Security News Update for the Week Ending June 7, 2024
Trump Decides to Join TikTok Instead of Banning It
I know that politicians are hypocritical; it just comes with the game. When Trump was president, he attempted to ban TikTok via an executive order that he signed because it was a national security risk. This year Congress passed a law that would ban TikTok as the same national security risk if they don’t sell to a more friendly country. Last week, that same Mr. Trump decided that there really isn’t any risk to his millions of followers and joined TikTok and started posting to it. I am confused. Is it a national security risk or not? Credit: Huffpost
Its Hard to Keep a Good Hacker Down – Breach Forums Returns After FBI Takedown
Breach Forums, the famous or maybe infamous cybercrime and hacker forum, is set to return to the dark web after the FBI seized the original site on May 15th. This points to how hard it is for law enforcement to win this battle. Credit: Hack Read
ChatGPT Can Now Voice Characters
We know that OpenAI tried to clone Scarlett Johannson and almost got themself sued. Rich actors can actually copyright their voice. GPT-4o will be able to voice characters. That could mean that the next phone call you get from your boss is not really from your boss. What could go wrong there? We WILL find out. Credit: Cybernews
FCC Takes Totally Inadequate Steps to Protect Critical Routing Protocol
The BGP routing protocol is core to every major business and Internet provider’s Internet connection. For now, only large providers will be required to provide a confidential annual report to the FCC on what they are doing to protect their BGP routing. The BGP protocol (also known as the two-napkin protocol) originated on the back of two napkins used over lunch by an IBM and Cisco engineer to create BGP. The original napkins defining the protocol, which still has no authentication as part of the protocol, were lost, but copies of it exist. Maybe at some point the FCC will actually require BGP to be secure, but, for now, the Chinese and other hostiles continue to hijack routes so that can vacuum up huge amounts of our Internet traffic. Credit: The Register
Senator Pushes White House Panel to Streamline Federal Cyber Rules
Maybe, instead of piling new rules on top of old rules, we should revisit all the existing cybersecurity rules and see if we can streamline the process. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, wants the Office of National Cyber Director to make it easier for industry to comply with cybersecurity rules. Note that he is not saying throw the baby out with the bathwater, but we have to make things easier if we want businesses to comply. Credit: The Record
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