June 13, 2023
by sjvn01
Comments Off on How an Amazon Fire Kids tablet was allegedly used to stalk a security pro
The privacy nightmare of people being able to listen in to any of your Alexa-enabled devices is all too real. Could it happen to you? Ever since Amazon Alexa debuted and Echo devices proliferated in our homes, people have feared … Continue reading
May 24, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Jetstack Helps Turn Security Policies into Actions
VALENCIA, Spain — Unless you’ve been hiding out under a rock, you know securing the software supply chain has become security’s job number one. From SolarWinds, Codecov, and Kaseya, to name but a few, the last few years were bad … Continue reading
May 24, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Aqua Security’s Trivy Security Scanner Can Scan Anything Now
VALENCIA, Spain — At KubeCon Europe, Aqua Security, the cloud native security provider, announced its open source security scanner Aqua Trivy can scan pretty much anything cloud native related. Such as what? Such as source code, repositories, images,…Read More
May 23, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on My Instagram account was hacked and two-factor authentication didn’t help
I would have called the Instagram tech support number, except — surprise! — there’s no such thing. Oh foolish, foolish me. …Read More
March 18, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Do svidaniya, Kaspersky — goodby
Companies and governments have, shall we say, interesting relations. Just ask any Chinese tech company in recent days. But, while they’re losing billions, companies in war-mongering countries like Russia have an even harder row to hoe. How can Russian companies support Russia’s unprovoked … Continue reading
March 8, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Dirty Pipeline Is an Awful Linux Mess
As I write this, there’s already a nasty exploit out there using the latest Linux kernel vulnerability, Dirty Pipeline, for any J. Random Luser to overwrite root’s password field in /etc/passwd. The experts at LWN.net called it a “disconcerting kernel vulnerability.” I call … Continue reading