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Richi Jennings
Richi Jennings is a foolish independent industry analyst, editor, and content strategist. A former developer and marketer, he’s also written or edited for Computerworld, Microsoft, Cisco, Micro Focus, HashiCorp, Ferris Research, Osterman Research, Orthogonal Thinking, Native Trust, Elgan Media, Petri, Cyren, Agari, Webroot, HP, HPE, NetApp on Forbes and CIO.com. Bizarrely, his ridiculous work has even won awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, ABM/Jesse H. Neal, and B2B Magazine.

TikTok Abused Kids’ Data — UK Fines it $16 Million

| | Australia , Bytedance , children , Children and smartphones , five eyes , information commissioner's office , SB Blogwatch , TikTok , uk , Won’t somebody think of the children?
$8.50 per child: UK regulator punishes TikTok at 5.5% of revenue. Says app illegally tracked children ... Read More
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Western Digital Hacked: ‘My Cloud’ Data Dead (Even Local Storage!)

| | cloud storage , My Cloud , Ransomware , SB Blogwatch , storage , WD , Western Digital , Western Digital My Cloud
Déjà Vu: Hack of WD systems leads to My Cloud service outage. Owners unable to access files ... Read More
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Brits Slap Wrists of DDoS Kids, via NCA’s Fake Booter Sites

| | booter , booter services , booters and stressers , crime , ddos , National Crime Agency , National Cyber Crime Unit , NCA , Operation Power Off , Operation PowerOFF , SB Blogwatch , U.K. National Crime Agency , uk
UK National Crime Agency nips it in the bud: Aims to scare straight naughty DDoS kiddies ... Read More
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FINALLY! FCC Acts on SMS Scam-Spam — But Will It Work?

| | Caller ID Spoofing , fcc , Federal Communications Commission , SB Blogwatch , scam , SMS , SMS fraud , SMS messages , SMS phishing , sms scam , SMS scams , SMS Spam , smshing , Spam , STIR/SHAKEN , U.S. Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission rules to block illegal text messages. What took you so long? ... Read More
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Scams Lost US $10 BILLION in 2022 — Crypto Fraud Grows Fast

| | Call Center Fraud , Crypto , crypto fraud , cryptocurrency , FBI , Fraud , IC3 , Internet Crime Complaint Center , Investment Scams , Phishing , Ransomware , SB Blogwatch , Scams
Ben is disappointed: FBI reports huge rise in cryptocurrency investment scams. Why am I not surprised? ... Read More
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White House to Regulate Cloud Security: Good Luck With That

| | Biden administration , Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy , Cloud Security , cybersecurity regulation , regulation , SB Blogwatch , White House
Be careful what you wish for: Biden wants new regulations for cloud providers—but we’re not sure it’ll help ... Read More
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‘Extraordinary, Egregious’ Data Breach at House and Senate

| | Congress , DC Health Link , Health insurance , HIPAA , House of Representatives , pii , Privacy , SB Blogwatch , US Congress , US Senate
Capitol Trouble: Senators, representatives and staffers suffer PII leak. Could it finally kickstart some action? ... Read More
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Ban TikTok, say FBI, CIA, NSA, DNI, GOP, DNC, POTUS (but not ACLU)

| | ACLU , Biden administration , Bytedance , CIA , DATA Act , DNI , FBI , FBI Director Christopher Wray , nsa , RESTRICT Act , SB Blogwatch , senate hearing , TikTok , US Senate , White House
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. RESTRICT: The White House and both sides of the Senate agree that TikTok needs to be stopped—or at least RESTRICT’ed. A bipartisan bill seeks to make that happen ... Read More
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Voice-Clone AI Scams — it’s NOT ME on the Phone, Grandma

| | 419 , 419 scam , AI , Artificial Intelligence , ElevenLabs , Resemble AI , SB Blogwatch , scam , spanish prisoner , voice masquerading
Voice AI tech being misused by scammers: Scrotes fake your voice and call your grandparents. Then “you” beg them for money ... Read More
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Microsoft FAIL: ‘BlackLotus’ Bootkit Breaks Secure Boot

| | BlackLotus , bootkit , Malware , Microsoft , secure boot , trojan , UEFI
The BlackLotus malware targets UEFI Secure Boot. For a mere $5000, you too can own it ... Read More
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