Track this: Apple, Google hit with BIG privacy law claims - ReversingLabs

The state of disunion: Within the space of a few days, both Google and Apple have suffered huge legal challenges. The two tech titans were accused of various privacy violations.

3/ #Google lost a long standing privacy case, with more in the works. And now #Apple faces a big ol’ privacy #ClassAction.

In this week’s #SSBlogwatch we navigate the minefield.

For @ReversingLabs’ @SecuredSoftware: https://t.co/tv9KECQfSM

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 16, 2022

Google Pixel Can be Unlocked via SIM Swap (Other Android Phones, Too) - Security Boulevard

PUK Phun: A Hungarian researcher found a nasty Android security bug. If you insert a new SIM and type in the SIM’s personal unlocking key (PUK), the phone just dismisses the lock screen.

3/ #CVE202220465 is the vulnerability ID.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we search for the lost SIM eject tool.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/aA0X2Llwcp

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 15, 2022

NSA’s Plea: Stop Using C and C++ (Because You’re Idiots) - Security Boulevard

Don’t shoot the messenger: The C and C++ languages are unsafe. Instead, the U.S. National Security Agency would like devs to use memory-safe languages—because most security vulnerabilities are caused by bugs in memory usage.

3/ His prescription: Switch to languages such as @RustLang, like some of the #Linux kernel team are doing.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we’re only *slightly* sarcastic. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/VL493if9l1 #Rust #NSA

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 11, 2022

Rust Momentum Intensifies | Elon Says No WFH - DevOps.com

The moral of the story: The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do—and then do it

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ People won’t shut up about @Rustlang, and
2⃣ @ElonMusk mandates @Twitter teams return to the office.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/K3Gwfz44iw #DevOps #rust #RustLang #WFH

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 10, 2022

Dropbox reveals hack: What DevOps can learn from it - ReversingLabs

OTP FAIL: FIDO2 FTW
Dropbox was hacked last month. The company has now revealed more details — and there are some big surprises.

3/ And it goes without saying that you shouldn’t store secrets in @GitHub.

In this week’s #SSBlogwatch we say it anyway.

For @ReversingLabs’ @SecuredSoftware: https://t.co/yWcAceApXS #DevOps

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) November 9, 2022