Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, October 6, 2023
This episode features a discussion on creating an effective cybersecurity awarene
Cyber Security Today, Oct. 6, 2023 – The Qakbot gang is still operating
This episode reports on a malware gang that wasn’t completely taken out by police, a warning to admins overseeing Confluence server
Search engines, social media platforms to come under Canada’s AI law, says government
Planned changes to proposed legislation are in letter from Innovation Minister to parliamentary
MGM Resorts attack cost it US$100 million in lost revenue — plus US$10 million in cyber expenses
Company also admits in a regulatory filing that the attackers got data of customers prior to M
Class action against HP Printer ink scandal continues
HP is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that the company designs its multifunction inkjet printers to disable scanning and faxing functions when their ink runs low, even though ink is not required for these functions. The lawsuit also alleges that HP does not disclose this fact to consumers. On August 10, a federal judge […]
Amazon’s secret pricing algorithm boosted profits by billions, FTC alleges
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has accused Amazon of using a secret pricing algorithm to raise prices for consumers. In a heavily redacted section of its antitrust complaint against Amazon, the FTC alleges that Amazon used the algorithm, codenamed Project Nessie, to test how high it could raise prices before competitors stopped raising theirs. According […]
U.K. cloud market under scrutiny for competition concerns
The U.K.’s communications regulator Ofcom has referred the public cloud infrastructure market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for further investigation, following a yearlong study. In a report, Ofcom said it found evidence of “features that could limit competition” among the major cloud providers, particularly Amazon and Microsoft. The report identified several common features […]
Cat causes VA system outage
A four-hour system outage at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, was reportedly caused by a cat jumping on a technician’s keyboard and deleting a server cluster configuration file. The story was first reported by The Register, which said that it had heard the anecdote from a source who participated in a […]
LinkedIn launches AI-assisted tools
LinkedIn has launched AI-assisted candidate discovery and AI-powered coaching within LinkedIn Learning to transform job hunting and skill development. The AI-assisted candidate discovery for recruiters promises better natural language searches, less focus on university credentials and job titles, and prompts on how a role could be tailored around a candidate’s strengths and constraints. While the […]
