Russia Force-Feeds new, ‘Trusted’ CA—Yeah, RIGHT - Security Boulevard

.RU CA MITMs You: Websites in Russia can’t renew their TLS/HTTPS certs. That’s because Western sanctions prevent them from paying the trusted certificate issuers.

But the man-in-the-middle (#MITM) threat should be obvious.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we walk away. At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/nBrnnrKxIz

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) March 11, 2022

US Helped Ukraine With Infosec—Story is ‘Dangerous Arrogance’ - Security Boulevard

Unhelpful and Myopic: Mainstream media has been full of stories about how the U.S. cleverly anticipated the Russian invasion of Ukraine and skilfully helped the country shore up its defences against Russian hacking. But scratch the surface and there’s not much of a There there.

As ever, reality lies somewhere in the middle. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we put your mind at ease.

At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/6H8t3ncAZL

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) March 10, 2022

Lumen Says It’ll Exit Russia—but Will it REALLY? - Security Boulevard

Follow the Money:

We asked @lumentechco‘s fragrant and efficient PR team to clarify, but no reply was forthcoming by the end of the business day. We will, of course, update this story if we hear anything substantive.https://t.co/UsQiEi8FdV

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) March 9, 2022

TikTok Shuns Russia | War on Patent Trolls | Chrome is ‘Faster than Safari’ - DevOps.com

The Moral of the Story: Good words shall gain you honor, but good deeds shall gain you friends.

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ ByteDance restricts TikTok in Russia,
2⃣ Unified Patents escalates the fight against trolls, and
3⃣ Google Chrome beats the magic 300.

At @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/UUM4w8pqHo

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) March 8, 2022

Lapsus$ Strikes Again—190GB Samsung Data Release by Nvidia Hackers - Security Boulevard

Ransomware Redux: Samsung Electronics has had confidential data stolen and leaked by ransomware scrotes. These are the same thugs that hacked Nvidia recently—calling themselves Lapsus$.

But is there a silver lining? Perhaps it’ll help out-of-support device owners?

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we want to block ads on this smart TV. At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/1pBQrGuccp

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) March 7, 2022