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Shark Tank Season 15 LIVE — Fans praise Arepas and ‘can’t wait to try them’ as Meggings fails to secure a deal

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Thousands of individuals apply to be on show

Shark Tank can receive more than 100,000 applications every season, through the show’s website or during open casting calls to “audition, according to MentalFloss.

The show has around 31 episodes per season and producers are usually looking to fill close to 100 slots.

TJ Hale, the host of Shark Tank Podcast, which follows up on contestants and keeps a log of show statistics says “The odds are against you,” appearing on the show.

Get to know the sharks: Robert Herjavec

Robert Herjavec is a businessman born on September 14, 1962, in Varaždin, Croatia.

When he was seven, he and his family moved to Canada, where he later graduated with an English and Political Science degree from the University of Toronto.

Herjavec is the founder of BRAK Systems, a Canadian integrator of internet security software.

He sold the company to AT&T Canada in 2000 for $30.2million.

Three years later, he founded the Herjavec Group, which is one of the largest information technology and computer security companies in Canada.

Herjavec has been featured on reality TV series such as CBC’s Dragons’ Den and Shark Tank.

Get to know the sharks: Daymond John

It is believed that businessman and motivational speaker Daymond John has a net worth of $350million.

“Daymond John has come a long way from turning a $40 budget into FUBU, a $6 billion fashion game-changer,” reads his website.

“Throughout his career, Daymond has continued to be an entrepreneur in every sense of the word.

“He is not only a pioneer in the fashion industry but a Shark on the 4-time Emmy Award winning Shark Tank, a New York Times best-selling author, branding guru, and highly sought-after motivational speaker.”

FUBU is an American hip-hop apparel company launched by John and others. FUBU stands for “For Us, By Us.”

Get to know the sharks: Mr. Wonderful

Kevin O’Leary was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 9, 1954. The 68-year-old is a businessman, author, politician, and television personality.

O’Leary has appeared in the business news programs SqueezePlay and The Lang and O’Leary Exchange.

Since 2009 he’s been a main cast member on ABC’s Shark…

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5 IoT Security Fails of Smart Devices And Lessons Learned5 IoT Security Fails Of Smart Devices And Lessons Learned

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Hackers are already eyeing unprotected IoT devices every user has in their homes. These small components are a default technology that manufacturers put in all sorts of devices — from baby monitors, printers, and pacemakers to smart TVs.

With billions of Internet of Things devices that are globally connected and sharing what is often sensitive user data, we need to talk about IoT Security.

From harmless pranks to life-endangering hacking, vulnerable IoTs can cause quite a stir. What can we learn from IoT hacking incidents that happened in recent years? Why is putting the best security practices for IoT devices so challenging?

Hacking of Amazon’s Ring Cameras

In 2020, several of Amazon’s Ring security systems, which feature a camera and two-way communication, were hacked. A home security camera allowed strangers to communicate with children. Some people even received death and sexual threats, while others were blackmailed.

This security incident might ring a bell if you’re seen the reports of the class action against Amazon in the news.

What happened, exactly?

Hackers broke into the Ring account linked to the camera, exploiting Amazon’s lax security practices. As a response, Amazon urged customers to change their passwords to stronger ones and enable two-factor authentication.

The security lesson that was learned in this IoT hacking case?

Users have an inherent trust in the technology they purchase — they believe that it’s safe and that it’s not their job to secure it. Pinning the cyber incident on them and failing to improve the security measures is a poor way of handling a security problem.

Roomba Recording Woman On the Toilet

In 2020, workers from Venezuela posted a series of images shot by a robot vacuum, Roomba — raising major data privacy concerns. One of the images captured a woman sitting on a toilet.

This was possible because the data uploaded in the cloud via the IoT device was not secured enough.

Roomba confirmed that the images were, in fact, shared by the robot vacuum. Also, it claims that the images stem from the training of the robot in the development stages and that this version is not the one available on the…

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Preventing 2022’s Application Security Fails: What We Can Learn

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As the number of risks and security attacks grows, 2022 left us with a vast list of incidents to learn from, demonstrating the significance of prioritizing security more. The following list includes significant incidents and failures from 2022.

Notable Data Breaches

2.5 Million Records Leaked from Student Loan Data Breach

In June 2022, a data breach at student loan servicer Nelnet resulted in the disclosure of more than 2.5 million individuals’ private information.

On August 17, 2022, the inquiry came to the conclusion that from June until July 22, 2022, an unidentified third party had access to the student loan account registration data due to a vulnerability in the web portal, which included names, home and email addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers.

Optus Leak Exposed 11 Million People’s Medical and Personal Data

On September 22, 2022, the Australian telecommunications firm Optus had a severe data breach that exposed the personal information of 11 million users.

Customers’ names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email and home addresses, driver’s licenses and/or passport numbers, and Medicare ID numbers were among the data obtained.

After Optus declined to pay a ransom sought by the hacker, files containing this private information were shared on a hacking site. Victims of the attack also said that the alleged hacker called them and demanded they pay AU$2,000 (US$1,300) or their data would be sold to other malicious parties.

The Optus data breach happened due to an unsecured and publicly accessible API. This API does not require user authentication before allowing a connection to be established. Because there was no authentication mechanism, anybody who found the API on the internet may connect to it without entering a username or password.

Twitter Accused of Hiding Data Breach Affecting Millions

On November 23, 2022, Los Angeles-based cyber security specialist Chad Loder posted about a Twitter data breach that impacted “millions” in the US and EU. Loder stated the data breach happened “no earlier than 2021” and “had not been notified previously”. Twitter had disclosed a data breach that compromised millions of user accounts in July…

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Tesla Fire Sale in China Fails: Buyers Ignore The Texas Discount Brand

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Recently the Tesla CEO has tried to argue the market with the most buyers in the world is completely hostile to his brand.

You’d think he was talking about China.

He has been repeatedly throwing bigger and bigger discounts there to try and find someone interested in buying his old and sagging cars.

Tesla cut prices in China for the second time in three months, as demand for its cars falters. Elon Musk’s EV maker discounted its cars by up to 13.5%…

Huge price cuts and huge payouts aren’t enough, apparently; Chinese don’t like the Texas discount car brand and for good reasons.

But actually the CEO was talking about California.

…attorneys representing Tesla and Musk argue that the CEO has garnered extensive and negative publicity in California…

His augment is basically that when he does dumb things that make him unpopular (e.g. fraud, repeatedly caught lying and cheating) he should be judged only by people who he thinks like him (who he gives money).

This looks and sounds like a criminal’s getaway plan.

Beg for billions from the government of California, then beg Texas and China to take in the ill-gotten money in exchange for protection from California.

Tesla has received more than $3.2 billion worth of direct and indirect California subsidies and market mechanisms since 2009…

It reminds me of when Uber got into trouble with San Francisco authorities (due to fraud including misleading statements about safety, similar to Tesla).

They then very publicly announced their exit to “more friendly” Arizona, where they subsequently (very predictably) killed a pedestrian and were completely shut down. It never recovered, even in San Francisco.

The Tesla CEO this would be lucky to be tried for his alleged crimes in California, given its more modern justice system and long-term government investments.

Texas and China, like Arizona almost instantly flipping on Uber, have nothing to lose from sending the recently arrived outsider straight to the gallows.

China’s Bernie Madoff Was Executed for Fraud—and Nobody Told His Family

Really.

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