Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, August 26, 2022
This edition of the podcast features a discussion on cyber insurance trends and on regulatory cybersecurity expectations of critical infrastructure
Attackers steal LastPass Source Code After Compromising Developer Account
LastPass has released a security advisory confirming a breach via a compromised developer account that attackers used to gain access to the company’s developer environment. Upon gaining access, the attacker stole the company’s source code and proprietary technical information. “In response to the incident, we have developed containment and mitigation measures and engaged a leading […]
Apple, Honda and Mazda Consider Shifting Supply Chains Away from China
Apple, Honda, Mazda and other top companies are reportedly working to shift their supply chains away from China. According to the Japanese newspaper Sankei, automaker Honda is considering building a parallel supply chain outside China to reduce its dependence on the country. Japanese automaker Mazda is also considering moving production out of China. In Mazda’s […]
Nvidia Struggles with Surplus GPU Inventory Amid Falling Demand
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company is battling “excess inventory” of RTX 3000-series GPUs ahead of its next gen RTX 4000 series, which will be released later this year. To deal with the current situation, Nvidia will take some drastic steps, including reducing the number of GPUs sold to graphics card and laptop manufacturers, […]
Remote-first Organizations Are the Least Affected by Great Resignation
Remote-first organizations have coped better with the great resignation. Results show that remote-first organizations were least often negatively impacted (31% negatively impacted) compared to remote by day (55% negatively impacted) or on-site-first organizations (49% negatively impacted). Given that 43% of companies claim that the Great Resignation has negatively affected their organizations, it is important that […]
Jack Dorsey States His Biggest Regret About Twitter
Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday that he regrets that Twitter has become a company. Dorsey’s comment on Twitter came in response to a question about whether Twitter had turned out the way he had imagined. Regarding the structure he wanted Twitter to operate under, Dorsey claimed that Twitter should be “a […]
Weak Dell Sales Forecast Sparks Fears of Slowdown
Dell has forecast lower-than-expected revenue for the third quarter due to the economic slowdown and decline in PC demand. For the third quarter, the company expects revenue between US$23.8 billion and US$25 billion, below the US$26.34 billion estimated by analysts. Although the company used its enterprise-oriented business to make up for the shortfall caused by […]
FCC Investigates Mobile Carriers’ Use of Location Data
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to investigate mobile carriers’ compliance with rules requiring them to explain to consumers how they use and share their location data. Telecommunication companies and social media platforms have long been accused of using customer data without consent. The data harvested from consumers is used for targeted advertising, […]
Cyber Security Today, August 26, 2022 – Protect your Active Directory servers, a huge text-based phishing scam found and more
This episode reports on the latest attack on Active Directory servers, a huge text-based phishing scam and another email-based scam for stealing c
Twitter adds Podcasts to test Version of Its Audio Chat Room Spaces
Twitter announced Thursday that it is adding podcasts to a trial version of its audio chat room Spaces. Twitter’s redesigned audio experience in the Space tab allowed it to introduce personalized hubs that group audio content by specific topics such as news, music, sports and more. By displaying podcasts in Twitter Spaces, Twitter listeners can […]
