Telco Malware?

Mandiant has discovered malware that siphoned texts out of the telco's network.
Infects servers that route SMS messages.
Tracks back to... get ready..... a Chinese Government sponsored hacking group.

The only question that remains is who gets it first: the NSA or the Chinese?




Speaking of Chinese food, I don't eat it because it all tastes the same, regardless of where it's from. Bland. No spice.

Speaking of Chinese spying, the US Department of the Interior has grounded its 800 drone fleet over concerns of Chinese spying.

Here's the good part - you're gonna love it: DHS alerted about data security issues, specifically on Chinese drones.  Who woulda thought? Didn't we (temporarily and partially) ban Huawei networking products for this reason?

Would all the heads of government agencies who understand tech please stand in line. All of you. Any at all? Not even one? No, Sir, you're the janitor.. I'm sure you know more than the heads of agencies, but you're not the head of this agency.




The Pirate Bay was down for a week due to a DDoS attack.
Gee, I wonder where that came from....



As of Firefox 73, you can no longer sideload extensions.
The comments are priceless.

I like to sit alone on weekends and sideload, so this will affect me.



Happy Friday, everyone.
Sleep tight, and pray the large numbers of little brown bedbugs don't bite.