Is the era of “wild west” AI development ending—or just getting more controlled?

On #SecurityBlvd Podcast, @NetworkingNerd.net, Mitch Ashley, and @FSMontenegro.bsky.social explore how AI regulation has rapidly evolved into a critical cybersecurity priority.

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Is the era of “wild west” AI development ending—or just getting more controlled?

On #SecurityBlvd Podcast, @NetworkingNerd.net, Mitch Ashley, and @FSMontenegro.bsky.social explore how AI regulation has rapidly evolved into a critical cybersecurity priority.

#Cybersecurity #SecurityBoulevard

Is the era of “wild west” AI development ending—or just getting more controlled?

On #SecurityBlvd Podcast, @NetworkingNerd.net, Mitch Ashley, and @FSMontenegro.bsky.social explore how AI regulation has rapidly evolved into a critical cybersecurity priority.

#Cybersecurity #SecurityBoulevard

The Endpoint Has Moved to the Browser — Your Security Tools Haven't Your users aren't downloading files to their desktops anymore. They're not running local applications. They're working in Google Docs, Salesforce, Slack,

The Endpoint Has Moved to the Browser — Your Security Tools Haven’t

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VCF 9.0 Live Patching Ends Maintenance Window Dread Historically, patching meant planned downtime, stress and late nights. But VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 rewrites the playbook with live patching — enabling admins to apply critical updates without…

VCF 9.0 Live Patching Ends Maintenance Window Dread

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Nile Gives Your Campus Network More Than Just a Password For decades, network security followed a simple model: the castle and moat design philosophy. We built strong perimeters with firewalls and relied on Traditional network access control (NAC) is no…

Nile Gives Your Campus Network More Than Just a Password

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Beyond backup!

@NetworkingNerd.net's article on #SecurityBlvd explore how #Coveware is revolutionizing #Veeam's #ransomware defense. Faster recovery & robust security.

Read Tom Hollingsworth's insightful coverage from #XFD13: securityboulevard.com/2025/06/beyo...

Insecure Medical Devices — Illumina DNA Sequencer Illuminates Risks IEI-IEI, Oh: Running an obsolete OS, on obsolete hardware, configured with obsolete settings.

Widely used DNA sequencer contains several worrying vulns. #Illumina iSeq 100 can be “easily” disabled or rigged to produce false results.

But it’s only the tip of the iceberg: Many other devices are likely affected. In #SBBlogwatch, we spot the weak link in the supply chain. At #SecurityBlvd:

Here’s Yet Another D-Link RCE That Won’t be Fixed D-Licious: Stubborn network device maker digs in heels and tells you to buy new gear.

#DLink again under fire for not patching critical vulns. Like last week, it’s digging in heels because the devices are just past their arbitrary EOL.

This week, it’s a buffer overflow in six router products. In #SBBlogwatch, we wonder what next week’s will be. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

Microsoft Veeps Ignite Fire Under CrowdStrike BSODs begone! Redmond business leaders line up to say what’s new in Windows security.

#Microsoft VPs David “dwizzzle” Weston (pictured) and Pavan Davuluri (not) are making noise about preventing a repeat of July’s #CrowdStrike débâcle.

#MicrosoftIgnite 2024 is their nexus of (ahem) “learnings.” In #SBBlogwatch, we hunker down in the windy city. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

Schneider Electric Confirms Ransom Hack — Hellcat Demands French Bread as ‘Joke’ That’s a lot of pain: $125,000 ransom seems small—but why do the scrotes want it paid in baguettes?

French firm #SchneiderElectric was attacked last week. The #Hellcat gang claimed it stole the data of 400,000 customers and employees.

Known as “Grep” or “Greppy,” the hacker’s searching for baguettes in payment. In #SBBlogwatch, we want fries with that. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

100 MILLION Americans in UnitedHealth PII Breach Not cute: $UNH’s Change Healthcare unit paid a big ransom—its IT was as weak as a kitten.

#UnitedHealth #ransomware hack now confirmed as US’s biggest #healthcare breach. Scrotes got in via simple credential reuse—no #MFA to stop them.

Change Healthcare? More like Change CISO, amirite? In #SBBlogwatch, we wonder why Steven Martin is still in post. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd

FortiJump: Yet Another Critical Fortinet 0-Day RCE FortiFAIL: Remote code execution vulnerability still not acknowledged by Fortinet after 10+  days’ exploitation.

Bad bug in #Fortinet’s management software exploited for 10+ days, but firm’s keeping it secret: No CVE, no IoCs, no nothing.

Sadly, behavior seems par for the course, despite Fortinet’s “radical transparency” agenda. In #SBBlogwatch, we roll our eyes. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd

Apple Enrages IT — 45-Day Cert Expiration Fury CA/B testing: Ludicrous proposal draws ire from “furious” systems administrators.

Apple to limit website certificate validity to 45 days. Cupertino proposes Safari should reject HTTPS sites whose certs expire “too far” into the future.

First Google wants 90 days, now this? In #SBBlogwatch, we wonder why they don’t just drop it to an hour. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd

Digital Crack for Kids: TikTok Sued Again by 14 AGs For You Plague: TikTok’s in trouble once more—this time, some states complain it’s breaking laws by harvesting children’s data and keeping them addicted.

#TikTok collects and uses kids’ personal information, claim the state attorneys general—that would be illegal. And they say TikTok is designed to be highly addictive.

Selling minors’ attention is not a good look. In #SBBlogwatch, we review the allegations. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd

Biggest Ever DDoS is Threat to OT Critical Infrastructure Egyptian River Floods: Operational technology (OT) targeted in “world record” 3.8 Tb/s distributed denial of service (DDoS).

Researchers are warning of an alarming uptick in #DDoS activity. Two separate research groups are showing scary stats about the network-melting capabilities of botnets.

It’s obviously a big worry for critical infrastructure. In #SBBlogwatch, we’re in denial. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd

Kia’s Huge Security Hole: FIXED (Finally) Connected cars considered crud: Kia promises bug never exploited. But even 10-year-old cars were vulnerable.

Millions of N. American Kia owners risked remote auth-bypass. It was trivially easy for hackers to steal their PII—including real-time locations—as well as unlock and start cars.

But it took THREE months for #Kia to fix. In #SBBlogwatch, we drive the point home. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd

Microsoft Fixes Four 0-Days — One Exploited for SIX YEARS Week B: Bugs begone! This month Redmond fixes 79 security flaws in Windows and other products

As regular as clockwork, it’s #PatchTuesday time again. What exciting treasures did #Microsoft bring for #September?

Patch haul includes #CVE202438217: A zero-day that scrotes have known about for SIX YEARS. In #SBBlogwatch, we set the Wayback Machine to Stun. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

Russian ‘WhisperGate’ Hacks: 5 More Indicted Eaten by a GRU: Fake ransomware created by Russian GRU Unit 29155 attacked Ukraine and NATO—a month before the full scale invasion.

A federal grand jury has indicted five more alleged members of the #WhisperGate conspiracy. The same #Russian gang continues its #cyberwarfare to this day, we’re told.

U.S. State Dept offering $10 million for leads on the perps. In #SBBlogwatch, we curate YOU. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

Yikes, YubiKey Vulnerable — ‘EUCLEAK’ FIDO FAIL? USB MFA SCA😱: Infineon hardware and software blamed for timing side-channel attack on popular auth tokens.

The most widely used #FIDO2 authentication device has a nasty flaw: It can be cloned. Passports and credit cards might also be at risk.

But is the sky really falling? In #SBBlogwatch, we dig into the nuance. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd: #EUCLEAK

China Cyberwar Coming? Versa’s Vice: Volt Typhoon’s Target Xi whiz: Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame.

Huge vuln in #VersaDirector allowed #Chinese state sponsored #APT group to pivot into enterprises: #VoltTyphoon. So, yeah, this is a major problem.

Versa made the classic PR faux pas of blaming its own customers. In #SBBlogwatch, we break out the popcorn. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

‘Terrorgram’ Telegram Terrorists Trash Transformers — Grid in Peril Should’ve listened to Edison: After the arrest of Pavel Durov—the Telegram CEO—comes news of domestic extremists using the chat app to organize.

U.S. #terrorists are teaming up to damage the electricity #grid. And they’re using #Telegram to forge their dastardly plans.

Or so we’re told. In #SBBlogwatch, we wonder who’s the useful idiot here. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd: securityboulevard.com/2024/08/tele...

Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam.

Bank CEO sentenced to more than 24 years for stealing almost $50 million. I guess we should say, “former CEO—of a former bank.”

Perp got suckered into a #PigButchering #crypto scam and didn’t know how to stop. In #SBBlogwatch, he’s not in #Kansas anymore. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

Patch Tuesday not Done ’til LINUX Won’t Run? Redmond reboot redux: “Something has gone seriously wrong.” You can say that again, Microsoft.

Many dual-boot #Linux PCs have been failing—and it’s Microsoft’s fault. The problem is caused by an errant #SecureBoot #security bugfix.

But, as we revealed last month, Secure Boot is basically broken, anyway. In #SBBlogwatch, we might as well turn it off. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: AG Sues GM for $18 BILLION KP♡TX PII: “General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ pri­vacy … in unthinkable ways,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured).

#Texas fires shots in lawmakers’ war on car companies’ piss-poor privacy practices. Lone Star state says secretly selling driving data to insurance companies is not lawful.

Attorney General vs. #GeneralMotors: FIGHT! In #SBBlogwatch, we’re generally specific. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd

August Patch Pileup: Microsoft’s Zero-Day Doozy Dump See These CVEs: Patch Tuesday—ten zero-days, seven Critical vulns, zero time to waste.

This month’s “Week B” brings 90 bugs across Windows, Office, Azure, Dynamics, Edge, Secure Boot and Visual Studio. And some are absolute showstopper, drop everything, must-patch flaws.

Let’s round up the highlights. In #SBBlogwatch, we work out what matters. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

WTH? DPRK WFH Ransomware Redux: 3rd Person Charged North Korean army of remote IT workers enabled by Matthew Isaac Knoot, alleges DoJ.

DoJ says N. Korean hackers are getting remote IT jobs, posing as Americans. They’re funneling their pay into Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.

If you’re feeling some déjà vu, that’s because this is now the third such arrest. In #SBBlogwatch, we get busy. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

Student Devices Wiped — Mobile Guardian Hacked AGAIN Hackers ate my homework: MDM software for schools is breached for second time this year—13,000 devices wiped in Singapore alone.

#MobileGuardian, an educational mobile device management (#MDM) service, is in trouble again. Tens of thousands of students have lost everything.

CEO Patrick Lawson is keeping a low profile. In #SBBlogwatch, we wonder if the same hacker is seeking revenge. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction.

#TikTok and parent #ByteDance stand accused of violating #COPPA. TikTok let under-13s “access adult content and interact with adult users.”

This comes 16 months after the UK fined TikTok for similar. In #SBBlogwatch, we wonder what took the U.S. so long. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd:

Prisoner Swap: Huge Russian Hackers Freed — Seleznev and Klyushin Pragmatic politics: Anger as Putin gets back two notorious cybercriminals

Vladislav Klyushin and Roman Seleznev were among the jailed Russians returned to Putin’s bosom yesterday.

Previously, the U.S. Justice Dept. had painted their arrests as big deals. In #SBBlogwatch, we ponder the moral hazards. At #TechstrongGroup⁠’s #SecurityBlvd: