NSA’s Plea: Stop Using C and C++ (Because You’re Idiots) - Security Boulevard

Don’t shoot the messenger: The C and C++ languages are unsafe. Instead, the U.S. National Security Agency would like devs to use memory-safe languages—because most security vulnerabilities are caused by bugs in memory usage.

3/ His prescription: Switch to languages such as @RustLang, like some of the #Linux kernel team are doing.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we’re only *slightly* sarcastic. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/VL493if9l1 #Rust #NSA

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 11, 2022

Rust Momentum Intensifies | Elon Says No WFH - DevOps.com

The moral of the story: The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do—and then do it

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ People won’t shut up about @Rustlang, and
2⃣ @ElonMusk mandates @Twitter teams return to the office.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/K3Gwfz44iw #DevOps #rust #RustLang #WFH

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 10, 2022

Dropbox reveals hack: What DevOps can learn from it - ReversingLabs

OTP FAIL: FIDO2 FTW
Dropbox was hacked last month. The company has now revealed more details — and there are some big surprises.

3/ And it goes without saying that you shouldn’t store secrets in @GitHub.

In this week’s #SSBlogwatch we say it anyway.

For @ReversingLabs’ @SecuredSoftware: https://t.co/yWcAceApXS #DevOps

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 9, 2022

Hacker Stole $3B of Bitcoin — Because ‘Crypto’ is Garbage - Security Boulevard

In Fiat We Trust: James Zhong admitted to stealing 50,000 bitcoins from the former dark web market, Silk Road. The U.S. Department of Justice recently opened up and gleefully told the seizure story.

3/ To call him a “hacker” is frankly insulting to #hackers.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we roll our eyes.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/3qjVkTR07e

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 8, 2022