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In today’s episode of MSP Dispatch, Intel faces a major CPU design flaw, Zoom confronts AI-driven privacy concerns in its TOS, and Microsoft is accused of neglecting a critical security vulnerability.
Story Links:
‘Downfall’ Bug in Billions of Intel CPUs Reveals Major Design Flaw
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/downfall-bug-billions-intel-cpus-design-flaw
Zoom Addresses Privacy Concerns Raised by AI Data Collection Language in Terms of Service
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/zoom-ai-privacy-tos-terms-of-service-data-rcna98665
https://blog.zoom.us/zooms-term-service-ai/
Tenable CEO Accuses Microsoft of Negligence in Addressing Security Flaw
https://cyberscoop.com/tenable-microsoft-negligence-security-flaw/
Notable Mentions:
FortiOS – Buffer Overflow in Execute Extender Command
https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-149
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Flaw Lets Extensions Steal Passwords
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-visual-studio-code-flaw-lets-extensions-steal-passwords/
Ransomware Victims Surge As Threat Actors Pivot to Zero-Day Exploits
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/ransomware-victims-surge-as-threat-actors-pivot-to-zero-day-exploits
Apple Users See Big Mac Attack, Says Accenture
https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/accenture-sees-big-mac-attacks
AI Roundup:
China’s internet giants order $5 bln of Nvidia chips to power AI ambitions
https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-internet-giants-order-5-bln-nvidia-chips-power-ai-ambitions-ft-2023-08-09/
Banter Topic:
Voyager 2 Signal Reestablished After NASA ‘Shouted’ Into the Cosmos
https://bgr.com/science/voyager-2-signal-reestablished-after-nasa-shouted-into-the-cosmos/
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0:00 Teaser
0:52 Intro Banter
5:54 ‘Downfall’ Bug in Billions of Intel CPUs Reveals Major Design Flaw
11:56 Zoom Addresses Privacy Concerns Raised by AI Data Collection Language in Terms of Service
18:09 Tenable CEO Accuses Microsoft of Negligence in Addressing Security Flaw
Notable Mentions:
25:07 FortiOS – Buffer Overflow in Execute Extender Command
25:54 Microsoft Visual Studio Code Flaw Lets Extensions Steal Passwords
26:42 Ransomware Victims Surge As Threat Actors Pivot to Zero-Day Exploits
27:43 Apple Users See Big Mac Attack, Says Accenture
28:44 AI Roundup
30:08 Community Events
31:57 Sign-off
33:40 Outtakes