TikTok ‘Infinite Money Glitch’ — Idiots Chased by JPMorgan
Richi Jennings | | Chase Bank, disinformation, how to be safe on social media, J.P. Morgan Chase, JP Morgan Chase, JPMorgan Chase, Misinformation, online disinformation, SB Blogwatch, Social disinformation, social media, socialmedia, software glitches, TikTok, XDimon’s dollars (not yours): No, Chase Bank isn’t going to let you cash bad checks. It’s fraud—no matter what X and TikTok tell you ... Read More
AWS Seizes Domains Used by Russian Threat Group APT29
Jeffrey Burt | | Amazon Web Services (AWS), APT29, phishing attack, russia hacker, Ukraine cybersecurityCloud computing giant AWS, tipped off by Ukrainian security experts, seized domains that were being used by Russian threat group APT29 to send phishing emails to government officials and enterprises that contained malicious files that would grants the hackers access to the victims' systems ... Read More
100 MILLION Americans in UnitedHealth PII Breach
Richi Jennings | | 2fa, 2FA policies, 2FA/MFA, ALPHV, ALPHV ransomware, Blackcat, BlackCat ransomware, BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware, Change Healthcare, HIPAA, hipaa laws, hipaa rule, MFA, multi-factor authenication, Multi-Factor Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), multi-factor-auth, Multifactor Authentication, multifactorauthentication, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, Steven Martin, two-factor-authentication.2fa, UHG, UnitedHealthNot cute: $UNH’s Change Healthcare unit paid a big ransom—its IT was as weak as a kitten ... Read More
White House Memo Puts the Focus of AI on National Security
A national security memo released by the Biden Administration is order government agencies to ensure the development and use of AI enables the United States to keep its edge in AI over global adversaries while continuing to align with the countries values ... Read More
SEC Fines Four Tech Firms for Downplaying SolarWinds Impacts
Jeffrey Burt | | Avaya, Check Point, mimecast, Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), SolarWinds breach, UnisysThe SEC fined Unisys, Avaya, Check Point, and Mimecast millions of dollars for disclosures in the wake of the high-profile SolarWinds data breach that intentionally mislead investors and downplayed the impact the supply chain attack had on them ... Read More
FortiJump: Yet Another Critical Fortinet 0-Day RCE
Richi Jennings | | Carl Windsor, CVE-2024-47575, FG-IR-24-423, fgfmsd, Fortigate, FortiGate devices, FortiGate Flaw, FortiJump, Fortinet, Inc., responsible disclosure, responsible disclosure program, SB Blogwatch, transparencyFortiFAIL: Remote code execution vulnerability still not acknowledged by Fortinet after 10+ days’ exploitation ... Read More
Russian Disinformation Group Behind Bogus Walz Conspiracy: Report
The Russian disinformation group Storm-1516 reportedly was behind a deepfake video that claimed so show a former student accusing vice presidential candidate Tim Walz of abusing him, the latest incident in a U.S. election season targeted for disruption by Russia, Iran, and China ... Read More
Chinese Research Using Quantum System to Crack Encryption a ‘Cautionary Tale’
Chinese researchers used a D-Wave quantum computer to crack a 22-bit encryption key, which can be used as a cautionary tale for what may lie ahead with future quantum systems but doesn't threaten the classical encryption being widely used today ... Read More
Army Cloud Program to Help SMBs Meet DoD Cyber Requirements
Jeffrey Burt | | Cloud computing security, Cybersecurity, SMB Cybersecurity, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of DefenseThe U.S. Army is developing a cloud environment called N-CODE that will give smaller businesses access to the security technologies they need to meet stringent DoD cybersecurity requirements and compete for defense contracts ... Read More
Apple Enrages IT — 45-Day Cert Expiration Fury
Richi Jennings | | 90-day certificates, 90-day TLS certificate validity, Apple, Apple Safari, browser, Browser Security, CA/B Forum, CA/Browser Forum, CAB Forum, certificate, Certificate and Key Lifecycle Management, Certificate and Key Management, Certificate Automation, mobile safari, Safari, SB Blogwatch, SectigoCA/B testing: Ludicrous proposal draws ire from “furious” systems administrators ... Read More
