Securing Open Source
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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‘Incompetent’ FCC Fiddles With Data Breach Rules
Richi Jennings | | breach notification, Data Breach Notification, data breach notification laws, fcc, FCC Failures, FCC Follies, FCC privacy rules, Federal Communications Commission, GDPR Breach Notification, Jessica Rosenworcel, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Federal Communications Commission
FCC FAIL: While Rome burns, Federal Communications Commission is once again behind the curve ...
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Linux Vendors Squawk: PATCH NOW — CVSS 9.8 Bootkit Bug in shim.efi
Richi Jennings | | BIOS, CVE-2023-40547, Enterprise Linux and Open Source, Linux, open source, Open Source and Software Supply Chain Risks, open source code, Open Source Community, open source components, open source development, Open Source Ecosystem, SB Blogwatch, secure boot, shim, UEFI, UEFI Failing, UEFI vulnerabilities
Snow joke: A Microsoft researcher found it—and it’s somehow Microsoft’s fault ...
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‘Total Bollocks’ — No, Your Toothbrush isn’t DDoS’ing
Richi Jennings | | botnet, Botnet Attack, botnets, Consumer IoT, ddos, DDoS attack, DDoS botnet, Fortinet, Inc., Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iot, IoT botnet
PR FAIL: Were 3 million toothbrushes hacked into a botnet? Or does a Fortinet spokeschild have egg on his face? ...
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Microsoft Ditches C# for Rust: M365 Core Gets Safety and Perf Boosts
C# — Rust in peas: Microsoft 365 “Core Platform Substrate” gets rewrite in Rust language ...
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‘Mother of all Breaches’ Leaks — 26 BILLION Records from 12TB Open Bucket
Richi Jennings | | account breach, bob diachenko, Breach, MOAB, mother of all breaches, SB Blogwatch
Less MOAB, more NOW: Researchers discover unsecured database of stolen personal information ...
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Apple Smashes Ban Hammer on Beeper iMessage Users
Richi Jennings | | android, Apple, Beeper, E2EE, encryption, end-to-end encryption, Eric Migicovsky, imessage, Privacy, RCS, SB Blogwatch, secure messaging
Empire strikes back: It was only a matter of time. But is this what Eric wanted all along? ...
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NoaBot Pwns Hundreds of SSH Servers as Crypto Miners
Richi Jennings | | Bitcoin miner, botnet, botnets, coin miner, coin miners, coinminer, crypto miner, Crypto miners, cryptocurrency miner, cryptominer, cryptominers, imaginary money, IoT botnet, IoT botnets, iot cryptocurrency miner, iot cryptominer, Linux.Mirai, Mirai, Mirai botnet, Mirai Malware, NoaBot, SB Blogwatch
‘hi’ — Mirai-based botnet exploits weak authentication to mine fake money ...
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