Largest-ever food destruction cyber-attack, Microsoft patches 1,411 flaws, Drones knock out Russia's Yandex
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Largest-ever food destruction cyber-attack, Microsoft patches 1,411 flaws, Drones knock out Russia's Yandex

C1AdvancedOctober 14, 202615 min
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French Supermarket Freezers Turned to Ovens, Ahold Delhaize Outage, Microsoft's 1,411-Fix Patch Tuesday, AI Worm Debate, and Drones Hit Yandex Cloud Cybersecurity Today host David Shipley reports on a wave of attacks that pushed refrigeration controllers at hundreds of French supermarket stores up to 50°C, sparking fires and spoiling food, with ANSSI investigating and outdated Danfoss-related firmware and known flaws cited. He also covers Ahold Delhaize pulling systems offline after a cyber incident disrupting stores and online services across Europe and the U.S. Microsoft's October Patch Tuesday sets a new record with 1,411 f...

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Someone turned hundreds of French supermarket freezers into ovens. A grocery giant pulls the plug on its own systems on two continents. Microsoft breaks its patch record again. Admins race for impact.

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Anthropic warns of AI worms in your TV. And Marcus Hutchins isn't buying it. And Ukraine drones take a bite out of Russia's cloud. This is cybersecurity today, and I'm your host David Shipley.

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Let's get started. Attackers didn't just switch off the cold in French supermarkets on the weekend. They turned up the heat. Reuters reports intruders hijacked refrigerator controllers at hundreds of stores Sunday night

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