Episode 41 - LastPass Accounts Hacked, Huawei Caught Installing Backdoors in Hardware, Crowdsourced Information, TikTok Challenges, Awesome Christmas ...

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)

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PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”

LastPass members report unauthorized logins using the master password

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lastpass-users-warned-their-master-passwords-are-compromised/

• https://www.zdnet.com/article/lastpass-hit-by-password-stealing-and-code-execution-vulnerabilities/

Huawei installed malware in their hardware using a malicious update in 2012

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-16/chinese-spies-accused-of-using-huawei-in-secret-australian-telecom-hack

• https://www.zdnet.com/article/super-micro-trashes-bloomberg-chip-hack-story-in-recent-customer-letter/

Crowdsourced information: the good, the bad, the ugly

• https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/12/29/alexa-tells-10-year-old-girl-to-touch-live-electrical-socket-with-penny

• https://privacyrights.org/resources/know-your-rights-background-checks-california

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-shuts-down-ai-chatbot-after-it-turned-into-racist-/

Amazing Christmas gifts

• https://www.oceanbeachco.com/products/for-the-halibut-socks

• https://www.creality.com/goods-detail/ender-3-3d-printer

• https://www.dji.com/

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

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