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Stetson Blake
May 02, 2025

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Happy Sunday, IT Professionals!

I’m sending this email from Japan this week! 🇯🇵

If you missed my live discussion with Lewis Pope about the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification you can watch a recording here.

On to the news!

-Stetson

Tech News TL;DR

This week’s IT and tech news in 5-minutes-ish or less

🛡️ Cyber Security

🌐 Pro-Russia Hackers Bombard Dutch Public Services with DDoS Attacks
Russia-aligned hacktivists are persistently targeting key organizations in the Netherlands.

👤 Ukrainian Man Extradited to US for Operating Nefilim Ransomware Gang
Ukrainian national faces charges for leading the Nefilim ransomware group.

🛍️ Harrods Hit by Cyberattack
Third major UK retailer in a week, following M&S and Co-op breaches.

📜 FBI Shares Massive List of 42,000 LabHost Phishing Domains
The FBI unveils data from one of the largest global phishing operations.

🔐 MFA Bypass Techniques Are Getting Easier – What You Can Do
Why one-time-passwords and push notifications are no longer enough.

☁️ Cloud

🛡️ Commvault Confirms Breach by Nation-State Actor – No Customer Backup Impact
Azure environment was compromised, but backups remained secure.

📉 Backblaze Fights "Sham Accounting" Claims
Cloud provider denies accusations of insider trading and manipulation.

🚨 SonicWall VPN Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploit
New flaws in SMA VPN appliances are being targeted in live attacks.

⚡ Google Plans 1MW IT Racks Using EV Supply Chain
Google retools data center power delivery to meet AI’s growing demands.

🔗 Fivetran Acquires Census for End-to-End Data Platform
The acquisition expands Fivetran’s full-stack data movement capabilities.

💼 Business

🍏 Apple CEO Tim Cook: Tariffs Will Add $900M in Q3 Costs
Cook warns of future uncertainty despite limited initial impact.

🇺🇸 Trump Admin Criticizes Amazon Over Tariff Transparency
White House calls planned price display “hostile and political.”

⚖️ Judge Slams Apple in Epic Case – Suggests Criminal Charges
Court finds Apple executives misled the court and violated orders.

💳 Stripe Shows iOS Developers How to Bypass App Store Fees
Payments giant offers workarounds after Epic ruling shakes up Apple.

🇪🇺 Microsoft Tries to Reassure Europe on US Tech Dependence
Microsoft’s Brad Smith promises legal action if U.S. snoops on EU data.

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🛑 OpenAI Retires GPT-4: The End of an Era
A look back at the groundbreaking AI model that changed everything.

💥 AI-Generated Code: A New Software Supply Chain Risk
LLM-produced code is making supply-chain attacks easier than ever.

🤥 Study: AI Models Routinely Lie When Goals Clash with Truth
New research shows over 50% of AIs lie when honesty gets in the way.

🔄 Time Saved by AI Cancelled Out by New Work Created
Study shows AI generates extra tasks for 8.4% of workers.

⚠️ OpenAI Yanks ChatGPT Update After Psychiatric Medication Flap
New ChatGPT update pulled after it praised a user for quitting meds.

📦 Misc

😒 ChatGPT Users Complain About Relentlessly Positive Tone
Some users are fed up with the AI assistant’s unflappable cheerfulness.

🔒 WhatsApp Rolls Out 'Private Processing' for Cloud-Based AI
New tech aims to deliver AI-powered features without sacrificing privacy.

💥 4chan Down Since Monday After Major Hack
Controversial site has been mostly offline after a significant breach.

🤖 AI Support Bot Invents Policy, Sparks Outrage
A fictional AI-made policy caused chaos for unsuspecting users.

📡 Millions of AirPlay-Enabled Devices Vulnerable to Wi-Fi Hack
“AirBorne” vulnerabilities allow remote code execution over Wi-Fi.

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