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.

Universal Health Services

Ransomware Cripples UHS Hospitals Across the Nation

| | Ransomware, Ryuk, SB Blogwatch, UHS
Universal Health Services discovered all their Windows PCs shut down over the weekend. It looks like a widespread Ryuk ransomware infection ... Read More
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zerologon

Feds Yell PATCH NOW over Windows AD ‘Zerologon’ Vuln

| | Active Directory, cisa, CVE-2020-1472, SB Blogwatch, Windows Server, ZeroLogon
CISA sent an unusual warning late last week. The source of their fears? The Zerologon vulnerability, disclosed last week ... Read More
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DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo: Crazy Name, Growing Crazy-Fast

| | ad tracking, DuckDuckGo, Privacy, SB Blogwatch
The privacy lovers at DuckDuckGo, Inc. are pleased to say the business is growing fast. Plus, Apple have graciously allowed iPhone users to set DDG’s browser as the default on iOS 14 ... Read More
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BlindSide

BlindSide: Intel/AMD Speculation Bugs Under Microscope Again

| | AMD, ASLR, BlindSide, cpu, Intel, SB Blogwatch, Spectre, speculative execution
Researchers have published frightening details on what they’re calling BlindSide, which relies on co-opting our old friend speculative execution ... Read More
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Russia

Russia, China, Iran Meddle in 2020 Election (Unsurprisingly)

| | APT28, APT31, APT35, Charming Kitten, china, Election Manipulation, Fancy Bear, Iran, Phishing, Russia, SB Blogwatch
It comes as no surprise to hear that Russia is up to its old tricks. China and Iran are also in on the game ... Read More
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China

China Trolls U.S. With ‘Fox in Henhouse’ Data Security Plan

| | china, clean network, Huawei, SB Blogwatch, Wang Yi
China says countries shouldn’t attack critical infrastructure. Nor steal data. Nor do mass surveillance. Nor put backdoors in their products ... Read More
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Facebook

Apple U-Turn: It Will ‘Delay’ Killing Facebook’s Business Model

| | Advertiising, Apple, facebook, Privacy, SB Blogwatch
“Would you like evil advertisers to track you in this app?” Is anyone going to answer “Yes”? ... Read More
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Apple’s Big Brother Attitude Fails to Keep Users Safe

Apple’s Big Brother Attitude Fails to Keep Users Safe

| | adware, App Store, Apple, SB Blogwatch, Shlayer
Apple’s insistence on “notarizing” apps fails to “give users more confidence,” as Cook’s crew promised ... Read More
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stock exchange

Kiwi Stock Exchange DDoSed Again and Again (and Again)

| | ddos, New Zealand, NZX, SB Blogwatch
The land of the long white cloud seems to have a powerful enemy ... Read More
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Bridgefy

Bridgefy FAIL: Insecure for Use in Protests

| | BLM, bluetooth, Bridgefy, mesh networking, Privacy, SB Blogwatch
Bridgefy, a young naïve startup, built an app for use-case A. But many people used it for use-case B, which needs a radically stronger security posture ... Read More
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