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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.

‘LitterDrifter’ Russian USB Worm Leaks from Ukraine War Zone

FSB APT USB VBS LNK DLL: WTH? Flash drive sharing malware escapes Україна. Gamaredon fingered as perps ... Read More

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FCC’s Got New Rules for SIM-Swap and Port-Out Fraud

Too many times: Federal Communications Commission shuts stable door after horse bolted. But chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (pictured) was hoping it would save us ... Read More

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Google to Force-Block Ad Blockers — Time to Get Firefox?

Richi Jennings | November 17, 2023 | ad blockers, ad-blocker, ad-blocking, adblock, adblockers, adblocking, adblocks, adtech, Advertising and AdTech, Chrome, Chrome extension, chrome extensions, google, Manifest V3, SB Blogwatch, uBlock Origin

Manifest V3: Destiny. Huge advertising monopoly flexes muscles: “Manifest V2” extensions to be nuked, but “V3” cripples ad blockers ... Read More

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FBI’s Warrantless Spying on US Must Continue, Says FBI

Privacy, schmivacy: FBI head Christopher Wray (pictured) doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. Just renew FISA section 702 already! ... Read More

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HALT! I am Reptar! Intel CPU Bug Panics Cloud Providers

IaaS Catch Fire: Google and Intel fuzz, find and fix a fabulous bug. Next up: More of the same ... Read More

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LockBit Crashes Boeing Dark Web Data — No Ransom Paid

Richi Jennings | November 13, 2023 | Boeing, Lockbit, Lockbit 3.0, LockBit ransomware, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch

7oops7: Seattle plane maker tries to tell us the 50GB dump is ever so boring and not worth spinning up Tor for ... Read More

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World’s Biggest Bank Hacked: ICBC Walks Trades on USBs

Richi Jennings | November 10, 2023 | china, Citrix, Citrix Bleed, Citrix Systems, CVE-2023-4966, ICBC, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Lockbit, Lockbit 3.0, LockBit ransomware, Ransomware, Russia, SB Blogwatch, Treasury, Treasury Department, U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Treasury Department

Plan B is sneakernet: After Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ransomware attack, U.S. Treasury trades settled by bike messengers with flash drives ... Read More

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Data Brokers Sell Sensitive Data of US Military and Veterans

Richi Jennings | November 9, 2023 | Data Broker, Data Brokers, defense department, Department of Defense, How Data Brokers Get Your Information, Justin Sherman, military, military personnel, Military Security, national security, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. military, United States Department of Defense, US Military

Follow the Money: Foreign buyers welcome. No questions asked. 12¢ per ... Read More

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Atlassian Bug now a Perfect 10: Riot of Ransomware Raids

Richi Jennings | November 8, 2023 | atlassian, Atlassian Confluence, cerber, Confluence, CVE-2023-22518, CVSS10, Java, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, vulnerability

Step #1: Get it off the Internet—Confluence Data Center and Server on-prem products perfectly pwned, so patch ... Read More

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VICTORY: Google WEI ‘Stealth DRM’ Plan is Dead (or is it?)

Richi Jennings | November 3, 2023 | adtech, attestation, Chrome, digital rights management, DRM, environment attestation, freedom to tinker, google, IntegrityToken, SB Blogwatch, Web Environment Integrity, WebView Media Integrity API, WEI, wmi

WEI is dead — long live WMI: Google backs down on Web Environment Integrity API, but its replacement is also problematic ... Read More

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