It turns out no one was clean on OPSEC DEF CON  On Saturday at DEF CON, security boffin Micah Lee explained just how he hacked into TeleMessage, the supposedly secure messaging app used by White House officials, which in turn led to a massive database dump of their communications.… READ MORE HERE…

In misinformation, Russia might be the top dog but the Chinese are coming warns former NSA boss DEF CON  A cache of documents uncovered by Vanderbilt University has revealed disturbing details about how a Chinese company is building up a database of US politicians and influencers with whom to share propaganda.… READ MORE HERE…

Fun feature found in Debian 13: send your selected text to China – in plaintext As Trixie gets ready to début, a little-known app is hogging the limelight: StarDict, which sends whatever text you select, unencrypted, to servers in China.… READ MORE HERE…

Tells The Reg China’s ability to p0wn Redmond’s wares ‘gives me a political aneurysm’ Comment  Roger Cressey served two US presidents as a senior cybersecurity and counter-terrorism advisor and currently worries he’ll experience a “political aneurysm” due to Microsoft’s many security messes.… READ MORE HERE…

Will someone think of the deals politicians are making? Opinion  You might think, since I write about tech all the time, my degrees are in computer science. Nope. I’m a bona fide, degreed historian, which is why I can say with confidence that the UK’s recently passed Online Safety Act is doomed to fail.… READ MORE HERE…