Episode 207 - 25% of Community College Students Are Bots, Microsoft Kills the Password, Scattered Spider Ransomware Gang Lives On, Data Protection Stories

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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25% of community college students are AI bots

• https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/04/financial-aid-fraud/ 
• https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1916365142918300053

 

Microsoft makes accounts passwordless by default

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-makes-all-new-accounts-passwordless-by-default/

 

Scattered Spider ransomware crew lives on

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/despite-arrests-scattered-spider-continues-hacking

 

Data Protection

• https://www.zscaler.com/products-and-solutions/data-protection

 

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

 

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