XKCD, Stanislav Petrov Day →
MDM Brute Forced
via Sean Gallagher, writing at Ars Technica, comes this particularly unfortunate news for Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) MDM (Mobile Device Management) bits - especially considering there will be a flood of new devices into many orgs. On the plus side, the flaw has been discovered, and now it's Apple's turn-at-bat to clean up their dusty-bits, as it were. Read all about it at everyones' beloved Ars Technica!.
French Release Secure OS to Open Source Community
XKCD, 'Bad Opinions'
The Future's Dueling Interwebs, The Sino-American Bifurcation
via CircleID comes word of Eric Schmidt's prognostication of what a future Internet will look like... His prediction, a 'bifurcation' - if you will - of our beloved interwebs. With a Chinese led versus an Amercian led scenario. Sounds sweet, eh?
Luke Kingma and Lou Patrick-Mackay's Futurism: 'Halp' →
Wyden's Warning: Winter Is Coming
XKCD, 6/6 Time
DirectDefense, Inc.: Carbon Black - "World’s Largest Pay-For-Play Data Exfiltration Botnet" →
I say, I say, them words' ah fightin' words! via Steve Ragan, plying his writing tradecraft at CSO Online. Hat Tip!
macOS Mojave Security - User Operability Flaws Lead To Slippery Slope
via the inimitable Rich Mogull, writing at TidBits, comes this interesting take on newly implemented user-land security operability problems in Apple Inc.'s. (Nasdaq: AAPL) desktop operating variant of Darwin (aka macOS X (10.14 Mojave). Typically, strict utilization of user-land intervention implementing security controls leads to insecure configurations. Today's Must Read (especially considering the mew macOS version is due for general release today!).
Robert M. Lee and Jeff Haas' Little Bobby Comics 'True Attribution' →
via the Security Mindset of Robert M. Lee & Illustration Talent Jeff Haas at Little Bobby Comics.