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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AI Slop is Hurting Security — LLMs are Dumb and People are Dim
Richi Jennings | | AI, AI (Artificial Intelligence), AI hallucination, AI Misinformation generative AI, artifical intelligence, Artifical Stupidity, Artificial Artificiality, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity, artificial intelligence in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence in security, artificial intellignece, Artificial Stupidity, CVE, CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), cybersecurity risks of generative ai, Gen AI, GenAI, genai-for-security, generative AI, generative ai gen ai, Generative AI risks, generative artificial intelligence, Large Language Model, large language models, Large Language Models (LLM), Large language models (LLMs), LLM, LLM Platform Abuse, llm security, SB Blogwatch, Seth Larson
Artificial stupidity: Large language models are terrible if you need reasoning or actual understanding ... Read More
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Critical OpenWrt Bug: Update Your Gear!
Richi Jennings | | Automatic Update, automatic updates, CVE-2024-54143, IoT firmware, Malicious Firmware Updates, OpenWrt, python, RyotaK, SB Blogwatch
ASU 48-bit trash hash: Open source router firmware project fixes dusty old code ... Read More
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Stoli Vodka: Bankrupt After Ransomware Attack
Richi Jennings | | Bankruptcy, Chris Caldwell, cyber attacks russia, Cybergoonery, Latvia, Party Like a Russian, Putin, Ransomware, Russia, russia hacker, russia-based, SB Blogwatch, Stoli, Vladimir Putin, Yuri Shefler
Absolutely un-fabulous: Smells like Russia is responsible, but reality is a bit more complicated ... Read More
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China is Still Inside US Networks — It’s Been SIX Months
Richi Jennings | | china, china espionage, China-linked Hackers, China-nexus cyber attacks, China-nexus cyber espionage, Chinese, Chinese cyber espionage, chinese hacker, Chinese hackers, Chinese Hacking Groups, Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks, cisa, Crypto, cryptography, Data encryption, Data Stolen By China, E2EE, Earth Estries, email encryption, encryption, end-to-end encryption, FamousSparrow, FBI, Ghost Emperor, ISPs, Jeff Greene, nsa, Peoples Republic of China, Salt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon cyberattack, SB Blogwatch, Telecom Networks, UNC2286
Hell froze over: FBI and NSA recommend you use strong encryption ... Read More
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QNAP’s Buggy Security Fix Causes Chaos
Richi Jennings | | automatic updates, data storage, firmware, firmware patch, firmware security, firmware update, Firmware Updates, hard disk drive, hard drive, NAS, os security updates, QNAP, QTS, RAID, Release Management, SB Blogwatch, security update, storage
RAID FAIL: NAS Maker does a CrowdStrike—cleanup on /dev/dsk/c1t2d3s4 please ... Read More
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Here’s Yet Another D-Link RCE That Won’t be Fixed
Richi Jennings | | D-Link, D-Link Corporation, D-Link vulnerability, D-Link zero day, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, SB Blogwatch
D-Licious: Stubborn network device maker digs in heels and tells you to buy new gear ... Read More
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Microsoft Veeps Ignite Fire Under CrowdStrike
Richi Jennings | | CrowdStrike, CrowdStrike Falcon, CrowdStrike incident;, crowdstrike updates, David Weston, ignite, Microsoft, Microsoft security, Microsoft Virus Initiative, Microsoft Windows, Quick Machine Recovery, rust, Safe Deployment Practices, SB Blogwatch, Windows, Windows security
BSODs begone! Redmond business leaders line up to say what’s new in Windows security ... Read More
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These 20 D-Link Devices Have Critical RCE Bug — but NO Patch NEVER
Richi Jennings | | CVE-2024-10914, D-Link, D-Link Corporation, D-Link NAS Devices, D-Link vulnerability, D-Link zero day, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, NAS, network storage device, SB Blogwatch
‘Bobby’ flaw flagged WONTFIX: Company doesn’t make storage devices now; has zero interest in fixing this catastrophic vulnerability ... Read More
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Schneider Electric Confirms Ransom Hack — Hellcat Demands French Bread as ‘Joke’
Richi Jennings | | Baguette, BGTT, Crypto, crypto crime, crypto currency, cryptocoin, Cryptocrurrency, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Humor, grep, greppy, Hellcat, ICA, International Contract Agency, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch
That’s a lot of pain: $125,000 ransom seems small—but why do the scrotes want it paid in baguettes? ... Read More
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Ô! China Hacks Canada too, Says CCCS
Richi Jennings | | canada, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Canadian Government, china, china espionage, China-linked Hackers, China-nexus cyber attacks, China-nexus cyber espionage, Chinese, Chinese Communists, Chinese cyber espionage, chinese government, chinese hacker, Chinese hackers, Chinese Hacking Groups, Chinese Intelligence, Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks, National Cyber Threat Assessment, Peoples Republic of China, SB Blogwatch
Plus brillants exploits: Canadian Centre for Cyber Security fingers Chinese state sponsored hackers ... Read More
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