This week in the bucket, the Internet Archive continues to have a rough October, Amazon's customers are loving Passkeys, and various tales of online scam woes.

News Stories for Reference:

"Internet Archive Gets Pummeled in Round 2 Breach "

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/internet-archive-pummeled-round-2-breach

"Amazon says 175 million customers now use passkeys to log in"

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amazon-says-175-million-customers-now-use-passkeys-to-log-in/

"Varonis – Breach prevented within 30-minutes"

https://view.highspot.com/viewer/6418b07d1bf0b78753945178

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Musical Attribution:

"Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This week in the bucket, what happens to all the spit data, Lego's website launches a scam product, and scammers take advantage of the hurricane like bottom-feeding scum.

News Stories for Reference:

"23andMe is on the brink. What happens to all its DNA data?"

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/03/g-s1-25795/23andme-data-genetic-dna-privacy

"Largest water utility company in the U.S. targeted in cyberattack"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/largest-water-utility-company-us-targeted-cyberattack-rcna174474

"Reports: China hacked Verizon and AT&T, may have accessed US wiretap systems"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/reports-china-hacked-verizon-and-att-may-have-accessed-us-wiretap-systems/

"LEGO Shop Hacked To Promote Ethereum Crypto Scam"

https://secalerts.co/news/lego-shop-hacked-to-promote-ethereum-crypto-scam/5pmeCydAUayw8A17f84dLR

"Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021"

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/10/persistent-stealthy-linux-malware-has-infected-thousands-since-2021/

"Understanding the CUPS Vulnerability: What’s important to know"

https://censys.com/understanding-the-cups-vulnerability-whats-important-to-know/

"Fraud scams related to hurricanes"

https://law.georgia.gov/key-issues/consumer-protection/consumer-alert-beware-storm-scams-fraud

"Protects Your Identity. Be Alert to Fraud and Scams"

https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20241006/protect-your-identity-be-alert-fraud-and-scams

A Little Something Extra

FLYING THROUGH HURRICANE MILTON in MSFS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2mouAeqCoY

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Musical Attribution:

"Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This week in the bucket, LinkedIn probably trained their AI on your data without asking (hooray!), Kaspersky AV decides the best thing for everyone is to just delete itself, and OpenAI's new model troubleshoots its own issues.

News Stories for Reference:

"How to stop LinkedIn from training AI on your data"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/how-to-stop-linkedin-from-training-ai-on-your-data/

"Dark Reading Confidential: Pen Test Arrests, Five Years Later"

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/dark-reading-confidential-pen-test-arrests-five-years-later?is=19abe664615d20ad53fe7fe2b8af273540b98afc9232f728b7e898b0c73a80ad

"Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning"

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kaspersky-deletes-itself-installs-ultraav-antivirus-without-warning/

"OpenAI o1 System Card"

https://assets.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/67qJD51Aur3eIc96iOfeOP/71551c3d223cd97e591aa89567306912/o1_system_card.pdf

A Little Something Extra

Ted Lasso Biscuit Recipe:

https://bromabakery.com/ted-lasso-biscuits/

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Musical Attribution:

"Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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