R.I.P. Kevin Mitnick, 1963–2023 - Security Boulevard

Kevin is Free:

#KevinMitnick lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. He leaves behind a wife, their unborn child and an entire culture he helped create.

The internet has many words to say. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, here are some. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/no0XF6y7pi

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) July 21, 2023

AI ‘is Getting Worse’ ¦ AI ‘Will Lose India Jobs’ (Probably Isn’t ¦ Probably Won’t)

The moral of the story: It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it

In this week’s #TheLongView, a conundrum:
1⃣ On the one hand, researchers say #ChatGPT is losing the plot
2⃣ On the other, we hear outsourced coding jobs in #India will be replaced by #AI.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/WjwMN8dEYf #DevOps

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) July 20, 2023

Biden Admin. Adds ‘Mercenary Spyware’ Firms to Ban List - Security Boulevard

Predator/ALIEN not welcome in U.S.

#Predator #spyware pushers #Intellexa & #Cytrox banned by @CommerceGov: U.S. orgs can’t do business with them—nor with any of the other firms on the #EntityList.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we talk transatlantic tension. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/roWbDcFegu

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) July 19, 2023

OPSEC FAIL: US Military Email Going to Mali — via Typo - Security Boulevard

MX Mixup:

Every week, thousands of #email messages get sent to #Mali instead of U.S. DoD addresses ending .MIL: Mali’s top-level domain is .ML and typing is hard, yo.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we tri tipin rite. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/22ceGU9ijf

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) July 17, 2023