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

Google Gives Cops Your Search Terms – Let the Frog-Boiling Commence - Security Boulevard

Google stands accused of agreeing to overly broad search warrants, which might violate the Fourth Amendment.

Federal law enforcement asked Google to tell them who searched for a particular address within certain dates.https://t.co/h2Z1lHv9N2

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 9, 2020

Chrome 86 is … HEY DevOps: Wake up and pay attention - TechBeacon

Google is proud to announce the birth of a bouncing baby browser. Behold: release 86 of @GoogleChrome, Larry and Sergey’s stupidly-popular web access app–cum #PWA platform. https://t.co/qq8Wi6NHxi

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 8, 2020

MosaicRegressor: ‘Chinese’ UEFI Bootkit Snoops on North Korean Foes - Security Boulevard

#Malware that infects below the level of the OS is the holy grail of persistence. It’s fiendishly hard to spot and harder still to remove. https://t.co/WO154hHGFI

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 6, 2020