According to Microsoft, the blue screen incident caused by a CrowdStrike Falcon security solution update affected more than 8.5 million computers worldwide. This incident has cost many companies dearly, and has also brought up a lot of debate about how to prevent similar situations from happening again. First of all, no one is immune to errors; it’s...

Episode 357 of the Transatlantic Cable Podcast kicks off with news of the Telegram zero-day vulnerability that went unnoticed for 5 weeks, as well as further CrowdStrike woes with threat actors targeting companies with fake fixes.  From there Ahmed & Jag go on to discuss a potential hacktivism hit on Disney in response to Disney’s embrace of AI,...

It’s been a month already since the US Department of Commerce issued its Final Determination with regard to the sales and use of Kaspersky products by US persons. The agency’s decision, if you happen not to be aware of it, in general terms was to ban Kaspersky products – with a few exceptions for informational and educational products and services –...

The upcoming Paris Olympics — the world’s biggest sporting event since pandemic restrictions were lifted — are expected to attract over 15 million tourists to Paris — which is something scammers are already actively preparing for. Almost certainly, each of these tourists/spectators will need access to the internet, and this is where public Wi-Fi hotspots...

Throughout May and June, the IT world watched the unfolding drama of Copilot+ Recall. First came Microsoft’s announcement of the “memory” feature named Recall that takes screenshots of everything happening on a computer every few seconds and extracting all useful information into a shared database. Then, cybersecurity researchers criticized Recall’s...

For athletes, the Olympics are the pinnacle of a lifetime’s work. Many train for decades to one day perform under their nation’s flag and sing its anthem far from home. For scammers, it’s much simpler: the Olympics are just another opportunity to cash in on unsuspecting individuals. Today we tell you how scammers have prepared for the Paris Olympics,...