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Hosted by: Tony Francisco and Ray Orsini

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In this episode of MSP Dispatch we touch on how cybercriminals are targeting telecom provider networks, ITGlue’s data loss on January 17th – January 18th and how over 4,000 Sophos firewall devices are vulnerable to RCE attacks

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Story Links: 

• Cybercriminals Target Telecom Provider Networks
• https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/cybercriminals-target-telecom-provider-networks
• ITGlue Data Loss on 1/17 and 1/18
• https://www.reddit.com/r/msp/comments/10f4vnr/all_data_and_logs_missing_from_117_in_it_glue/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/msp/comments/10fftm6/itglue_data_loss_anybody_got_data_from_118_back/
• Over 4,000 Sophos Firewall devices vulnerable to RCE attacks
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-4-000-sophos-firewall-devices-vulnerable-to-rce-attacks/

Notable Mentions:

• Amazon to close charitable program AmazonSmile
• https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/3818818-amazon-to-close-charitable-program-amazonsmile/
• Dropbox President Timothy Young to Exit Co. in March
• https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dropbox-president-timothy-young-to-exit-co-in-march-271674078680
• Mailchimp says it was hacked… again
• https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/18/mailchimp-hacked

Banter Story:

• ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove
• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00107-z

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0:00 Teaser

Intro Banter

4:04 Cybercriminals Target Telecom Provider Networks

10:27 ITGlue Data Loss on 1/17 and 1/18

17:07 Over 4,000 Sophos Firewall devices vulnerable to RCE attacks

22:50 Notable Mentions

26:24 Feedback

26:43 Community Events

28:29 Sign-off

30:19 Outtakes