BlueJeans

• Total broadband net additions of 434,000, representing the fourth consecutive quarter that Verizon reported more than 400,000 broadband net additions.
• NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) reported third-quarter results today and raised its free cash flow guidance for the year.
• "We continued to make steady progress in the third quarter with a clear focus on growing wireless service revenue, delivering healthy consolidated adjusted EBITDA and increasing free cash flow," said Verizon Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg.
• Free cash flow1 above $18 billion, a $1 billion increase from the previously issued guidance.

• NEW YORK, June 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Business today announced the winners of the fourth annual BlueJeans by Verizon Customer Awards.
• “The past few years have forever changed the way we all work and communicate, no matter what industry you operate in,” said BlueJeans by Verizon VP and GM Chris Lewter.
• The winners of the BlueJeans by Verizon Customer Awards are examples of companies that have used our technology in innovative ways to transform their businesses and create better experiences for all their stakeholders.”
  Showcasing the exciting ways that BlueJeans can be used to communicate, collaborate, and engage with various audiences, the 2023 BlueJeans by Verizon Customer Award category winners and honorees include:
  Successfully transformed their workspace to best support virtual communication and collaboration, enabling seamless connectivity across services and devices.
• Learn more about the 2023 awards on the BlueJeans by Verizon Customer Awards page https://www.bluejeans.com/customers/awards-program to see how leading organizations are using BlueJeans to improve their productivity, communication, and collaboration, visit the Featured Customers page.

• Cynrgi Direct is the first partner to join BlueJeans Partner Lead Program to expand customer reach and manage increased interest.
• NEW YORK, May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlueJeans by Verizon is excited to announce our new Partner Lead Program.
• The BlueJeans Partner Lead Program is open to partners by invitation only and is currently accepting partner requests to join, to help broaden the availability of the BlueJeans video collaboration and interactive live streaming platform through the channel.
• As a member of the BlueJeans Partner Network, Cynrgi Direct is offering BlueJeans Meetings, a unique platform that streamlines and facilitates more immersive and engaging meetings.

• Increasingly, predators are using advances in technology to engage in technology-facilitated sexual abuse.
• Our current research examines the methods online predators use to compromise children’s webcams.
• To do this, we posed online as children to observe active online predators in action.

Chatbots

• We began by creating several automated chatbots disguised as 13-year-old girls.
• We deployed these chatbots as bait for online predators in various chatrooms frequently used by children to socialize.
• In contrast, the automated chatbots we used gathered data about active offenders and the current methods they use to facilitate sexual abuse.

Methods of attack

• Some predators were explicit in their desires and immediately offered payment for videos of the child performing sexual acts.
• In addition to these commonly used tactics, we found that 39% of conversations included an unsolicited link.
• It was immediately obvious to us how some of these links could help a predator victimize a child.

Whereby video meetings

• The offender does not need to be technically savvy or socially manipulative to gain access to a child’s webcam.
• Instead, someone who can persuade a victim to visit a seemingly innocuous site could gain control of the child’s camera.
• Based on our analysis, it is possible that predators could use Whereby to control a child’s webcam by embedding a livestream of the video on a website of their choosing.
• Editor’s note: The Conversation reached out to Whereby, and a spokesperson there disputed that the feature could be exploited.
• A recent study reported that although children are considered fluent new media users, they lack digital literacy in the area of safety and privacy.

Keeping your kids safe online

• Here are some recommendations to help keep your kid safe while online.
• The anonymity provided by social media sites and chatrooms facilitates the initial contact that can lead to online sexual abuse.
• More information about online safety is available on our labs’ websites: Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group and Sarasota Cybersecurity.