Guess the company: Takes your DNA, blames you when criminals steal it, can’t spot a cyberattack for 5 months [Mon Jan 29 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 29 January 2024 ***************************************************************** Guess the company: Takes your DNA, blames you when criminals steal it, can’t spot a cyberattack for 5 months Breach filings show Reddit post led to the discovery rather than any sophisticated cyber defenses ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Snow day in corporate world thanks to another frustrating Microsoft Teams outage Network rollback fails to resolve issue in Americas as Redmond scrambles to optimize its way out of the problem On-Prem * Competition is decreasing in enterprise IT – and you’ll be poorer and dumber for it Suppliers know they can get away with less and the cloud means alternatives are less likely to emerge * TSMC finds its green chips are highly sought after... the potato ones Crunchy, tasty, coconut flavoured... and hopefully thicker than a few nanometers * As NSA buys up Americans' browser records, Uncle Sam is asked to simply knock it off If you could just not harvest our info unlawfully and without a warrant, that would be great * Intel warns of Q1 nosedive... and its shares follow suit Pat's gonna need to sell a lotta AI PCs if he wants to make a profit this quarter * UK merger of Vodafone and Three in competition watchdog's crosshairs Union claims corporate greed behind alliance, firms claim it is about helping customers * Virgin Media comes top of the flops for customer complaints Clean sweep across broadband, landline, and pay TV * Standards-obsessed boss ignored one, and suffered all night for his sin When a rack sits on a metal plate, that’s so not an invitation to move it Security * Tesla hacks make big bank at Pwn2Own's first automotive-focused event ALSO: SEC admits to X account negligence; New macOS malware family appears; and some critical vulns * 750 million Indian mobile subscribers' info for sale on dark web ALSO: Samsung turns to Baidu for Galaxy AI in China; Terraform Labs files for bankruptcy; India's supercomputing ambitions * Microsoft sheds some light on Russian email heist – and how to learn from Redmond's mistakes Step one, actually turn on MFA * Wait, security courses aren't a requirement to graduate with a computer science degree? And software makers seem to be OK with this, apparently * Guess the company: Takes your DNA, blames you when criminals steal it, can’t spot a cyberattack for 5 months Breach filings show Reddit post led to the discovery rather than any sophisticated cyber defenses * Akira ransomware gang says it stole passport scans from Lush in 110 GB data heist Cosmetics brand goes from Jackson Pollocking your bathwater to cleaning up serious a digital mess Software * SparkyLinux harbors a flamboyant array of desktops Both stable and rolling releases, Pi versions, and some very unusual customizations * If you use AI to teach you how to code, remember you still need to think for yourself Computer science teachers, software experts share their advice on ML assistants * The Land Before Linux: Let's talk about the Unix desktops It takes more than open source, it takes open standards and consensus * Apple redecorates its iPhone prison to appease Europe At least web competition will finally be allowed * FBI recruits Amazon Rekognition AI to hunt down 'nudity, weapons, explosives' Honestly, it sounds like a fun time * 20,000-plus tech workers got the boot this month Microsoft and Salesforce the latest to toss more folks onto industry's employment bonfire * What is Model Collapse and how to avoid it We chat to AI expert Ilia Shumailov about the pitfalls of using machines to train machines * Microsoft unveils a secret tunnel for Windows Insiders who want out Beta Channel Insiders can return to retail Windows 11 23H2 with click of a toggle * FTC Tech Summit highlights GPU shortages, concentrations of power Startups hoping to compete in the industry face an uphill battle * Technology truly is the gift that keeps on giving ... 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