MSP Dispatch 1/6/23: CircleCI Security Alert, Amazon's Massive Layoffs, Slack's Github Code Stolen (Audio)

MSP Dispatch (Audio)

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On today’s MSP Dispatch, we cover a new CircleCI security alert: Rotate any secrets stored in CircleCI, Amazon confirming its massive layoffs will affect 18,000 employees, and how Slack’s private GitHub code repositories were stolen over holidays.

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Story Links:

CircleCI security alert: Rotate any secrets stored in CircleCI
https://circleci.com/blog/january-4-2023-security-alert/
Amazon confirms its massive layoffs will affect 18,000 employees
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/4/23539737/amazon-layoffs-thousands-17000
Slack’s private GitHub code repositories stolen over holidays
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/slacks-private-github-code-repositories-stolen-over-holidays/

Notable Mentions:

Salesforce to lay off 8,000 workers in latest tech purge
- https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-tech-giant-salesforce-lays-workers.html
Twitter Verification Still Broken
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/05/twitter-blue-verification/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_business-technology
New shc-based Linux Malware Targeting Systems with Cryptocurrency Miner
- https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/new-shc-based-linux-malware-targeting.html

Banter Story:

Now & Then New Year’s Eve Ball drop
- https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2021/01/07/now-then-new-years-eve-ball-drop/4100240001/

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