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This weeks cybersecurity report, brought to you by my good friend, Dieter Van der Stock.

Criminals will dig deep from the well of their corrupted souls to bring you...

2FA Bypass as a service. Yes, you read that right - get yer codes here! (or not, b/c they've been busted)

Yubikey 5 cloning vulnerability. MFA bypass service busted. Crappy securitycam company fined by the FTC. Supported by 1Password.

Why is it so hard for companies to give their products unique names? Not doing so creates all kinds of problems, confusion and frustration down the line.

Apple has become the absolute worst. How do you search for how to edit photos in Photos? I mean, sure, you can add 'mac' or other keywords, qualifiers, etc, but it still makes it far more difficult to sort through good results unlike if it were named 'Diopter' or something.

A companies own support system has to deal with similar product names, creating extra work when trying to help customers.

How many frickin CoPilot's are there now? Github, Microsoft, CoPilot AI, Copilot Money, Copilot client software and the list goes on.

How do these products end up getting named because there appears to be something awry in the process...

Tired of all the b.s. that these home automation platforms lay on you?

I know I am. Perfectly good products going right in the trash because companies refuse to support them.

Frequent issues due to mergers, acquisitions and simple mismanagement.

I'm going open source with Home Assistant.

Home Assistant Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.

How do you feel about a business that has an email address or contact form on their site, but does not reply to them, citing that they're 'too busy'?