Richi Jennings Richi Jennings is a foolish independent industry analyst, editor, and content strategist. A former developer and marketer, he’s also written or edited for Computerworld, Microsoft, Cisco, Micro Focus, HashiCorp, Ferris Research, Osterman Research, Orthogonal Thinking, Native Trust, Elgan Media, Petri, Cyren, Agari, Webroot, HP, HPE, NetApp on Forbes and CIO.com. Bizarrely, his ridiculous work has even won awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, ABM/Jesse H. Neal, and B2B Magazine.
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GitHub Secret Scanning is now Free (as in Beer)
Richi Jennings | | Do you think they call this service their "Secret Scanta"?, GitHub, Microsoft, SB Blogwatch, secret key, secret keys, secret management, Secrets, Secrets detection, Secrets Management, secrets scanning, SecretScanner
Microsoft’s GitHub source control service will help stop devs accidentally embedding secrets in public code repositories. It’s a big problem ... Read More
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Operation PowerOFF: DDoS Sites Denied Service (by US, UK, Europol)
Richi Jennings | | booter, booter services, booters and stressers, ddos, ddos services, Operation Power Off, Operation PowerOFF, SB Blogwatch, stresser, stresser services
Around 50 so-called “booter” DDoS sites have been nuked by international law enforcement. And seven of their alleged administrators have been charged ... Read More
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Rust: Officially Released in Linux 6.1 Kernel
Richi Jennings | | Linux, memory exploit, rust, SB Blogwatch, they're adopting a wait-and-C approach, Vulnerabilities
At the weekend, Linus Torvalds released Linux 6.1 to the world. Among other security features is support for writing parts of the kernel in Rust ... Read More
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TikTok Ban: Texas is Fourth State to Join; Indiana Sues
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, china, chinese government, government, indiana, maryland, SB Blogwatch, Security theater and political posturing—I hear that tune playing every time I fly in the US, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, TikTok
Four U.S. states have now banned TikTok on government workers’ devices. Plus, Indiana has sued the app’s owner ... Read More
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APT41 Sent US Covid Cash to China — Wicked Panda
Richi Jennings | | APT41, Barium, china, COVID Fraud, covid-19 fraud, PPP, PPP Fraud, SB Blogwatch, secret service, These Chinese hackers were pathetic slackers compared to US scammers, U.S. Secret Service, Wicked Panda, Winnti
Chinese hackers stole tens of millions of dollars from PPP, the federal Paycheck Protection Program. So say Secret Service sources ... Read More
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Russia Hit by New ‘CryWiper’ — Fake Ransomware
Richi Jennings | | 14808919a8c40ccada6fb056b7fd7373, browserupdate.exe, CryWiper, IsaacWiper, It's not malware—it's a special software operation, IYJHNkmy3XNZ, kaspersky, MSIL, Putin, Russia, SB Blogwatch, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, wiper malware, Xorist
A new wiper malware is destroying data on Russian government PCs. Dubbed CryWiper, it pretends to be ransomware ... Read More
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More Lies: Anker’s Eufy Pants on Fire — ‘No Cloud’ Cams Send to Cloud
Richi Jennings | | Anker, Eufy, Every time I start wondering if I’m too dogmatic about avoiding smart home products …, GDPR, Internet of things, iot, Privacy, Ring Doorbell, SB Blogwatch, Security Cameras
Eufy home security cameras and doorbells are insecure: They send your photos to the cloud without permission and serve up video across the internet without encryption ... Read More
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Naked TikTok Girls = Malware Mayhem #InvisibleFilter
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, china, Invisible Body, LMAOoo that’s what u guys get for being perverts, Malware, SB Blogwatch, TikTok, trojan, WASP Stealer
TikTok’s ‘Invisible Body’ challenge was too great an opportunity for malware scrotes to pass up: “You too can see you favorite TikTok star naked!” ... Read More
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US and UK Ban More Chinese Kit as Xi’s Grip Weakens
Richi Jennings | | china, chinese government, Dahua, Hikvision, Huawei, Hytera, Peoples Republic of China, SB Blogwatch, ZTE
Two key members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have made further moves to stop Chinese equipment imports ... Read More
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‘This is Appalling’ — Tax-Prep Sites Leak PII to Facebook
Richi Jennings | | facebook, IRS, Meta, Meta Pixel, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, tax preparation, The perpetrators would like to remind us—with a straight face—that they take their users’ privacy seriously
Some incredibly personal details are being sent to Facebook, without your consent, using the “Meta Pixel.” ... Read More
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