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The Security Digest: #82

by Daniel Tobin on October 12, 2021

All of Twitch was leaked due to a misconfiguration, Solar Winds hackers accessed sanctions against Russians and more, Google is turning on 2FA for 150 million users, patch ASAP for Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a Windows 11 security configuration tool and BrewDog inadvertently exposed data via their API. In owl news, Flammulated Owls are tiny but plentiful in Colorado and finally Last Week In AWS has released a charity shirt honoring the green checks of the AWS Status Page for 826 National.

The entirety of Twitch was leaked including source code and payouts from 2019 to their streamers. If you have a Twitch account, make sure you enable two-factor authentication ASAP. The leak was first reported by Video Games Chronicle. Twitch later said a misconfigured server was responsible for the massive breach according to ZDNet
More details are out on what information the Solar Winds hackers had access to including “information about counter-intelligence investigations, policy on sanctioning Russian individuals and the country’s response to COVID-19” via Reuters
In a new secure by default step, Google is going to turn on two-factor on 150 million accounts by the end of the year via The Verge
It’s Patch Tuesday with Microsoft patching over 70 flaws in this update. Update ASAP. Read on for the full list at KrebsOnSecurity
Microsoft has also released a tool for properly securing Windows 11 machines. Read more at BleepingComputer
BrewDog, the Scottish brewery known for their crowd funding model and high ABV beers, inadvertently exposed data via API for their Equity Punks for 18 months via BleepingComputer

Owl fun and facts:

Flammulated owls are tiny and often heard more than seen, but if you’re in the Colorado Springs area, check out Manitou Experimental Forest to potentially get a view of this tiny owl. Read more about this wonderful little owl at Pikes Peak Courier

A Shout Out:

Last Week in AWS has released their 2021 Charity T-Shirt benefitting 826 National.

“We are seeing the owl is replacing the dove as the harbinger of peace and is proving once again that birds do not have geographical borders,” the professor said. “I am happy to see that the vision is taking shape”
So far, some 5,000 nesting boxes have been placed in the Golan Heights, Galilee, Hula Valley, Jezreel Valley, Beit Shean Valley, the Sharon region, Judea and the South.
The project has been a success in minimizing the use of poisonous chemicals in Israeli agriculture and is expected to reduce it further in the future.

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