T-Mobile hacker gets 10 years for $25M cellphone scheme
Argishti Khudaverdyan, a 44-year-old Los Angeles former T-Mobile retail store owner, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for stealing $25 million from wireless carriers between 2014 and 2019 by illegally unlocking and unblocking phones by hacking into T-Mobile’s internal systems. The scheme involved stealing T-Mobile employee credentials and illegally accessing the company’s internal […]
SevenRooms confirms breach after data leak
SevenRooms, a restaurant customer relationship management (CRM) platform used by international restaurant chains and hospitality service providers such as MGM Resorts, Bloomin’ Brands, Mandarin Oriental, Wolfgang Puck, and many more, has confirmed a data breach following the sale of stolen data on a hacking forum by a threat actor. The information was discovered on the […]
Chinese NCC says 4G and 5G stations are safer than microwave’s
Wang Cheng-chia, Commissioner of the National Communications Commission (NCC), stated that electromagnetic emissions from 4G and 5G base stations pose only minor health risks because they are far below the standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). The conclusion was reached after the NCC tasked […]
Gen Z workers battles “tech shame” at work
According to a November survey conducted by tech company HP, Gen Zers share a common secret: they are ten times more likely than their older colleagues to feel “tech shame” when experiencing computer problems such as WiFi connectivity, and they are not as comfortable with new technology as older generations would typically assume. They are […]
Pelosi supports including a TikTok ban in the funding bill
A spokesperson for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed Friday that she supports including legislation prohibiting TikTok on government devices in a federal funding bill. The Senate unanimously approved Sen. Josh Hawley’s bill on Wednesday night. The bill is the latest legislative effort to crack down on the Chinese-owned short-form video app, which has over […]
Cyber Security Today, Dec. 19, 2022 – Client-side encryption coming for versions of enterprise Gmail, BEC scams are stealing food, and more
This episode reports on changes to enterprise Gmail, updates to Samba, the return of a botne
Apple competitors set to launch rival App Stores following DMA mandate
As Apple prepares to allow rival app stores on iPhones in the EU, following a mandate from the Digital Markets Act (DMA), competitors are positioning themselves as the App Store’s alternative. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is set to require Apple and fellow tech giant Google to make room for third-party app stores on their […]
Musk reinstates suspended Twitter accounts of journalists
The Twitter accounts of several journalists who had been suspended after Elon Musk accused them of endangering his family were reinstated Saturday after a user vote. The suspensions were the result of a disagreement over a Twitter account called ElonJet, which used publicly available information to track Musk’s private plane. Musk drew ire and warnings […]
U.S. new restrictions on China and YMTC harmful to YMTC business
The United States has tightened trade restrictions against China and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., (YMTC), China’s largest domestic flash memory supplier. The restrictions could reportedly harm YMTC’s trades. Analysts believe the ban will impede YMTC’s production and advanced memory chip capabilities, and may even cause it to lose access to advanced chip-making equipment because Japanese […]
Corporate executives woo employees back to the office
The rise of remote and hybrid work styles in the aftermath of a global lockdown in 2020 is upsetting corporate executives, who have been chanting nonstop that employees who work remotely should return to the office and not work from home, because the office is their original work habitat. It’s worth noting that the corporate […]
