Zoom Hot-Mic Bug: Is China Listening? - Security Boulevard

Hot-Mic Bug or Spyware Feature? Zoom users on macOS have noticed the microphone stays on after a meeting has ended. This only came to light after a privacy change was made in macOS Monterey, but it appears the problem has been in the code for a long time.

After the previous Zoom scandals, people aren’t so trusting. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we hope #Betteridge was right.

At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/kyzX4WKvAH

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) February 14, 2022

Google Lauds 2FA Results—So Why do People HATE It? - Security Boulevard

2FA? 2SV? Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: Google started auto-enrolling users in two-factor authentication (2FA). That was nine months ago—now it’s releasing the results.

Oh, and Google persists in calling it two-step verification (#2SV). In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we can be nerdily stubborn, too.

At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/MEPCPCNJ9W

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

Unreliable Server Scare | Information Batteries | ARM IPO PDQ - DevOps.com

The Moral of the Story: Fall seven times and stand up the eighth

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ We worry about chips failing randomly,
2⃣ we ponder a new way of thinking about workload shifting, and
3⃣ we grok @Arm’s IPO.

At @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/6A3TKbxVuk

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

Facebook’s Threat to Exit Europe—EU Waves Buh-Bye - Security Boulevard

Oh No EU Didn’t: Meta, Facebook’s parent, warned investors that it might need to pull out of Europe. Why? Because it might not have a legal basis for transferring users’ data outside of the GDPR zone.

Europe takes privacy super seriously. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we wish U.S. lawmakers did.

At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/BGgIwHiZ0P

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

US Hacker ‘P4x’ Gets Back at Pyongyang (but We Smell a Rat) - Security Boulevard

DPRK FAIL: An infosec researcher was hacked by North Korea. U.S. law enforcement did nothing, so he took matters into his own hands.

Cool story, bro. Is it all as it seems?

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we suspect not. At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/9oYLJDIDNb

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) February 3, 2022