Insurance giant Zurich’s $100M+ settlement to cover losses suffered by Mondelez International from NotPetya may reshape the entire cyber insurance marketplace (Suzanne Smalley/CyberScoop)

Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop:
A CISA report finds multiple government hacking groups had “long-term” access to the network of a defense company using open-source Python toolkit Impacket  —  U.S. cybersecurity, law enforcement and intelligence officials revealed on Tuesday that sophisticated hackers infiltrated …

Tonya Riley / CyberScoop:
Some ex-staff say Patreon laid off its entire security team this week, raising concerns among users, but Patreon says the layoffs will not impact its security  —  Patreon laid off its security team this week, according to several former employees, sparking cybersecurity concerns among users …

Dakota Cary / CyberScoop:
Overview of Xi Jinping’s efforts to bolster China’s hacking teams, already skilled in espionage, by focusing on cultivating talent and funding security research  —  From the early 2000s to 2015, China’s hacking teams caused havoc for private companies and U.S. and allied governments.

AJ Vicens / CyberScoop:
In its Q3 Adversarial Threat Report, Meta attributes a pro-US campaign to US military-run phony Facebook accounts, Pages, Groups, and Instagram accounts  —  People associated with the U.S. military were behind dozens of phony Facebook accounts, more than a dozen pages, a pair of groups …

Chris Willman / Variety:
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz settle a missed payments lawsuit with Triller after Triller acquired their music series Verzuz in March 2021; terms were not disclosed  —  Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have settled their lawsuit with Triller, after suing the service last month for $28 million …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Court filings: Apple settled with FlickType developer Kosta Eleftheriou; the lawsuit alleged Apple rejected his Watch app and then approved rip-offs of the app  —  An app developer’s lawsuit over App Store rejections, scams and fraud has ended in a settlement agreement after court filings show …