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US Disrupts Chinese Botnet, Cloudflare Hacked via Okta Attack, AMD Bets on AI-Powered PCs | 2/6/24

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MSP Dispatch is your source for news, community events, and commentary in the MSP channel.  

Hosted by: Ray Orsini and Tony Francisco

Give us your feedback by emailing news@mspmedia.tv   

On this episode of MSP Dispatch we cover U.S. government disrupts Chinese Botnet in critical infrastructure hack, Cloudflare hacked using auth tokens stolen in Okta attack, AMD bets on AI-Powered PCs as Artificial intelligence race with Nvidia, Intel heats up.

Story Links: 

• U.S. Government Disrupts Chinese Botnet in Critical Infrastructure Hack (Story submitted by RunJosh23 on the MMN Discord)
  • https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-government-disrupts-botnet-peoples-republic-china-used-conceal-hacking-critical 
• Cloudflare Hacked Using Auth Tokens Stolen in Okta Attack
  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-hacked-using-auth-tokens-stolen-in-okta-attack/ 
• AMD Bets on AI-Powered PCs As AI Race With Nvidia, Intel Heats Up
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/02/amd-bets-on-ai-powered-pcs-as-artificial-intelligence-race-with-nvidia-and-intel-heats-up.html 

Notable Mentions:

• macOS Malware Campaign Showcases Novel Delivery Technique
  • https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/macos-malware-campaign-showcases-novel-delivery-technique 
• Google Will No Longer Back Up the Internet: Cached Webpages Are Dead
  • https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/google-search-kills-off-cached-webpages/ 
• New Windows Event Log Zero-Day Flaw Gets Unofficial Patches
  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-windows-event-log-zero-day-flaw-gets-unofficial-patches/ 
• Google Maps Is Getting ‘Supercharged’ With Generative AI
  • https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24057994/google-maps-generative-ai-llm-local-guide-search 

Resource of the week:

• What’s New in Microsoft 365 | January 2024
  • https://tminus365.com/whats-new-in-microsoft-365-january-2024/ 

Community Events:

• 2/5 – 2/9 In-Person Event | Cisco LIVE! – Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2/5 – 2/9 In-Person Event | IT Nation Evolve: St. Petersburg, FL
• 2/7 @ 11:30 am ET | The 2024 Marketing Plan To Finally Make $1 Million in Your IT Business

MSP Media Network:

• ICYMI: 38 at 38 Ep. 21 with Alexandria Boyd of OITVOIP
• 2/7 @ 10:00 am ET | AI Roundup Ep. 59
• 2/9 @ 11:00 am ET | MSP Community Live Ep. 24

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– Ray Orsini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayorsini/ 

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0:00 Teaser

0:47 Intro Banter

2:17 U.S. Government Disrupts Chinese Botnet in Critical Infrastructure Hack 

8:16 Cloudflare Hacked Using Auth Tokens Stolen in Okta Attack

13:53 AMD Bets on AI-Powered PCs As AI Race With Nvidia, Intel Heats Up

20:42 macOS Malware Campaign Showcases Novel Delivery Technique

21:34 Google Will No Longer Back Up the Internet: Cached Webpages Are Dead

22:10 New Windows Event Log Zero-Day Flaw Gets Unofficial Patches

22:58 Google Maps Is Getting ‘Supercharged’ With Generative AI

23:33 Resource of the Week

24:09 Feedback

25:32 Community Events

27:06 Sign-off

29:40 Outtakes