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

Data Stealers Wheeled Away: Four U.S. states have now banned TikTok on government workers’ devices: Maryland, South Carolina, South Dakota and now Texas.

3/ They’re heeding the @FBI warning last week, no doubt.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we wonder what @TheRealRafferty would do.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/0MKYrxryHh

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

Dead Downtown: It’s YOUR Fault | Pentagon’s FOUR Cloud Vendors | Apple Adds MORE Price Flexibility - DevOps.com

The moral of the story: Turn your wounds into wisdom

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ #HomeWorking is ripping the heart out of cities,
2⃣ the @DeptofDefense’s bizarre #cloud strategy, and
3⃣ @Apple adds a $10,000 app price option.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/triFdgJAyu #DevOps #WFH #JWCC

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

ChatGPT: Parlor trick or Stack Overflow replacement? - ReversingLabs

Of all the friends I’ve had, you’re the first: Conversational AI language model ChatGPT can write code. But is it any good? Better than Copilot? Good enough to replace real people on Stack Overflow?

3/ Devs beware: Don’t be fooled by confident sounding AI.

In this week’s #SSBlogwatch we prefer #ELIZA.

For @ReversingLabs’ @SecuredSoftware: https://t.co/ILX9kIi2fh

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) December 7, 2022

APT41 Sent US Covid Cash to China — Wicked Panda - Security Boulevard

Keep Your Storied Pomp — Give Me Your Money: Chinese hackers stole tens of millions of dollars from PPP, the federal Paycheck Protection Program. So say Secret Service sources.

3/ $20 million here, $20 million there. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, pretty soon we’re talking serious money.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/DXj8qlsHOu

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) December 6, 2022

Russia Hit by New ‘CryWiper’ — Fake Ransomware - Security Boulevard

Vlad sobs: A new wiper malware is destroying data on Russian government PCs. Dubbed CryWiper, the dastardly Trojan is targeting only certain agencies.

3/ Who’s responsible? The @CIA? @Ukraine? Or an inside job?

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we play the odds.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/WNXq1qiYR4

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) December 5, 2022