TikTok, Flowmon, Arcane Door, Brokewell, RuggedCom, Deepfakes, Non-Competes, Aaran Leyland, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been urged by Reps. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Pat Fallon, R-Texas, to provide more information regarding the January cyberattack against a water treatment plant in Muleshoe, Texas, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Here’s how CISOs can get board members to understand that the security team puts the business first.

Cyberinsurance claims increased 13% year-over-year in 2023, with the 10% rise in overall claims severity attributed to mounting ransomware attack claims during the first six months of the year, reports SiliconAngle.

Amazon's home security product subsidiary Ring will have users whose video feeds were subjected to unauthorized access or accounts were compromised be given $5.6 million worth of refunds by the Federal Trade Commission, BleepingComputer reports.

BleepingComputer reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has filed charges against cryptocurrency mixer service Samourai founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill for engaging in a far-reaching money laundering scheme.

Swedish government-owned liquor retailer Systembolaget, which is the country's lone vendor of alcoholic beverages, has warned of a shortage of some beers, wines, and spirits across the country following a ransomware attack against its distributor Skanlog, which its CEO Mona Zuko has attributed to a North Korean state-sponsored threat operation, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

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