Episode #199 - Don't Let Your Printer Compromise Your Network; Space Pirates Attack Across Russia and Serbia; Worldcoin says it will share its data; Apple and UK; UK Ambulance Patient Records Hauled Offline Cyber Attack Probe; This Day, August 3 in Tech History

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Marcel Brown: This Day, August  3 in Tech History

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

August 3rd, 1977. Radio Shack introduces their first computer, the TRS80. Originally forecasting sales of just 3000 to 5,000 per year, the TRS80 sold over 10,000 units in the first month and a half of sales. and 200,000 over the lifetime of the product.  

Edwin Kwan: Don't Let Your Printer Compromise Your Network

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

Canon recently released a security advisory stating that Wi-Fi connection information does not get wiped on some of their inkjet printers during initialization. The Wi-Fi connection information includes wifi network,  SSID,  password, network type, such as WPA3 or WEP,  assigned IP address, MAC address, and network profile. 

Ian Garrett: Space Pirates Attack Across Russia and Serbia

🇺🇸 Ian Garrett, Arlington, Virginia ↗

First aliens and now Space Pirates? In this case, it's the notorious threat actor known as Space Pirates, and they've launched attacks across Russia and Serbia using novel tactics targeting various sectors, from government agencies and educational institutions, to aerospace manufacturers and healthcare firms.

Olimpiu Pop: Break the Silos to Achieve Cyberresillience

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania ↗

The expected investment in cybersecurity is estimated at $1.75 trillion by 2025- equivalent to the GDP of the ninth largest economy in the world, Canada. What beats that? The projected cost of global cybercrime- $10.5 trillion- about half of the GDP of the largest economy, the US.

Katy Craig: Worldcoin says it will share its data

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

Worldcoin, the brainchild of OpenAI's Sam Altman, keeps making headlines with its iris-scanning orb. Worldcoin's ambition goes beyond just offering free crypto tokens. 

Marcel Brown: Apple and UK

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

The UK government is attempting to update the Investigatory Powers Act of 2016, in order to force message providers to provide back doors into their encrypted messaging systems. Apple has joined WhatsApp and Signal in basically stating  their only option will be to remove their services if these laws are passed.

Olimpiu Pop: UK Ambulance Patient Records Hauled Offline Cyber Attack Probe

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania ↗

Ambulance patients from cities such as Bristol or Oxfordshire, and regions of Cornwall and Devon were impacted by a cyber attack targeted against health software company Ortivus, based in Sweden.