Securing Open Source

PyPI Goes Quiet After Huge Malware Attack: 500+ Typosquat Fakes Found
Richi Jennings | | code reuse, open source software supply chain security, PyPI, PyPI malicious packages, pypi vuln, pypi vulnerability, python, Python Malware, Python Packages, Python vulnerability, SB Blogwatch, secure software supply chain, software supply chain, software supply chain attack, software supply chain attacks, software supply chain hygiene, Software supply chain management, software supply chain risk, Software Supply Chain risks, software supply chain security, Software Supply Chain Security Risks, Software Supply Chain Security Weaknesses, typosquat, Typosquatting, typosquatting attacks
Emergency stop button: The Python Package Index was drowning in malicious code again, so they had to shut down registration for cleanup ...
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China Steals Defense Secrets ‘on Industrial Scale’
Richi Jennings | | china, china espionage, China-linked Hackers, Chinese, Chinese Communists, chinese government, chinese hacker, Chinese hackers, Chinese Intelligence, Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, Chinese Threat Actors, ConnectWise, ConnectWise Vulnerabilities, CVE-2022-0185, CVE-2022-3052, CVE-2023-22518, CVE-2024-1709, Data Stolen By China, Dawn Calvary, f5, F5 BIG-IP, F5 BIG-IP vulnerability, Genesis Day, gov.uk, Mandiant, MSS, MSS Hackers, Peoples Republic of China, PRC, PRC Espionage, SB Blogwatch, ScreenConnect, Teng Snake, uk, UNC302, UNC5174, Uteus, Xiaoqiying
UNC5174 ❤ UNC302: CVSS 10 and 9.8 vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese threat actor for People’s Republic ...
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Apple M-Series FAIL: GoFetch Flaw Finds Crypto Keys
Richi Jennings | | Apple, apple bug, Apple Data Security, apple hack, apple hacker, Apple iOS, Apple iPad, ARM, cache, dmp, GoFetch, iPad, M1, M2, M3, Macintosh, macos, SB Blogwatch
GoFAIL: Researchers worm their way into broken cache-filling microcode in most Macs and iPads ...
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EPA and White House Raise Alarm on Water Cybersecurity
Richi Jennings | | Critical Infrastructure, critical infrastructure assets, critical infrastructure attack, Critical Infrastructure Cyber security, Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, ICS, operational technologies, OT, public water systems, SB Blogwatch, wastewater, water, water distribution systems, Water industry, water infrastructure, White House
Iran and China fingered: Biden admin. chides governors: Water infra. lacks “even basic cybersecurity precautions.” ...
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Google Splashes the Cash in Bug Bounty Bonanza: $59 Million to Date
Richi Jennings | | alphabet, bounty, bug bounty, bug bounty program, bugbounty, ethical hacker, ethical hackers, ethical hacking, google, SB Blogwatch, Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP), white hat, white hat hacker, white hat hackers, White Hat Security, White Hats, WhiteHat, whitehat hackers, WhiteHat Security
Wanna be a VRP VIP? Last year, $GOOG paid $10 million to ethical hackers for finding vulnerabilities ...
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GitHub Fights Forks — Millions of Them — Huge Software Supply Chain Security FAIL
Richi Jennings | | Apiiro, App Sec & Supply Chain Security, AppSec & Supply Chain Security, dependency confusion, dependency confusion attacks, GitHub, github application security, github bug, GitHub Exploit, GitHub repositories, GitHub Security Measures, github security scanning, GitHub Security Vulnerabilities, Open Source and Software Supply Chain Risks, open source software supply chain, open source software supply chain security, repo confusion, SB Blogwatch, secure software supply chain, software supply chain, software supply chain attack, software supply chain attacks, software supply chain automation, software supply chain hygiene, software supply chain risk, Software Supply Chain risks, software supply chain security, Software Supply Chain Security Weaknesses, supply chain, supply chain security, Supply-Chain Insecurity
Forking hell: Scrotebots clone thousands of projects, injecting malware millions of times ...
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CNCF Graduates Falco Project to Improve Linux Security
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced today that Falco, an open source tool for defining security rules in Linux environments, has officially graduated ...
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US Will Fight Russian Disinformation — Hacks and Leaks and Deepfakes, Oh My!
Richi Jennings | | deepfake, deepfake attacks, Deepfake Detection, Deepfake security threats, Deepfake Technology, deepfake videos, deepfakes, Department of State, disinformation, election disinformation, James Rubin, online disinformation, Russia, Russia-Ukraine, russia-ukraine conflict, Russia's War on Ukraine, SB Blogwatch, Social disinformation, State Department, U.S. Department of State, Ukraine, ukraine conflict, ukraine war scams, Ukraine-Russia War, Ukraine/European Security, US department of state
Pay no attention to that man: State Dept. Global Engagement Centre chief James Rubin (pictured) follows the yellow brick road ...
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PRC State Hacking: ‘Chinese Edward Snowden’ Spills I‑Soon Secrets in Huge Dump of TTPs
Richi Jennings | | APT41, Auxun, Chengdu 404, china, china espionage, Chinese, Chinese Communists, Chinese devices, chinese government, chinese hacker, Chinese hackers, Chinese Threat Actors, Data Stolen By China, Great Firewall of China, hong kong, i-soon, Insider, insider breach, insider risk, iSoon, Peoples Republic of China, SB Blogwatch, Tibet, Uyghur
Underpaid, overworked and angry: Whistleblower in hacker contractor firm for Chinese government blows lid off tactics, techniques and procedures ...
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LockBit Takedown by Brits — Time for ‘Operation Cronos’
Richi Jennings | | British, British intelligence, Infrastructure Takedown, Lockbit, LockBit ransomware, National Crime Agency, network takedown, Operation Cronos, SB Blogwatch, takedown, takedowns, U.K. National Crime Agency, uk, website takedown, website takedowns
RaaS nicked: 11-nation army led by UK eliminates ransomware-for-hire scrotes’ servers ...
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