Cyber Fix: Episode 4

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Links Discussed

Wacky tech news:

• $2,350 Amazon ‘Astro’ Business Robots To Become Pointless Paperweights 11 Months After Release
• Researchers Call for “Child-Safe AI” After Alexa Tells Little Girl to Stick Penny in Wall Socket
• Popular defi protocol websites replaced with wallet drainers amid mass Squarespace domain hijacking
• Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers
• Cloudflare Reports that Almost 7% of All Internet Traffic Is Malicious

Firefox Woes:

• Firefox’s new Web Site Advertising Preferences are a dark pattern and the idea of private personalized ads is nonsense anyway

Solutions Roundup:

• Firefox Hardening Guide 2024
• I used a ‘dumb phone’ for a week – here are 5 things I loved and 5 things I missed
• What is Podcasting 2.0? And Why Should I Care?
• How and Why to Block Ads
• Reaching an “end of the line” regarding proprietary OSes

Dispatches from the Cyberwar

SAP AI Core Vulnerabilities Expose Customer Data to Cyber Attacks

After the Break

Crowdstrike

• Sherief, FYI
• X thread of the scope of the damage
• Commentary of BSOD’d MRI machine
• How does one secure data?

• Experts are warning it could take ‘weeks’ to fix the global IT outage – here’s what we know
• CrowdStrike took down Debian and Rocky Linux a few months ago and no one noticed
• Major Microsoft 365 outage caused by Azure configuration change

Read more:

• Technical Details: Falcon Content Update for Windows Hosts
• Remediation and Guidance Hub: Falcon Content Update for Windows Hosts

Notable Breaches

• Risk & Repeat: AT&T’s Snowflake database breached
• Huge AT&T Data Breach
• Data breach raises questions about Fractal ID’s decentralized identity architecture

Government and Tech

• For Whatever Reason, The US Post Office Is Still Running Its Mail Cover Surveillance Program
• The Role of Public Money in the Digital Age
• White House wants to boost cyber funds for fiscal 2026
• EC cuts funding support for Free Software projects
• KDE signs petition urging European Union to continue funding free software

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