An interesting article looking at #PC #shipments in Q3 2023. There's a lot of details in the report, but perhaps the biggest surprise was the fact #Apple was the biggest loser this quarter, with numbers declining between 23% and 29%. techcrunch.com/2023/10/10/pc-…

$28.9 billion is a lot of cheese. The #Internal #Revenue #Service (#IRS) notified #Microsoft that it may owe $28.9 billion in back taxes, plus penalties and interest, from 2004 through 2013. The IRS says it believes that as of Sept. 30, its tax adjustmen gizmodo.com/microsoft-may-…

Interesting - the GSM Association (#GSMA) has released its #Mobile #Internet #Connectivity Report for 2023. It provides insights into the state of mobile internet and #smartphone adoption and usage around the world. gizchina.com/2023/10/13/gsm…

Huge thank you to #ISACA, #ISACASanDiego, and Jeff Angle for the opportunity to be a panelist at the A Joint Presentation by #UPCEA and #AACRAO 2023 #Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education evening in Washington DC on November 1st! If atten conferences.upcea.edu/convergence202…

A federal judge responsible for deciding the fate of #Montana’s unprecedented #TikTok ban poked holes in the state’s argument during a hearing and questioned why the government should prevent users and creators from willfully handing over data to the app. gizmodo.com/federal-judge-…

Reminder, the #ISACASanDiego chapter has still got this awesome #student #scholarship opportunity is still accepting applications. Please reach out if you have any questions, take advantage if applicable, and please let others know that may be interested. isaca.secure-platform.com/a/page/oitscho…

Woot woot, excited to share we are officially #1 in something: #SanDiego takes top spot in ranking of most #expensive places to #live in U.S. in a #USNewsWorld Report ranking for 2023-2024, #AmericasFinestCity was deemed the most #unaffordable metro area. fox5sandiego.com/news/business/…

I have no affiliation with this company (#GreenhatGames), but was searching for #NationalSecurityAwarenessMonth stuff, they came up, and I wanted to share. Essentially the idea is the love child of an #escaperoom and a #ransomware #tabletop exercise. greenhatgames.com/cybersecurity-…

According to this #BleepingComputer article, #security #researchers found that #IT #administrators are using tens of thousands of #weak #passwords to protect access to portals, leaving the door open to #cyberattacks on #enterprise networks. bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/…

I'm not 100% sure what this means and/or its implications, but it sounds impressive. Who knows more on the topic that can share? Japan hopes to use the railgun on land and at sea. Thus, the test would be a significant advancement for this novel technology. eurasiantimes.com/historic-japan…

Cleveland gets no love, until this... #Cleveland has spent years being dubbed the “worst connected city in the U.S.” thanks to expensive, patchy, and slow #broadband. Why Cleveland broadband sucks so badly isn’t really a mystery. techdirt.com/2023/10/23/tir…

New #vulnerability alert - Researchers have devised an #attack that forces #Apple’s #Safari browser to divulge #passwords, #Gmail message content, and other #secrets by #exploiting a vulnerability in the A- and M-series #CPUs running #iOS & #macOS devices. arstechnica.com/security/2023/…

Wow, #Spotify just announced a new way they will #avoid paying artists... #Artists will have to hit a minimum number of #streams before they get paid anything, according to a report from #MusicBusinessWorldwide. theverge.com/2023/10/25/239…

A recently patched Citrix NetScaler bug (CVE-2023-4966, CVS score 9.4) is under active attack, and has been for at least two months. Making matters worse, attackers have proven to be able to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication requirements by hijacking... mandiant.com/resources/blog…

This article talks about #Digit, a humanoid(ish) robot with ChatGPT built in... In front of an audience, the #robot showcased ability to operate #autonomously and #problemsolve in real time, thanks to #OpenAI’s #ChatGPT 4.0 AI integrated into its software. cnn.com/2023/10/25/tec…

#ProjectSilica’s coaster-size glass plates can store data for thousands of years, creating sustainable storage. A small sheet of glass can now hold several #terabytes of data, enough to store approximately 1.75 million songs or 13 years’ worth of music. unlocked.microsoft.com/sealed-in-glas…

Quick reminder, #ISACASanDiego and #CSASanDiego have partnered up for this event Thursday evening... Please join the CSA and ISACA San Diego chapters for a lively discussion with two, seasoned Cybersecurity leaders. This event is sponsored by WWT. Our pan isaca-sd.org/events/2024-02…

Another event, excited to share with the local community... WiCyS (Women in Cybersecurity) San Diego is presents '#AI, #LLMs, and Embracing Change' with Dr. Vanessa Bourgeois this Saturday, February 24 · 2:30 - 3:30pm PST. eventbrite.com/e/virtual-cybe… eventbrite.com/e/virtual-cybe…

The end of an era… 404media.co/mass-layoffs-a…

I’ll wager this is more common than we realized… A study has concluded that Apple's privacy practices aren't particularly effective, because default apps on the iPhone and Mac have limited privacy settings and confusing configuration options. Just disabling Siri requires visits