GitHub Secret Scanning is now Free (as in Beer)

Richi Jennings | December 19, 2022 | Do you think they call this service their "Secret Scanta"?, GitHub, Microsoft, SB Blogwatch, secret key, secret keys, secret management, Secrets, Secrets detection, Secrets Management, secrets scanning, SecretScanner

Microsoft’s GitHub source control service will help stop devs accidentally embedding secrets in public code repositories. It’s a big problem ...

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Operation PowerOFF: DDoS Sites Denied Service (by US, UK, Europol)

Richi Jennings | December 16, 2022 | booter, booter services, booters and stressers, ddos, ddos services, Operation Power Off, Operation PowerOFF, SB Blogwatch, stresser, stresser services

Around 50 so-called “booter” DDoS sites have been nuked by international law enforcement. And seven of their alleged administrators have been charged ...

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Rust: Officially Released in Linux 6.1 Kernel

Richi Jennings | December 13, 2022 | Linux, memory exploit, rust, SB Blogwatch, they're adopting a wait-and-C approach, Vulnerabilities

At the weekend, Linus Torvalds released Linux 6.1 to the world. Among other security features is support for writing parts of the kernel in Rust ...

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TikTok Ban: Texas is Fourth State to Join; Indiana Sues

Richi Jennings | December 9, 2022 | Bytedance, china, chinese government, government, indiana, maryland, SB Blogwatch, Security theater and political posturing—I hear that tune playing every time I fly in the US, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, TikTok

Four U.S. states have now banned TikTok on government workers’ devices. Plus, Indiana has sued the app’s owner ...

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APT41 Sent US Covid Cash to China — Wicked Panda

Richi Jennings | December 6, 2022 | APT41, Barium, china, COVID Fraud, covid-19 fraud, PPP, PPP Fraud, SB Blogwatch, secret service, These Chinese hackers were pathetic slackers compared to US scammers, U.S. Secret Service, Wicked Panda, Winnti

Chinese hackers stole tens of millions of dollars from PPP, the federal Paycheck Protection Program. So say Secret Service sources ...

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Russia Hit by New ‘CryWiper’ — Fake Ransomware

Richi Jennings | December 5, 2022 | 14808919a8c40ccada6fb056b7fd7373, browserupdate.exe, CryWiper, IsaacWiper, It's not malware—it's a special software operation, IYJHNkmy3XNZ, kaspersky, MSIL, Putin, Russia, SB Blogwatch, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, wiper malware, Xorist

A new wiper malware is destroying data on Russian government PCs. Dubbed CryWiper, it pretends to be ransomware ...

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More Lies: Anker’s Eufy Pants on Fire — ‘No Cloud’ Cams Send to Cloud

Richi Jennings | December 2, 2022 | Anker, Eufy, Every time I start wondering if I’m too dogmatic about avoiding smart home products …, , Internet of things, iot, Privacy, Ring Doorbell, SB Blogwatch, Security Cameras

Eufy home security cameras and doorbells are insecure: They send your photos to the cloud without permission and serve up video across the internet without encryption ...

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Naked TikTok Girls = Malware Mayhem   #InvisibleFilter

Richi Jennings | November 29, 2022 | Bytedance, china, Invisible Body, LMAOoo that’s what u guys get for being perverts, Malware, SB Blogwatch, TikTok, trojan, WASP Stealer

TikTok’s ‘Invisible Body’ challenge was too great an opportunity for malware scrotes to pass up: “You too can see you favorite TikTok star naked!” ...

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