September 5: Flax Tycoon hacks, Brazilian phone spyware hack, MOVEit hack stats, the dismantling of QakBot infrastructure, a fake Signal app, and Saudi’s death penalty over a man’s tweets

Howdy friends. This week I am covering the China-backed Flax Tycoon hack on Taiwan, a Brazilian phone spyware that was hacked, the MOVEit hack statistics, the FBI and partners dismantling of Qakbot infrastructure in a massive international cyber takedown, a fake Signal app planted on the Google Play store, and the tragic death of a Saudi man by death penalty over his tweets.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Chinese-Backed APT ‘Flax Typhoon’ Hacks Taiwan With Minimal Malware Footprint
• 2:01 A Brazilian phone spyware was hacked and victims’ devices ‘deleted’ from server
• 3:50 MOVEit, the biggest hack of the year, by the numbers
• 5:28 FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown
• 7:32 A Fake Signal App Was Planted On Google Play By China-Linked Hackers
• 9:04 Saudi man receives death penalty for posts online, latest case in wide-ranging crackdown on dissent