Fake News? Trump’s Twitter ‘Twice Hacked’ - Security Boulevard

‘Nobody gets hacked.’

President Trump’s Twitter account, @POTUS, was broken into by a Dutch hacker. Or, so the Dutch hacker claims.https://t.co/QbqzsyDVX5

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 24, 2020

Check your dependencies: GitHub's npm finds nasty Trojan packages - TechBeacon

The moral of the story? Code reuse is a wonderful thing. But only if you trust ALL the code you’re reusing.

Our favorite JavaScript package manager, #npm (@npmjs), has ’fessed up to hosting four highly malicious packages for up to 18 months. And it’s not the first time the @GitHub-owned registry has had to kick code from dodgy devs. https://t.co/svpAWjDBAx

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 22, 2020

GRU Agents Indicted for Hacking Multiple Targets - Security Boulevard

Enter Sandworm

😷 @TheJusticeDept has charged six Russians with a huge range of computer crimes. Allegedly working for the #GRU, the six are said to have “used some of the world’s most destructive malware.”https://t.co/snauqFiBpb

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— @Richi Jennings (@RiCHi) October 20, 2020

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