A look at Ukraine’s efforts to block crypto donations to Russia’s military and paramilitary groups, who researchers say have received $4M+ since the invasion (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Researchers say Slack and Microsoft Teams have fundamental issues vetting third-party apps and should overhaul their app model to be more like traditional OSes  —  New research shows how third-party apps could be exploited to infiltrate these sensitive workplace tools.

Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
Web novel apps backed by ByteDance and Tencent are running hundreds of Facebook and Instagram ads showing sexual assault, violent erotica, and acts of self-harm  —  Some of the ads include descriptions of sexual violence, paired with images of battered women and photos of male fitness influencers, which were used without permission.

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Forensic analysis: hackers planted files on at least three Indian activists and likely colluded with police, yet 11 of 16 activists in related case still jailed  —  And new evidence suggests those hackers may have collaborated with the police who investigated him.

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
VMware and Google’s Mandiant say a sophisticated hacker group has been installing backdoors in VMware’s virtualization software on multiple targets’ networks  —  For decades, security researchers warned about techniques for hijacking virtualization software.  Now one group has put them into practice.

New York Times:
Sources: US prosecutors are seeking information from Democrats and Republicans about donations from SBF and ex-FTX executives Ryan Salame and Nishad Singh  —  Federal prosecutors appear to be focusing on possible wrongdoing by cryptocurrency executives, rather than by Democratic or Republican politicians.

New York Times:
Sources: US prosecutors are seeking information from Democrats and Republicans about donations from SBF and ex-FTX executives Ryan Salame and Nishad Singh  —  Federal prosecutors appear to be focusing on possible wrongdoing by cryptocurrency executives, rather than by Democratic or Republican politicians.