employee

The Great CrowdStrike Crash, AI’s Role in Employee Smiles
In episode 341, we cover the unprecedented global IT outage caused by a CrowdStrike update crash, affecting 8.5 million Windows machines. We discuss whether it’s the largest outage in history and discuss ...

New Hotel Lock Vulnerabilities, Glassdoor Anonymity Issues
In episode 323, the hosts discuss two prominent topics. The first segment discusses a significant vulnerability discovered in hotel locks, branded as ‘Unsaflok,’ affecting 3 million doors across 131 countries. The vulnerability ...

Pandemic Burnout: Yes, It’s a Thing. And It’s a Security Risk
Although not a medical diagnosis, job burnout is a real physical and emotional condition, causing such symptoms as extreme fatigue, lack of job satisfaction, apathy, anxiety, depression, decreased concentration and lowered productivity ...

Chegg Confirmed Data Breach of Employee Records
American education technology company Chegg confirmed a data breach in which malicious actors stole some of its employee records. As reported by TechCrunch, digital attackers succeeded in stealing 700 records associated with ...

Cybersecurity is About Teamwork, Not Individuals
More and more, businesses blame cyberattacks on “human error,” that single employee who, either accidentally or maliciously, made a decision that resulted in a security breach. You probably remember the 2017 Equifax ...

Cybercriminals count on human interaction in 99% of attacks, research shows
Cybercrooks exploit human flaws in about 99% of their attacks, using social engineering across email, cloud applications and social media to gain a foothold in a targeted infrastructure, new research shows. Almost ...
From E-Commerce to Enterprise Employee: How I Overcame my Fears and Doubts
By Efrat Silberhaft One year ago, I was working as the sole designer in a small e-commerce startup. When the company shut down, I had to start looking for a new job ...

State Department Says Some Employee Info Possibly Exposed in Security Incident
The U.S. State Department said that some employees’ information might have been exposed in a recent security incident. In a notice shared by Politico, the State Department disclosed that “activity of concern” ...