Archive for November 15, 2024

Fresh Phish By INKY Covers How Telegram Bots Are Harvesting Your Credentials

Posted in Commentary with tags on November 15, 2024 by itnerd

INKY has just published a new Fresh Phish talking about credential harvesting using controversial telegram bots.

Just as the popular messaging app Telegram makes the news for allowing criminal activity on its platform, a new credential harvesting phishing scheme surfaces. This Fresh Phish goes into the weeds to explore this new attack surface.  

You can read all about it here.

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Six Canadian businesses each win $200K prize packages through TELUS’ #StandWithOwners program

Posted in Commentary with tags on November 15, 2024 by itnerd

TELUS has announced that six deserving Canadian businesses from across the country were each awarded a $200K grand prize package as part of the fifth annual TELUS #StandWithOwners program.

The following businesses were recognized for demonstrating their exceptional leadership, tangible impact on their communities, use of technology to drive innovation and their proven track record of growth:

  • Blume, North Vancouver, BC, is dedicated to creating a kinder wellness world through superfood rituals.Founded by Karen Danudjaja, the company started selling in local coffee shops in Vancouver and has now expanded to over 4,000 retailers across Canada and the US. Their products find the perfect balance of function and taste as they look to build accessible rituals that fill your cup literally and figuratively.
  • Happly Ai, Montreal, QC: Cofounder Thierry Lindor is using AI for good, leveraging their intuitive platform and technology to help businesses and nonprofits match and secure funding tailored to their needs. With over 100,000 users, the platform has unlocked nearly $70M in funding, transforming how enterprises and organizations access economic opportunities.
  • Kidcrew Medical, Toronto ON: Revolutionizing pediatric healthcare, Kidcrew Medical combines primary, specialized, and allied health services under one roof. Founded by Dr. Dina Kulik, the clinic uses innovative technology and data analytics to serve 100,000 patients, streamlining care for improved patient outcomes across its growing number of locations
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  • Legends Haul, Vancouver BC: Focusing on sustainability and continuous innovation, Legends Haul has made a significant impact on the local food ecosystem in Vancouver. Jill and Craig Sheridan launched the business and grew it into a leader in food distribution and manufacturing, with their own house brands and a 30,000-square-foot distribution facility.
  • Stoko, Vancouver BC: Originating from his personal experience with an injury sustained on Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver, Stoko founder Zack Eberwein set out to redefine expectations for knee braces by creating revolutionary medical-grade Supportive Apparel: the world’s only all-in-one knee brace and compression tight designed to help people get active again and stay active for as long as possible.
  • ZoRaw Chocolates: With a focus on societal wellness, ZoRaw Chocolates was founded by Gigi Gill, who along with her partner Tanveer, developed the world’s first protein-fortified, fiber-rich, and sugar-free chocolate bars. Through an innovative production process, the company can produce 30,000 chocolate bars a day, distributing to over 3,000 stores across Canada and the US.

This year’s contest saw record engagement, with the winners being selected out of thousands of applicants based on the strength of their submissions and their entrepreneurial spirit. Since 2020, TELUS has invested $5 million through the #StandWithOwners program, providing essential funding, advertising and technology to help businesses thrive.

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Targus MiraLogic Connect wins CES 2025 Innovation Award in sustainability

Posted in Commentary with tags on November 15, 2024 by itnerd

Targus today announced that its MiraLogic Connect retrofit adapter has been named a CES 2025 Innovation Award Honoree in the Sustainability, Eco-Design & Smart Energy category. CES’ elite panel of judges recognized MiraLogic Connect for its unique features and benefits that help organizations advance their sustainability initiatives by upgrading mainstream Targus docking stations to IoT-connected smart docks configured for MiraLogic. MiraLogic is a patented, unique workspace intelligence system that enables IT and management teams to remotely control, oversee, and optimize their company’s modular IT ecosystems, anywhere.  

With the MiraLogic Connect adapter, organizations can seamlessly and cost-effectively upgrade their mainstream Targus docking stations to IoT-connected smart docks configured for MiraLogic. This allows their IT and management teams to efficiently analyze, control, and manage their workspace assets anywhere (e.g., power consumption, workspace utilization, and real-time occupancy). By providing valuable, real-time insights to make data-driven decisions about running costs of power, energy, equipment, and desk usage, MiraLogic helps today’s businesses achieve their sustainability goals more effectively while empowering employees to work productively from anywhere.  

MiraLogic Connect is a retrofit adapter that sits between a Targus docking station, specifically DOCK182, DOCK192, DOCK310, and DOCK315, and host device to incorporate the capabilities of the Targus MiraLogic Workspace Intelligence System into the dock. With this small adapter, Over-the-Air (OTA) Firmware updates and management tasks can also now be performed remotely and automatically through the MiraLogic platform, without attaching to a host device. This eliminates the need to perform time-intensive, manual updates on multiple docks throughout the workplace. Remote OTA firmware updates enable organizations to cut time spent on dock maintenance by more than 90%, according to data from Targus enterprise users.   

Extending MiraLogic’s sustainability benefits, the adapter and product packaging also use recycled materials. The housing has 75% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic and the product comes in a recyclable brown box packaging and CPE-07 biodegradable bag which degrades faster than regular plastic once discarded. In the company’s future docking solutions roadmap, Targus is working toward replacing all of its current docking products with 85% Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) housing and 100% recycled packaging.  

The MiraLogic Workspace Intelligence System, which was named a CES Innovation Award Honoree in 2019 and 2024, combines patented and patent-pending enterprise-grade hardware and proprietary cloud software to give technical and management teams full remote control and visibility over their modular IT ecosystems across the workplace. By providing real-time insights to make data-driven decisions about running costs of power, energy, equipment, and desk usage, organizations can achieve their sustainability goals more effectively while empowering employees to work productively from anywhere.   

MiraLogic Connect is slated for availability in April 2025. Consumers and media can get a firsthand look and technical demonstration of MiraLogic Connect and the MiraLogic Workspace Intelligence System at CES 2025, the world’s most important proving ground for innovation happening in Las Vegas, Jan. 7th-10th. Targus will be showcasing its latest innovations in docking stations, cases, and tech accessories designed to upgrade peoples’ lives at The Venetian in Suite #35-106. Additionally, MiraLogic Connect will be featured in the CES Innovation Awards Showcase and with the MiraLogic Workspace Intelligence System during CES Unveiled, CES’ premier media preview event taking place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on the evening of January 5th. 

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