trust-among-workers/448592
- Digital regulation drives real change, but more focus is needed on system design https://5rightsfoundation.com/in-action/digital-regulation-drives-real-change-but-more-focus-is-needed-on-system-design.html
- Potential Risks of Content,Features, and Functions https://www.apa.org/topics/social-media-internet/psychological-science-behind-youth-social-media.pdf
- Building a framework for designing age-appropriate AI https://quire.substack.com/p/building-a-framework-for-designing
- Here Are 9 Companies With Reported Data Hacks This Week: Everything we Know https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/here-are-9-companies-with-reported-data-hacks-this-week-everything-we-know/ar-BB1npRca