PLUS: Crypto mixer founders plead guilty; Another French telco hacked; Meta fights WhatsApp scams; And more! Infosec In Brief  A critical vulnerability in the on-prem version of Trend Micro’s Apex One endpoint security platform is under active exploitation, the company admitted last week, and there’s no patch available.… READ MORE HERE…

Five pilot deployments are just a drop in the bucket, so it’s time to turbo scale def con  A DEF CON hacker walks into a small-town water facility…no, this is not the setup for a joke or a (super-geeky) odd-couple rom-com. It’s a true story that happened at five utilities across four states.… READ MORE HERE…

It turns out no one was clean on OPSEC DEF CON  On Saturday at DEF CON, security boffin Micah Lee explained just how he hacked into TeleMessage, the supposedly secure messaging app used by White House officials, which in turn led to a massive database dump of their communications.… READ MORE HERE…

In misinformation, Russia might be the top dog but the Chinese are coming warns former NSA boss DEF CON  A cache of documents uncovered by Vanderbilt University has revealed disturbing details about how a Chinese company is building up a database of US politicians and influencers with whom to share propaganda.… READ MORE HERE…