yahoo!

Founded by David Filo and Jerry Yang, graduate students at Stanford University, Yahoo! was incorporated on the 2nd of March, 1995. Initially, the site was called “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web” but as it grew in popularity, it was renamed Yahoo!, an acronym for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”. Back then, it was only meant to be a useful guide to navigate the world wide web, and not a business. Today, Yahoo! provides users with information, online utilities, and access to other websites. Its features include a search engine, an email service, a news branch, and a directory.

In the late 1990s, Yahoo! was among the major players in the internet frenzy. Although some losses were sustained, it even survived the collapse of numerous internet-based companies in 2001-2002. With multiple major moves, the company remained a notable name in the industry. It battled Google for many years to retain a higher share of the search engine market. It released its Yahoo! Instant Messenger and bought out Flickr, the internet photo network. Another astonishing step was its acquisition of a 40% share of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant. Throughout the years, Yahoo has made multiple attempts at reorganisation and reconstruction, with David Filo believing that “technology is about constant reinvention”.

Although Yahoo! has lost its footing now, for some time in recent history, it was the biggest internet phenomenon. In fact, when the company was only 5 years old, it was worth more than Ford, Chrysler, and GM combined. Many of the apps and services that the internet is filled with today were either invented by Yahoo! or soon found a home there (Broadcast.com, Flickr, Yahoo Notebook, Yahoo Music, etc.). It was, additionally, the pioneer of the pay-per-click advertising model. In 2017, Verizon acquired Yahoo! for $4.8 billion, ending the run of what was once deemed the king of the internet.

This week in InfoSec 10:35)

With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield

16th January 1983: Lotus 1-2-3 Goes on Sale

The Lotus Development Corporation releases Lotus 1-2-3 for IBM computers. While not the first spreadsheet program, Lotus was able to develop 1-2-3 because the creators of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet, did not patent their software. 1-2-3 outsold VisiCalc by the end of the year and 2 years later Lotus bought out the assets of VisiCalc and hired its main creator as a consultant.

25th January 1979: Robot Kills Auto Worker

Robert Williams of Michigan was the first human to be killed by a robot. He was 25 years old. The accident at the Ford Motor Company resulted in a $10 million dollar lawsuit. The jury deliberated for two-and-a-half hours before announcing the decision against Unit Handling Systems, a division of Litton Industries. It ordered the manufacturer of the one-ton robot that killed Williams to pay his family $10 million. The robot was designed to retrieve parts from storage, but its work was deemed too slow. Williams was retrieving a part from a storage bin when the robot's arm hit him in the head, killing him instantly. In the suit, the family claimed the robot had no safety mechanisms, lacking even a warning noise to alert workers that it was nearby.

21st January 1981: It Could Go at Least 88 MPH

Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. While not truly a technological achievement, the DeLorean became known as a symbol of the high-tech 1980’s.

Daves - https://twitter.com/HackingDave/status/1458576672341516290?s=20&t=SfemFgw0mfQ_eeuljrj6EA  

Rant of the Week (18:35)

MSG probed over use of facial recognition to eject lawyers from show venues

The operator of Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall is being probed by New York's attorney general over the company's use of facial recognition technology to identify and exclude lawyers from events. AG Letitia James' office said the policy may violate civil rights laws.

Because of the policy, lawyers who work for firms involved in litigation against MSG Entertainment Corp. can be denied entry to shows or sporting events, even when they have no direct involvement in any lawsuits against MSG. A lawyer who is subject to MSG's policy may buy a ticket to an event but be unable to get in because the MSG venues use facial recognition to identify them.

In December, attorney Kelly Conlon was denied entry into Radio City Music Hall in New York when she accompanied her daughter's Girl Scout troop to a Rockettes show. Conlon wasn't personally involved in any lawsuits against MSG but is a lawyer for a firm that "has been involved in personal injury litigation against a restaurant venue now under the umbrella of MSG Entertainment," NBC New York reported.

James' office sent a letter Tuesday to MSG Entertainment, noting reports that it "used facial recognition software to forbid all lawyers in all law firms representing clients engaged in any litigation against the Company from entering the Company's venues in New York, including the use of any season tickets."

"We write to raise concerns that the Policy may violate the New York Civil Rights Law and other city, state, and federal laws prohibiting discrimination and retaliation for engaging in protected activity," Assistant AG Kyle Rapiñan of the Civil Rights Bureau wrote in the letter. "Such practices certainly run counter to the spirit and purpose of such laws, and laws promoting equal access to the courts: forbidding entry to lawyers representing clients who have engaged in litigation against the Company may dissuade such lawyers from taking on legitimate cases, including sexual harassment or employment discrimination claims."

The AG's office also said it is concerned that "facial recognition software may be plagued with biases and false positives against people of color and women." The letter asked MSG Entertainment to respond by February 13 "to state the justifications for the Company's Policy and identify all efforts you are undertaking to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and that the Company's use of facial recognition technology will not lead to discrimination."

Billy Big Balls of the Week  (32:11)

DoNotPay Retires 'Robot Lawyer' Before It Even Has Its First Case

If you’ve been fantasizing about the day when artificial intelligence could get you out of paying traffic tickets, you’ll just have to keep dreaming. DoNotPay has backed out of its plans to use an AI-powered “robot lawyer” to council a defendant through a courtroom hearing in real time. The reason why? Well, apparently the law got in the way of the robot’s lawyering. 

The company’s founder and CEO, Joshua Browder, first announced the news in a Wednesday tweet. “After receiving threats from State Bar prosecutors, it seems likely they will put me in jail for 6 months if I follow through with bringing a robot lawyer into a physical courtroom,” he wrote. In a phone call with Gizmodo, Browder reiterated his view that, were he to follow-through on his initial promises, he’d likely end up with a prison sentence. 

Industry News (36:28) 

WhatsApp Hit with €5.5m fine for GDPR Violations

New Cheats May Emerge After Riot Games Hack

Regulator Stress Test Highlights Cyber Insurance Concerns

Ticketmaster Claims Bot Attack Disrupted Taylor Swift Tour Sales

Yahoo Overtakes DHL As Most Impersonated Brand in Q4 2022

North Korean Group TA444 Shows 'Startup' Culture, Tries Numerous Infection Methods

NCSC: Iranian and Russian Groups Targeting Government, Activists and Journalists With Spearphishing

Zacks Investment Research Confirms Breach Affecting 820,000 Customers

Iranian Group Cobalt Sapling Targets Saudi Arabia With New Persona

https://scambusters.org/scambusters19.html < 1997 Yahoo award scam

Tweet of the Week (44:18)

https://twitter.com/cybergibbons/status/1618672522853240833

Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!

Srivastava reflects on his upbringing in India, learning to write Assembly, and going to Stanford University to complete his Ph.D in computer science.

He shares his early career experiences at big tech names like Yahoo!, Google, Twitter, and Google.

The group reflects on some of the engineering challenges at Patreon including technical debt, migrations to open source services, and troubleshooting bugs.

Srivastava walks us all through upcoming product features that his engineering team is working to implement.

Andy wins a Lifeboat Badge for answering this question about a list of all tags on Stack Overflow.

Follow Ben, Matt, Cassidy, and Utkarsh.

This Week in InfoSec (06:23)

With content liberated from the “Today in InfoSec” twitter account and further afield

19th January 1999: The Happy99 worm first appeared. It invisibly attached itself to emails, displayed fireworks to hide the changes being made, and wished the user a happy New Year. It was the first of a wave of malware that struck Microsoft Windows computers over the next several years, costing businesses and individuals untold amounts of money to resolve. 

19th January 1999: RIM introduces the BlackBerry. The original BlackBerry devices were not phones, but instead were the first mobile devices that could do real-time e-mail. They looked like big pagers.  It is alleged the name “BlackBerry” came from the similarity that the buttons on the original device had to the surface of a blackberry fruit.

London riots: how BlackBerry Messenger played a key role

Rant of the Week (18:01)

Singapore gives banks two-week deadline to fix SMS security

A widespread phishing operation targeting Southeast Asia's second-largest bank – Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) – has prompted the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to introduce regulations for internet banking that include use of an SMS Sender ID registry.

Singapore banks have two weeks to remove clickable links in text messages or e-mails sent to retail customers. Furthermore, activation of a soft token on a mobile device will require a 12-hour cooling off period, customers must be notified of any request to change their contact details, and fund transfer threshold will by default be set to SG$100 ($74) or lower.

MAS has also offered a vague directive requiring banks to issue more scam education alerts, and to do so more often.

Billy Big Balls of the Week  (25:49)

Train Robberies Are Back

Freight trains loaded with valuable merchandise sitting on apparently unguarded tracks make for awfully inviting targets.

For months, Union Pacific freight trains have been getting systematically robbed in the Los Angeles area, according to local news reports, as thieves target valuable merchandise and online orders from retailers like Amazon sitting on delayed trains.

Superyacht Security: The 10 Best Ways To Protect From Pirates And Paparazzi

Industry News (33:12)

European Regulators Hand Out €1.1bn in GDPR Fines

NCA: Kids as Young as Nine Have Launched DDoS Attacks

Government to Regulate Crypto Advertising in New Crack Down

Man Charged with Smuggling Tech Exports to Iran

Researchers Hack Olympic Games App

Red Cross: Supply Chain Data Breach Hit 500K People

Eleven Arrested in Bust of Prolific Nigerian BEC Gang

Twitter Mentions More Effective Than CVSS at Reducing Exploitability

Biden Signs Memo to Boost National Cybersecurity

Tweet of the Week (42:00)

https://twitter.com/blkcybersources/status/1483826713561862159?s=21

https://twitter.com/BLKCybersources/status/1483826713561862159/photo/1

Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!

The end of Pass It Down’s unannounced hiatus starts off with a bang, as Natalie details Mike’s untimely head-bang and its chilling effect on his co-host. After commemorating this year’s relatively tame Blocktober, Mike talks about his eight-year NFL Network journey and why that unlikely partnership ended last summer. We discuss his first story for Bally Sports, which broke the news of Houston Texans chair Cal McNair’s racially insensitive comments at a charity golf tournament, and some of the other toxic forces at the highest levels of a league striving to drape itself in anti-racist symbolism. From the Dan Snyder investigation to the Jon Gruden emails to the Woody Johnson allegations, we get into all of it. Mike also talks about the importance of being part of a team and gets nostalgic about some of his sweeter moments at NFL Network and Yahoo! Sports. And for you Ted Lasso fans, Mike and Natalie have a few things to say about Trent Crimm of The Independent and why he is a blight on humanity.

The Keys to Intrinsic Motivation

How we can stop waiting for external factors to kick us into high gear and find the power within to push us towards our goals.

EPISODE QUOTE:

“Those that know this is a calling and believe so deeply in what we’re doing, and the communities they are building, and the people that they are literally changing are the ones that are going to come out of this. If you survive, you win. But it is not easy to survive.” — Helaine Knapp

GUEST BIO:

Helaine Knapp is the founder of CityRow, an in-studio and at-home rowing experience that is exploding all over the country. An expert in intrinsic motivation, Helaine realized that the only workout that matters is the one you actually complete, so she built the power of choice, motivation and accountability into CityRow— with incredible results.

Prior to launching CityRow, Helaine worked in media and participated in two high-profile tech company sales: Buddy Media’s $800M sale to Salesforce.com and Olapic’s $120M sale to Monotype. A longtime proponent of group fitness, Helaine launched CityRow six years ago and it now operates 20 studios with over 60 planned nationwide while also helping innovate the in-home, on-demand rowing fitness space.

Learn more about Helaine & CityRow:

• CityRow
• Helaine’s LinkedIn
• Forbes Profile on Helaine

OPENING MONOLOGUE:

After spending years climbing the corporate ladder, Helaine Knapp left the world of publishing for startup life. Group fitness was her outlet, and after a major physical setback, Helaine persevered and went on to found CityRow, an in-studio rowing fitness experience that has scaled massively across the United States, both in-studio and in people’s homes. Helaine has been featured as a business leader and wellness expert on Today, Women’s Health, ABC, Vogue, Yahoo! Finance and People, and she’s done it all by unlocking the power of her intrinsic motivation— and helping others unlock their own.

CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:

[8:02] Getting Tactical About Innovation

Innovative thinking doesn’t just happen. You need to create the space and environment for it.

How often do you take time out from the day-to-day emails and to-do lists and reset your priorities? Innovative thinking won’t make time for itself. You have to make time for it and dedicate your mind and the resources of your team to fostering that innovation even when it seems like you’re drowning in the day-to-day.

--

[14:39] Ideas Are Hard. Bringing Them to Life is Harder

How do you have the courage to execute on ideas?

The idea-generating process is the fun part. But how do you execute on that idea? The key is to move one decision at a time. Don’t focus all your energy on your massive, ten-year, multibillion-dollar point on the distant horizon. Focus on what needs to happen today and go from there.

--

[21:00] How Do You Know You’re Doing What You Love?

Gauging how you feel about the way you spend your days

Each day take stock of what you’re doing and how you feel about what you’re doing. Sometimes you can like something that is also draining of your energy. Find out where everything sits in relation to whether you love it, hate it, or tolerate it, then adapt your life and career to add more to the buckets you love and remove things from the buckets you hate or only tolerate.

--

[26:19] What’s Your Why?

Helaine explores why she does what she does so well

If you’re going to jump into something vulnerable like entrepreneurship for money, fame, or a title, you’re going to lose your way. For Helaine, the goal was to help people move their bodies in a better, smarter way for lifelong health. Your personal ‘why’ may be something different, but you have to begin the journey of finding it now— not simply wait for it to show up somewhere along the way.

--

[37:17] From Job to Career

Exploring the most difficult leap in professional life

Wondering how you can find a career that could turn into a calling? Get to know yourself first. Think about your strengths and weaknesses. Be real with yourself. Then use that to shape the way you spend your days. Get a sense for who you are, and you’ll end up with a sense of what you’re meant to do.

--

[42:31] The Core Tenets of CityRow

Helaine talks about why guiding principles are so important in life and business

At CityRow, Helaine believes in following a set of core tenets that lead her and everyone at the company. They include accessibility, scalability, and a culture that makes people proud to work there. If you’re leading a team, an organization, or simply your own personal mission, identify your core tenets. Get clear and explicit about what they are. Then use them to guide you forward.

--

[50:08] Double Down on Strengths or Correct Weaknesses?

There’s no right answer, only the right answer for you

It’s a time-honored question: is it better to home in on our strengths and help them power us or work on our weaknesses to fill out our capabilities? Helaine believes in a hybrid approach, which involves doubling down on strengths but also surrounding ourselves with people who are strong where we’re weak, effectively filling those gaps with the skills of others. But to do this takes awareness. Take the time to identify your own strengths and weaknesses, even if it may be uncomfortable at first.

--

[53:57] Helaine’s Final Thoughts

The queen of rowing’s take on the topic of optimizing for happiness

Sometimes the simplest answers are the truest. Helaine’s advice: do what makes you happy. Discover your strengths, find your intrinsic motivation, and pursue the things you’re truly passionate about. Life’s too short to do anything else.

RESOURCES:

• [00:28] Purpose Labs
• [01:10] CityRow
• [25:21] Inc Magazine Article on Helaine & CityRow
• [41:15] Good to Great and Built to Last, by Jim Collins
• [46:05]Brené Brown
• [56:10] High-Performance Team Scorecard

MAKE A PLAY:

Let’s score where we stand on our purpose, choice, progress, and impact. This scorecard can be downloaded at www.PowerOfPlayingOffense.com. Scroll to Book Resources and click on the High-Performance Team Scorecard. This will serve as your guide for today, the next 30 days, and beyond. You’ll be able to pinpoint exactly how effectively you’re pursuing your true purpose, sense of choice, personal and professional progress, and the positive impact you’re making on the world. It’s a great way of taking action on the goals that matter most to you.  

• Want to keep making the right plays? Subscribe to Playmakers now.
• Check out more episodes and content on the Playmaker’s website.

Follow Helaine:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Instagram
• CityRow

Follow Paul:

• Playmakers Podcast
• The Power of Playing Offense
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Youtube

SHOW SPONSOR:

Audible: Interested in leveling up and lifelong learning? Then what’s better than a free audio book and 30-day free trial when you visit audible.playmakerspod.com? With over 200,000 titles to choose from, there’s no limit to what you can explore and learn on Audible.

TRY AUDIBLE TODAY

ABOUT PLAYMAKERS: IMPACT UNLEASHED:

Playmakers: Impact Unleashed is an all-access pass to the game-changers of today and the history makers of tomorrow. The show looks past the trophy cabinet and features a no-BS, inside look into the world of comeback, transformation, and impact unearthing practical tools and mindsets that we can all leverage to make a play in our own lives and careers.

Take a seat at the table with leadership expert, sports industry veteran, personal transformation coach, purpose igniter, and your host Paul Epstein in this inspiring, yet immediately actionable podcast. From stories of total defeat to the thrills of unimaginable achievement to the practices of mastering the inside game, each show will share a high-energy, prescriptive blueprint to unleash impact and drive success, significance, and purpose no matter your starting point.

Meet Paul at the 50 and make a play together!

Learn more at: PlaymakersPod.com

ABOUT MOTOWN PODCAST STUDIOS:

In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.

As a nod to the past, Motown Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Motown Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Motown Podcast

Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits. Here’s to making (podcast) history together.

Learn more at: MotownPodcastStudios.com

ABOUT THE HOST:

Paul Epstein may not be a hard charging running back on the actual football field, but his list of high-profile wins in the world of sports will have you thinking that he could be.

Paul has spent nearly 15 years as a pro sports executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams, a global sports agency, and the NFL league office. He’s transformed numerous NBA teams from the absolute bottom in league revenue to top-two in financial performance. He’s broken every premium revenue metric in Super Bowl history as the NFL’s sales leader. He’s opened a billion-dollar stadium, helped save the New Orleans NBA franchise, and founded the San Francisco 49ers Talent Academy.

He's since installed his leadership and high-performance playbook with Fortune 500 leaders, Founders and CEOs, MBAs, and professional athletes.

Now, as Founder of Purpose Labs, keynote speaker and host of the Playmakers: Impact Unleashed podcast, Paul explores how living and working with a focus on leadership, culture, and purpose can transform organizations and individuals anywhere to unleash their full potential.

• Learn more about Paul at: PaulEpsteinSpeaks.com
• Pre-Order Paul’s new book The Power of Playing Offense

CREDITS:

• Paul Epstein: Host | paul@paulepsteinspeaks.com
• Connor Trombley: Executive Producer | connor@motownpodcaststudios.com

Matteo Frigerio è Lead Counsel EMEA - New Business at Airbnb e la sua carriera è la storia dell'Internet degli ultimi quindici anni con precedenti esperienze a Yahoo! e PayPal. 

In questo podcast, racconta a Giulio Coraggio di DLA Piper la sua storia e di come un Internet lawyer doveva e deve ancora "creare" il diritto per applicare norme che sono state introdotte per regolare aspetti del tutto diversi dalla sharing economy.

La discussione poi si sposta su Airbnb sulle sfide legali che ha dovuto affrontare, di come è ancora vista come un disruptor dove invece il suo obiettivo è che la sharing economy sia vista come parte dell'offerta, invece che una minaccia per il settore alberghiero. 

Contact Jeffe!

Tweet me at @JeffeKennedy
Visit my website https://jeffekennedy.com
Follow me on Amazon or BookBub
Sign up for my Newsletter!
Find me on Instagram and TikTok!

Thanks for listening!