Rest in peace

August 11, 2024

Rest in peace: Former YouTube CEO and Silicon Valley trailblazer Susan Wojcicki passed away at 56 after a two-year battle with lung cancer, just months after her 19-year-old son died of a drug overdose in his dorm room. She rented her Menlo Park home’s garage to founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin where they started Google and became one of their first employees. I hate cancer.

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Biggest data breaches of 2024 (so far)

From big banks to car dealerships, 2024 has been a banner year for data breaches. Yes, I mean that in the worst way possible. I’d be shocked if there’s any American left unexposed at this point.

Let’s take a walk down the data breach memory lane. I’ve got steps for remediation at the end for you and everyone you care about.

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Who is Kitboga?

Kitboga is one of the most popular scammer baiters out there. What’s a scammer baiter? Watch to find out.

13% decrease

In LDL cholesterol (the “bad” one) by eating corn flour daily. Researchers tested a few different combos and found refined cornmeal mixed with corn bran was the winner at lowering cholesterol. Time to bake some cornbread.

Dog sets the house on fire

An indoor cam caught a dog chewing on a lithium-ion battery power bank, which then set the house on fire. The flames spread through the living room in minutes. The family (and all their pets) got out safely. Note to self: Keep power banks up high away from Abby.

$20 subscription fee

Rumored for Apple Intelligence. It would likely come as part of Apple One, which also includes Apple Music and 2TB of iCloud storage. It’d better beat Siri by a long shot if anyone is going to pay for it.

$14,200 a month

To answer questions from his couch. A mechanic quit his full-time job at Ford after he started making more money helping folks on JustAnswer. He works hard for that money — eight to 10 hours a day, seven days a week. I’m signing Barry up!

$1,000,000 bounty

For anyone who catches a major Samsung security flaw. Bag a local arbitrary execution to score $300,000. Remote code execution vulnerabilities are worth up to $1 million. If you know what those terms mean, get to work.

64% fewer stolen cars

After Kia and Hyundai’s anti-theft software upgrades. The 2023 free update fixed shoddy security measures that made it way too easy to steal the vehicles. Drive one and not sure if you got the update? Call your dealership.

Hacked Ring camera

Ausharee Mcleod says her 5 year old son’s Ring camera was hacked after he heard a voice whisper “hey” in the middle of the night.

$600,000 lost

After a homebuyer’s law firm was hacked. Now he’s suing them. Richard Bates hired the firm to help him buy a house. Hackers broke into their email and stole enough to trick Bates into wiring them his home payment. Bates says it wouldn’t have happened if his lawyers had basic cybersecurity like 2FA. Well, he’s not wrong.