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Podcast 1638: Dress Up Day, Yahoo’s Blowout, Tesla Sues Michigan and Mike Ammann Tours Facebook

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Yahoo announced this week that it had suffered a breach of 500,000 usernames and passwords….wait for it….in 2014!

 

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Caston ThomasCaston Thomas, The Chuck Norris of Securing & Managing Mobile & Networks, is the CEO of InterWorks Technology,  a computer and security company based in Rochester, MI. Mr. Thomas tackles questions like: Why did Yahoo wait two years?  They claim that this was a “state sponsored attack” but where is the proof?  

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, one of our tech experts, is on a mission:  He wants to see how many different devices he can connect in his home through the Internet of Things (IoT)  This could include a Nest Thermostat, LED lights, a remote


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Russian Super Hack Nets Over 1 Billion Records

A Russian crime ring has amassed the largest known collection of stolen Internet credentials, including 1.2 billion username and password combinations and more than 500 million email addresses, security researchers say.

The records, discovered by Hold Security, a firm in Milwaukee, include confidential material gathered from 420,000 websites, including household names, and small Internet sites. Hold Security has a history of uncovering significant hacks, including the theft last year of tens of millions of records from Adobe Systems.

Full Article New York Times


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