API Security
PyPI Goes Quiet After Huge Malware Attack: 500+ Typosquat Fakes Found
Richi Jennings | | code reuse, open source software supply chain security, PyPI, PyPI malicious packages, pypi vuln, pypi vulnerability, python, Python Malware, Python Packages, Python vulnerability, SB Blogwatch, secure software supply chain, software supply chain, software supply chain attack, software supply chain attacks, software supply chain hygiene, Software supply chain management, software supply chain risk, Software Supply Chain risks, software supply chain security, Software Supply Chain Security Risks, Software Supply Chain Security Weaknesses, typosquat, Typosquatting, typosquatting attacks
Emergency stop button: The Python Package Index was drowning in malicious code again, so they had to shut down registration for cleanup ...
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Apple OTP FAIL: ‘MFA Bomb’ Warning — Locks Accounts, Wipes iPhones
Richi Jennings | | 2fa, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA phishing, 2FA solution, 2FA/MFA, Apple, apple bug, Apple Data Security, apple hack, apple hacker, Apple iCloud, Apple ID, Apple ID failure, Apple iOS, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, bypass 2FA, MFA, MFA Bombing, mfa fatigue, MFA hacks, mfa protection, mfasecurity, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), OTP, OTP circumvention bot, OTP interception bot, phishing-resistant MFA, push otp, SB Blogwatch, TOTP, two-factor-authentication.2fa
Rethink different: First, fatigue frightened users with multiple modal nighttime notifications. Next, call and pretend to be Apple support ...
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Revealed: Facebook’s “Incredibly Aggressive” Alleged Theft of Snapchat App Data
Richi Jennings | | Brian J. Dunne, class action, class action lawsuit, DeleteFacebook, facebook, facebook fine, free vpn app, Ghostbusters, IAPP, Man In The Middle, man in the middle attack, man in the middle attacks, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, mitm, MitM Attack, mitm attacks, mitm tool, mitm tools, Onavo, Onavo VPN, SB Blogwatch, Snapchat, SSL Bump, VPN
Meta MITM IAAP SSL bump: Zuck ordered “Project Ghostbusters”—with criminal consequences, says class action lawsuit ...
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Telegram Privacy Nightmare: Don’t Opt In to P2PL
Richi Jennings | | 2-step verification, 2fa, 2FA apps, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA/MFA, Access control and Identity Management, Cloud MFA, digital identity verification, iam, ID verification, MFA, mfa login, mfasecurity, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), P2P, SB Blogwatch, SMS, SMS messages, SMS Toll Fraud, Telegram, Telegram app, two-factor-authentication.2fa, Verify 2FA
Scary SMS shenanigans: Avoid Telegram’s new “Peer-To-Peer Login” program if you value your privacy or your cellular service ...
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Google Splashes the Cash in Bug Bounty Bonanza: $59 Million to Date
Richi Jennings | | alphabet, bounty, bug bounty, bug bounty program, bugbounty, ethical hacker, ethical hackers, ethical hacking, google, SB Blogwatch, Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP), white hat, white hat hacker, white hat hackers, White Hat Security, White Hats, WhiteHat, whitehat hackers, WhiteHat Security
Wanna be a VRP VIP? Last year, $GOOG paid $10 million to ethical hackers for finding vulnerabilities ...
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Facebook/Insta FAIL — ‘Anonymous Sudan’ has a Super Tuesday: ‘We Did It.’
Richi Jennings | | Anonymous, Anonymous Hacking Collective, Anonymous Sudan, API Authentication, API Authentication Errors, API Authorization, Application DDoS, application-layer DDoS attacks, Cloud DDoS, cloud outage, ddos, DDoS attack, DDoS attacks, Downtime and outages, facebook, Facebook accounts, facebook breach, facebook instagram hack, facebook login, Facebook outage, Instagram, Instagram outage, instagram vulnerability, Internet outage, internet outages, InternetOutage, Meta, Meta Networks, outage, Outage Investigation, outages, SB Blogwatch, Storm-1359, Stupidity of Instagram, Threads
Shooper Choosday: Was yesterday’s Meta outage outrage caused by a Russian DDoS? ...
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Cheap Video Doorbell Cams: Tools of Stalkers and Thieves
Richi Jennings | | Andoe, Anker, camera, camera hijacking, camera vulnerability, cameras, CCTV camera, CCTV cameras, Consumer IoT, Consumer Reports, Doorbell Camera, Eken, enshittification, Eufy, Fishbot, Gemee, hacked Wi-FI, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, internet-enabled cameras, iot, IoT camera, IoT security camera, IP surveillance cameras, ipcamera, Luckwolf, Rakeblue, Ring Camera, Ring Doorbell, safe wifi, SB Blogwatch, Sears, SHEIN, The ‘S’ in IoT stands for Security, Tuck, unsecure Wi-FI, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hacking, Wi-Fi networks, wi-fi security, Wyze
EKEN IoT FAIL: Amazon, Sears and Shein still sell security swerving stuff ...
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GitHub Fights Forks — Millions of Them — Huge Software Supply Chain Security FAIL
Richi Jennings | | Apiiro, App Sec & Supply Chain Security, AppSec & Supply Chain Security, dependency confusion, dependency confusion attacks, GitHub, github application security, github bug, GitHub Exploit, GitHub repositories, GitHub Security Measures, github security scanning, GitHub Security Vulnerabilities, Open Source and Software Supply Chain Risks, open source software supply chain, open source software supply chain security, repo confusion, SB Blogwatch, secure software supply chain, software supply chain, software supply chain attack, software supply chain attacks, software supply chain automation, software supply chain hygiene, software supply chain risk, Software Supply Chain risks, software supply chain security, Software Supply Chain Security Weaknesses, supply chain, supply chain security, Supply-Chain Insecurity
Forking hell: Scrotebots clone thousands of projects, injecting malware millions of times ...
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US Will Fight Russian Disinformation — Hacks and Leaks and Deepfakes, Oh My!
Richi Jennings | | deepfake, deepfake attacks, Deepfake Detection, Deepfake security threats, Deepfake Technology, deepfake videos, deepfakes, Department of State, disinformation, election disinformation, James Rubin, online disinformation, Russia, Russia-Ukraine, russia-ukraine conflict, Russia's War on Ukraine, SB Blogwatch, Social disinformation, State Department, U.S. Department of State, Ukraine, ukraine conflict, ukraine war scams, Ukraine-Russia War, Ukraine/European Security, US department of state
Pay no attention to that man: State Dept. Global Engagement Centre chief James Rubin (pictured) follows the yellow brick road ...
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PRC State Hacking: ‘Chinese Edward Snowden’ Spills I‑Soon Secrets in Huge Dump of TTPs
Richi Jennings | | APT41, Auxun, Chengdu 404, china, china espionage, Chinese, Chinese Communists, Chinese devices, chinese government, chinese hacker, Chinese hackers, Chinese Threat Actors, Data Stolen By China, Great Firewall of China, hong kong, i-soon, Insider, insider breach, insider risk, iSoon, Peoples Republic of China, SB Blogwatch, Tibet, Uyghur
Underpaid, overworked and angry: Whistleblower in hacker contractor firm for Chinese government blows lid off tactics, techniques and procedures ...
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