Episode 64 – Hackers, Hackers Everywhere

Published 5 years ago in Dragonfly , Facebook , fortnite , Google , Hack , Kurian , NVidia , Oracle

Facebook reported Friday that up to 50 million user accounts may have been compromised and taken over by cyberattackers.
Companies spend millions on cybersecurity, but still fall prey to cyberattacks.
Many of the cybersecurity issues companies are tasked with fixing are backward-facing, but it is also important to give equal focus to forward-looking matters.

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Earlier this month, Kurian told employees that he was taking an extended leave, though a company spokesperson said he was expected back soon.
Kurian joined the company in 1996.

Net neutrality advocates worry that without rules, internet providers could create fast lanes and slow lanes that favor their own sites and apps or make it harder for consumers to see content from competitors.
Advocates of net neutrality hope the new law will have national implications by pushing Congress to enact national net neutrality rules or encouraging other states to follow suit.
But the U.S. Department of Justice wants to stop the law in its tracks, arguing that it creates burdensome, anti-consumer requirements that go against the federal government’s approach of deregulating the Internet.

This is a mentionable and will accelerate Alexa Skill development…think in-app purchases.

Darktrace’s most recent valuation of $1.65 billion marks a 32 percent increase in the last four months.
Its technology uses AI and machine-learning to detect and counter cyber threats.
The funding comes at a time of rapid growth for both the cybersecurity and AI industries.