Richi Jennings

Freelance Editor and Writer at Freelance

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MITRE Crisis: CVE Cash Ends TODAY - CISA says ‘No Lapse’

1 week ago | securityboulevard.com | Richi Jennings

U.S. government funding for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program expires  April  16. The security industry is panicking over the potential loss of the CVE program. Run by the MITRE non-profit, the CVE database is a critical tool for tracking the status of vulnerabilities. CISA just announced a temporary reprieve, but the dangers are obvious. In today’s SB  Blogwatch, we look for the opportunities. Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment.
MITRE Framework Archives

1 week ago | securityboulevard.com | Richi Jennings |Marc Handelman |David Lu |Ray Lapena

MITRE Crisis: CVE Cash Ends TODAY — CISA says ‘No Lapse’ | | cisa, , common vulnerabilities and exposures, CVE, CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), CVE database, CVE Program, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, cybersecurity funding, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Funding & Grants, MITRE, MITRE Framework, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NIST, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
Chris Krebs Archives

2 weeks ago | securityboulevard.com | Jeffrey Burt |C. Warren Axelrod |Veronica Haggar |Richi Jennings
Oracle Hack: From ‘Deny-Deny-Deny’ to ‘Oops-Oops-Oops’

2 weeks ago | securityboulevard.com | Richi Jennings

Larry’s PR angels desperately dance on the head of a pin. Oracle is now admitting that, yes, an Oracle cloud service was breached—or so we’re told by deep throat sources. This is, of course, despite last week’s vehement denials. Yet it’s still not official. And Oracle seems to be justifying its previous denial with a semantic sleight-of-hand worthy of Bill Clinton. In today’s SB Blogwatch, we see men tic. Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment.
Oracle Cloud Classic Archives

3 weeks ago | securityboulevard.com | Richi Jennings

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App Stores OK’ed VPNs Run by China PLA

3 weeks ago | securityboulevard.com | Richi Jennings

Chinese firm banned by the U.S. is the shady entity behind a clutch of free VPN apps—with over a million downloads. Apple and Google are under fire for failing to vet the ownership of at least 20 VPN apps. Researchers have fingered Qihoo 360 as the entity behind at least five of them—the company is banned from the U.S. for its links to the Chinese military. The other 15 are also China owned, but keep it a secret behind shell companies.
Security Boulevard

3 weeks ago | securityboulevard.com | Richi Jennings |Brian Krebs

Adobe has released an emergency update to address a critical security hole in its Flash Player browser plugin that is being actively exploited to deploy malicious software. If you've got Flash installed ...
Tech Transparency Project Archives

3 weeks ago | securityboulevard.com | Richi Jennings |David Harley

[An extract from the forthcoming book ‘Facebook: Sins & Insensitivities’] The Tech Transparency Project claims to be ‘Holding Big Tech Accountable’ and tracks issues with Facebook, X, Google, Apple, Amazon et al ...
Oracle Hack PR Drama: Deny, Deny, Deny - Despite Damning Data

3 weeks ago | securityboulevard.com | Richi Jennings

A hacker claims to have breached Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), stealing 6,000,000 records. But Oracle Corp. says that’s not true. However, many customers confirmed the leaked dataset is genuine. Several researchers point to a four-year-old critical vulnerability as the hacker’s entry point. But still Oracle keeps up the pretense. “There has been no breach,” the PR flaks cry. In today’s SB Blogwatch, we cry too. Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment.
Spit Happens: 23andMe is Bankrupt - Secure Your DNA Data NOW Already

1 month ago | securityboulevard.com | Richi Jennings

Personal genomics firm tells customers your data is safe—but few will trust the loss-making biotech pioneer. CEO Anne Wojcicki has quit 23andMe. The board wouldn’t let her take it private. And now the company is heading into bankruptcy protection, raising concerns about privacy, potential government access to the data and the company’s future business practices under new owners. Should you be worried about your genetics ending up in the wrong hands? In today’s SB Blogwatch, we are.