MSP Dispatch is your source for news, community events, and commentary in the MSP channel.
Hosted by: Tony Francisco and Ray Orsini
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On this episode of MSP Dispatch, we cover a WS_FTP vulnerability, Microsoft considering small nuclear reactors to power AI, and allegations of several corporations scraping taxpayer data.
Story Links:
- Move Over, MOVEit: Critical Progress Bug Infests WS_FTP Software
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/moveit-progress-critical-bug-ws_ftp-software - Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It’s Considering Small Nuclear Reactors
https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-power-train-ai-small-nuclear-reactors - H&R Block, Meta, and Google Slapped With RICO Suit, Allegedly Schemed to Scrape Taxpayer Data
https://gizmodo.com/h-r-block-meta-and-google-slapped-with-rico-suit-1850883099
Notable Mentions:
- Amazon sends Mastercard, Google Play gift card order emails by mistake
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amazon-sends-mastercard-google-play-gift-card-order-emails-by-mistake - FBI Indicts Wall Street Banker For Doing Crimes On Xbox 360
https://kotaku.com/xbox-360-chat-wall-street-fbi-insider-trading-goldman-1850887053 - Forty Years of GNU and the Free Software Movement
https://www.fsf.org/news/forty-years-of-gnu-and-the-free-software-movement - Beware the AI-generated Tom Hanks
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/2/23899341/beware-the-ai-generated-tom-hanks
Resource of the Week:
- Cybersecurity Alliance’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month Resources
https://staysafeonline.org/programs/cybersecurity-awareness-month
Community Events:
- 10/3 @ 11:00 AM ET | Ransomware 101: Protect against this evolving threat – presented by Barracuda MSP
- 10/3 @ 3:00 PM ET | The State of Cybersecurity at MSPs – presented by Phin Security
- 10/5 @ 11:00 AM ET | Cybersecurity Awareness for Everyone – presented by ThreatLocker
- 10/5 @ 12:00 PM | N-Able Roadshow In-Person Event, Miami FL
MSP Media Network Events:
- 10/3 @ 7:30 pm ET | Wins and Losses Ep. 10
- 10/4 @ 10:00 am ET | AI Roundup Ep. 30
- 10/5 @ 6:30 pm ET | The Tech Bar Podcast Ep. 64 with Trevor Thomas of ZenContract
- 10/6 @ 11:00 am ET | MSP Community Live Ep. 14
- 10/6 @ 5:00 pm ET | 38 at 38 Ep. 17 with Ashley Gordon of Level Agency
- Tuesdays and Fridays @ 10:00 am ET | MSP Dispatch
Banter Story:
- Bear-repelling ‘Monster Wolf’ robot gets wider deployment (via BBC)
https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/bear-repelling-monster-wolf-robot-gets-wider-deployment
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00:00 Teaser
00:65 Intro Banter
03:54 Move Over, MOVEit: Critical Progress Bug Infests WS_FTP Software
09:34 Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train Ai That It’s Considering Small Nuclear Reactors
14:29 H&R Block, Meta, and Google Slapped With RICO Suit, Allegedly Schemed to Scrape Taxpayer Data
Notable Mentions:
20:13 Amazon sends Mastercard, Google Play gift card order emails by mistake
20:52 FBI Indicts Wall Street Banker For Doing Crimes On Xbox 360
21:50 Forty Years of GNU and the Free Software Movement
22:34 Beware the AI-generated Tom Hanks