China Breaches Microsoft Cloud — Spied on US Govt. Email - Security Boulevard

The government is greatly displeased—even U.S. spokespeople aren’t holding back:

:@Microsoft’s #SaaS email system got hacked two months ago. Redmond’s only telling us now, in part because it only found out a month later.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we get that special déjà vu feeling again.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/cU2fAuBjNc

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) July 13, 2023

Forking RHEL! Oracle and SUSE Join the Fight ¦ Silverman Sues AI Firms - DevOps.com

The moral of the story: There are no mistakes, only opportunities

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ @SUSE announces a @RedHat Enterprise Linux fork after @Oracle said a similar thing, and
2⃣ @SarahKSilverman says @OpenAI and @Meta have stolen her words.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/nuSPG714aV #DevOps

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) July 12, 2023

EU-US data transfers back in hotseat: Security of user data adds to privacy concerns - ReversingLabs

EU and US try yet again:

#EU says new agreement with US means it’s OK to transfer data westwards again. Third time’s a charm?

This time it’ll stick, right? In this week’s #SSBlogwatch we fear it won’t — not if @MaxSchrems has his way.

For @ReversingLabs: https://t.co/6yomrHHqZ4 #GDPR

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) July 12, 2023

StackRot: Linux Bug so bad Linus Dives Into Code to Fix It - Security Boulevard

Maple Tree Side Effects: Torvalds feels the pressure, fixes lazy locks.

Critical #vulnerability in #Linux caused #LinusTorvalds to get hands dirty. In June, patches appeared in said honcho’s name. Eyebrows raised.

Now we know why. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we race to condition that hair. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/23Gf8jpNtm

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) July 10, 2023