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The Telecom Digest for Thu, 06 Jun 2019
Volume 38 : Issue 157 : "text" format

Table of contents
CNN's Chris Cuomo Blasts Donald Trump For Endangering Thousands Of AT&T LivelihoodsBill Horne
AT&T uses climate-change models to deploy new cell sites Bill Horne
Phishing attacks that bypass 2-factor authentication are now easier to executeMonty Solomon
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190605144356.GA21397@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 14:43:57 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CNN's Chris Cuomo Blasts Donald Trump For Endangering Thousands Of AT&T Livelihoods By Greg Evans In a blistering rebuke to President Donald Trump's tweeted-from-London suggestion that people stop subscribing to AT&T in order to force "big changes" at CNN, the network's Chris Cuomo accused the president of caring more for his own hurt feelings than the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Americans. "Does the president really want people to lose jobs so that CNN won't cover his lies as often?," Cuomo asked during the "Closing Argument" segment of his Cuomo Prime Time show on CNN Monday night. "Yes is the answer." https://deadline.com/2019/06/chris-cuomo-cnn-donald-trump-closing-arguments-endangering-livelihoods-spite-1202626588/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190605142253.GA21238@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 14:22:53 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T uses climate-change models to deploy new cell sites by Linda Hardesty AT&T is working with the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory to assess the risks that climate change might pose for its business. The carrier has created a Climate Change Analysis Tool based Argonne's regional climate modeling, which is capable of visualizing climate impacts at the neighborhood level 30 years into the future. Kelly King, who was recently named executive vice president of postpaid wireless products at AT&T, did a short stint in AT&T's Data Office. The group is using machine learning and artificial intel- ligence for a variety of initiatives, including climate-change modeling. https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/at-t-uses-climate-change-models-to-site-new-infrastructure -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <29659F5B-699A-416C-8AB8-DA6158E95090@roscom.com> Date: 5 Jun 2019 10:21:41 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Phishing attacks that bypass 2-factor authentication are now easier to execute Phishing attacks that bypass 2-factor authentication are now easier to execute Researchers released two tools--Muraen and NecroBrowser--that automate phishing attacks that can bypass 2FA. Most defenses won't stop them. https://www.csoonline.com/article/3399858/phishing-attacks-that-bypass-2-factor-authentication-are-now-easier-to-execute.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 06 Jun 2019

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