Richi Jennings

Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Did Russia Hack Poland’s Trains? MSM Says Yes, but … Well, You Decide - Security Boulevard

Train Phreaking:

#Trains all over #Poland are mysteriously slamming on the brakes. Of course, the MSM is all up in a lather.

Or was it just a modern-day #BlueBox prank? In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we grab some delicious Cap’n Crunch. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/iaM6voueA2
— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) August 29, 2023

Monday, 28 August 2023

‘Scrum == Cancer’ ¦ Plus: Linux 6.5 Ships - DevOps.com

The moral of the story: When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ #Scrum sucks, sources say; and
2⃣ Here comes the #Linux 6.5 kernel.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/Dx8Mj1xV1C #DevOps
— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) August 28, 2023

Friday, 25 August 2023

Gmail Adds Extra Checks, Thwarting Sneaky Hackers - Security Boulevard

But Please Don’t Use SMS:

If hackers can silently watch your inbox, they can also break into your other accounts.

So Google’s adding #authentication to the #Gmail settings scrotes use. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we finally sort out our #2FA. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/zFIsjIZ0Ze
— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) August 25, 2023

Thursday, 24 August 2023

Lapsus$ Jury Says Teen Duo Did Do Crimes - Security Boulevard

‘teapotuberhacker’ is not Guilty but not ‘Not Guilty’

Jury decides they committed crimes using #SocialEngineering, insider bribery and #SIMswapping—holding victims to #crypto-ransom.

It all sounded a bit too easy. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we put the kettle on. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/cxkiZEl3tP #Lapsus$
— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) August 24, 2023

Wednesday, 23 August 2023

IBM LLM AI: COBOL to Java ASAP ¦ ARM IPO is GO! - DevOps.com

The moral of the story: Life’s tough—but it’s tougher when you’re stupid

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ Translating legacy #COBOL code to a slightly more modern language, and
2⃣ @Arm will go public (again) next month.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/VJ9LY358o7 #DevOps
— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) August 23, 2023