BleedingTooth: Intel Discloses Early, Angering Linux Lovers - Security Boulevard

Intel Disclosure FAIL

A researcher discovered a high-severity vulnerability in the Linux Bluetooth stack. He reported it privately to the stack’s maintainer, @Intel, dubbing it #BleedingTooth (not to be confused with the fungus of the same name). https://t.co/hqTodLTxiU

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 16, 2020

Think of the children: Elites want to ban E2E encryption (yet again) - TechBeacon

Irresistible force meets immovable objec

Here we go again. Seven major governments call for tech companies to weaken #encryption—just like the last time, and the time before that, and the time before that, and … https://t.co/dpMnBICsJG

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 15, 2020

Xplora Watches for Kids: Chinese Spyware - Security Boulevard

Hey, Kids! What Time Is It?

Chinese smartwatches for kids: Just one of this decade’s objectively terrible ideas. A “Norwegian” company, @Xplora Technologies, sells a Chinese smartwatch that’s full of Chinese software, implicitly controlled by the #ChineseCommunistParty. https://t.co/wgUM7WTK6x

— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 13, 2020

U.S. Cyber Command Says it Nuked Trickbot, but Microsoft and Chums Claim Credit - Security Boulevard

In the dog days of last week, a shadowy group of secret sources in @US_CYBERCOM whispered to reporters that they’d disrupted a huge, ransomware-spewing botnet. https://t.co/6O6316dERV

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 12, 2020