Richi Jennings
Richi is a foolish independent industry analyst, editor, writer, and fan of the Oxford comma. He’s previously written or edited for Computerworld, Petri, Microsoft, HP, Cyren, Webroot, Micro Focus, Osterman Research, Ferris Research, NetApp on Forbes and CIO.com. His work has won awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, ABM/Jesse H. Neal, and B2B Magazine.

Google

Google ‘Irresponsibly’ Discloses Windows Zero-Day

| | Google Chrome, Google Project Zero, Microsoft Windows, SB Blogwatch
Google discovered a “threat actor” exploiting a pair of bugs—one in Chrome and one in Windows ... Read More
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hacked

Therapy Center Hacked, 40,000 Patients Sent Ransom Demands

| | Finland, HIPAA, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, Vastaamo, Ville Tapio
A psychotherapy center was hacked, losing sensitive healthcare data on more than 40,000 patients ... Read More
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hacked

Fake News? Trump’s Twitter ‘Twice Hacked’

| | 2fa, Donald Trump, SB Blogwatch, Twitter, Victor Gevers
President’s Twitter account broken into by Dutch hacker—or so the Dutch hacker claims ... Read More
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GRU

GRU Agents Indicted for Hacking Multiple Targets

| | GRU, NotPetya, olympics, Russia, Sandworm, SB Blogwatch
The DoJ has charged six Russians, allegedly working for the GRU, with a huge range of computer crimes ... Read More
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Intel

BleedingTooth: Intel Discloses Early, Angering Linux Lovers

| | BleedingTooth, bluetooth, BlueZ, Intel, Linux, SB Blogwatch
A Google researcher discovered a high-severity vulnerability in the Linux Bluetooth stack ... Read More
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Xplora

Xplora Watches for Kids: Chinese Spyware

| | child online privacy, china, Privacy, Qihoo 360, SB Blogwatch, smartwatch, Xplora
Chinese smartwatches for kids: Just one of this decade’s objectively terrible ideas ... Read More
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Trickbot

U.S. Cyber Command Says it Nuked Trickbot, but Microsoft and Chums Claim Credit

| | copyright infringement, Cyber Command, SB Blogwatch, TrickBot
In the dog-days of last week, a shadowy group of secret sources in U.S. Cyber Command whispered to reporters that they’d disrupted a huge, ransomware-spewing botnet ... Read More
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Google

Google Gives Cops Your Search Terms – Let the Frog-Boiling Commence

| | 4th Amendment, Fourth Amendment, google, law enforcement, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, search warrant
Google stands accused of agreeing to overly-broad search warrants, which might violate the Fourth Amendment ... Read More
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UEFI

MosaicRegressor: ‘Chinese’ UEFI Bootkit Snoops on North Korean Foes

| | bootkit, china, MosaicRegressor, SB Blogwatch, UEFI
Researchers say they’ve found on the second known example of UEFI malware. They’re calling it MosaicRegressor ... Read More
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Grindr

Troy Hunt Flags Up ‘Sensational’ Sextortion Bug in Grindr

| | Dating Apps, Grindr, Password reset, SB Blogwatch, sextortion, Troy Hunt
Grindr, the popular dating app, had a ridiculous bug in its password-recovery flow. To make matters worse, Grindr ignored the bug for a week ... Read More
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