Disable Time Sync NOW—Ugly GPSd Bug Brings Sunday FAILs - Security Boulevard

GPSD PTSD? On Sunday, you might find some equipment thinks it’s 2002. That’s because of a weird bug in gpsd—the code on which a bunch of Network Time Protocol servers rely.

It’s yet another case of critical #OpenSource code being maintained by a single unpaid volunteer.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we batten down the hatches. At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/J1q3hzbonQ

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) October 22, 2021

Zuckerberg Accused Personally in Cambridge Analytica Next Shoe - Security Boulevard

D.C. AG Vs. $FB & M.Z.—Mark Zuckerberg has been added as a defendant to D.C.’s Cambridge Analytica privacy complaint—this time, it’s personal. The District’s Attorney General says Zuck has his fingerprints all over it.

Sweat, Zuckerdroid, sweat.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we visualize justice. At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/xwz98CA079

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) October 21, 2021

Government Gunning for Cryptocurrency—Uses Ransomware as Pretext - Security Boulevard

OFAC & FinCEN SARs Vs. DeFi: The U.S. Treasury Department is telling cryptocurrency fans to stop breaking sanctions and laundering money. Washington’s warning’s worried many of a crackdown on decentralized finance (DeFi).

Won’t *somebody* think of the children? In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we point at palatable excuses for #regulation. At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/LYOt7RsuWX

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) October 19, 2021

Missouri FAIL: Gov. Mike Parson says Viewing Web Source is ‘Hacking’ - Security Boulevard

Parson Knows: The Missouri Department of Education website was leaking teachers’ social security numbers. A local journalist, Josh Renaud, spotted the PII flaw and reported it to the department, giving them plenty of time to fix the leak.

Specifically, section 569.095. But anyone viewing the source of a *public* web page obviously has “reasonable grounds to believe that he has such authorization.”

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we fact-check sextugenarian politicians. At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/MKWSOweuoh

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) October 15, 2021

Apple Says iPhone Users are Stupid - Security Boulevard

Cui Bono? Apple! Apple wants lawmakers to know that sideloaded apps are dangerous. Okay, I guess that seems kinda reasonable. But, wait a minute …

And naturally, @Apple’s “evidence” is a bunch of cherrypicked research that doesn’t really prove anything of the sort.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we follow the money. At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/Z250cbrBVq

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) October 14, 2021