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Time may be running out for TikTok.   The social media app could be banned in America by January 19th if it does not divest itself from its Chinese parent company, Bytedance.   Security experts and lawmakers have long warned that China uses the app to collect data on the millions of Americans who use it and influence our country's politics and culture by manipulating what content is seen.   This past week, FOX News Rundown host Dave Anthony spoke to cyber security expert John Cofrancesco about TikTok's security concerns and the likelihood of the app being banned from America's smartphones.   Cofrancesco, the CEO of Applied AI Company, explained why TikTok differs from other data-collecting apps like Facebook and Google and why the Chinese government finds the information collected from TikTok valuable.   We often must cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview.   Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with cyber security expert John Cofrancesco. This will allow you to learn more about the controversy surrounding TikTok and the ban that could be implemented in just a few weeks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Time may be running out for TikTok.   The social media app could be banned in America by January 19th if it does not divest itself from its Chinese parent company, Bytedance.   Security experts and lawmakers have long warned that China uses the app to collect data on the millions of Americans who use it and influence our country's politics and culture by manipulating what content is seen.   This past week, FOX News Rundown host Dave Anthony spoke to cyber security expert John Cofrancesco about TikTok's security concerns and the likelihood of the app being banned from America's smartphones.   Cofrancesco, the CEO of Applied AI Company, explained why TikTok differs from other data-collecting apps like Facebook and Google and why the Chinese government finds the information collected from TikTok valuable.   We often must cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview.   Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with cyber security expert John Cofrancesco. This will allow you to learn more about the controversy surrounding TikTok and the ban that could be implemented in just a few weeks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Time may be running out for TikTok.   The social media app could be banned in America by January 19th if it does not divest itself from its Chinese parent company, Bytedance.   Security experts and lawmakers have long warned that China uses the app to collect data on the millions of Americans who use it and influence our country's politics and culture by manipulating what content is seen.   This past week, FOX News Rundown host Dave Anthony spoke to cyber security expert John Cofrancesco about TikTok's security concerns and the likelihood of the app being banned from America's smartphones.   Cofrancesco, the CEO of Applied AI Company, explained why TikTok differs from other data-collecting apps like Facebook and Google and why the Chinese government finds the information collected from TikTok valuable.   We often must cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview.   Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with cyber security expert John Cofrancesco. This will allow you to learn more about the controversy surrounding TikTok and the ban that could be implemented in just a few weeks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the shooting and killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the search for his killer may have come to an end. Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who was found with the gun believed to be used in Thompson's murder. Former FBI agent Nicole Parker joins to recount the manhunt for this murder suspect, the concerning trend of empathy online for the alleged killer, and what justice likely awaits Mangione if convicted. TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has until January 19th, 2025, to divest from TikTok to sell to a US owner or face a country-wide ban. This comes from national security experts, and lawmakers fear China's access to Americans' data. President-elect Donald Trump, set to soon take office for the second time, has expressed possible intentions to reverse this ban. Founder and CEO of Applied AI, John Cofrancesco, joins to discuss the looming ban and why Americans should be concerned about China's access to their data. Plus, commentary from FOX News Legal Analyst Gregg Jarrett. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the shooting and killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the search for his killer may have come to an end. Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who was found with the gun believed to be used in Thompson's murder. Former FBI agent Nicole Parker joins to recount the manhunt for this murder suspect, the concerning trend of empathy online for the alleged killer, and what justice likely awaits Mangione if convicted. TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has until January 19th, 2025, to divest from TikTok to sell to a US owner or face a country-wide ban. This comes from national security experts, and lawmakers fear China's access to Americans' data. President-elect Donald Trump, set to soon take office for the second time, has expressed possible intentions to reverse this ban. Founder and CEO of Applied AI, John Cofrancesco, joins to discuss the looming ban and why Americans should be concerned about China's access to their data. Plus, commentary from FOX News Legal Analyst Gregg Jarrett. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the shooting and killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the search for his killer may have come to an end. Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who was found with the gun believed to be used in Thompson's murder. Former FBI agent Nicole Parker joins to recount the manhunt for this murder suspect, the concerning trend of empathy online for the alleged killer, and what justice likely awaits Mangione if convicted. TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has until January 19th, 2025, to divest from TikTok to sell to a US owner or face a country-wide ban. This comes from national security experts, and lawmakers fear China's access to Americans' data. President-elect Donald Trump, set to soon take office for the second time, has expressed possible intentions to reverse this ban. Founder and CEO of Applied AI, John Cofrancesco, joins to discuss the looming ban and why Americans should be concerned about China's access to their data. Plus, commentary from FOX News Legal Analyst Gregg Jarrett. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2024 election is likely decided by a handful of states. Since 1996, Georgia has gone red in America's presidential elections, but that changed in 2020 when President Biden narrowly won the state by 0.2 percent of the vote. Now in the 2024 race, most pundits consider Georgia to be a crucial swing state. With a little over a month until the election, seven states have become the campaign's primary battlegrounds. Co-anchor of America's Newsroom, Bill Hemmer joins the Rundown to break down the latest numbers from the Peach state and what the candidates must do to win over voters. Two months ago, a software bug in a system update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused issues around the nation. It resulted in the grounding of thousands of flights, emergency services outages and internet blackouts. CrowdStrike Vice President Adam Meyers testified before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee about the widespread outages, and what steps they have taken to ensure this is prevented in the future. CEO of Applied AI, John Cofrancesco joins the podcast to discuss his takeaways from the CrowdStrike hearing, what steps must be taken to avoid further outages, and the possibility of a foreign actor hacking into American security systems. Plus, commentary from FOX News contributor Joe Concha. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Technology Report, John Cofrancesco, the founder of the new artificial intelligence firm Applied AI Company, discusses takeaways from the congressional hearing with CrowdStrike executives on the recent software update error from the cyber security firm that precipitated global disruptions, the role of AI to make to avert such mistakes in the future, how the Pentagon's AI ecosystem is evolving and the key to driving innovation, supply chain lessons in the wake of Israel's use of global supply chains to produce exploding pagers and walkie talkies, countering spoofing of critical control systems including on commercial aircraft, and helping foster a new generation of more cyber and AI savvy legislators and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

The 2024 election is likely decided by a handful of states. Since 1996, Georgia has gone red in America's presidential elections, but that changed in 2020 when President Biden narrowly won the state by 0.2 percent of the vote. Now in the 2024 race, most pundits consider Georgia to be a crucial swing state. With a little over a month until the election, seven states have become the campaign's primary battlegrounds. Co-anchor of America's Newsroom, Bill Hemmer joins the Rundown to break down the latest numbers from the Peach state and what the candidates must do to win over voters. Two months ago, a software bug in a system update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused issues around the nation. It resulted in the grounding of thousands of flights, emergency services outages and internet blackouts. CrowdStrike Vice President Adam Meyers testified before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee about the widespread outages, and what steps they have taken to ensure this is prevented in the future. CEO of Applied AI, John Cofrancesco joins the podcast to discuss his takeaways from the CrowdStrike hearing, what steps must be taken to avoid further outages, and the possibility of a foreign actor hacking into American security systems. Plus, commentary from FOX News contributor Joe Concha. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2024 election is likely decided by a handful of states. Since 1996, Georgia has gone red in America's presidential elections, but that changed in 2020 when President Biden narrowly won the state by 0.2 percent of the vote. Now in the 2024 race, most pundits consider Georgia to be a crucial swing state. With a little over a month until the election, seven states have become the campaign's primary battlegrounds. Co-anchor of America's Newsroom, Bill Hemmer joins the Rundown to break down the latest numbers from the Peach state and what the candidates must do to win over voters. Two months ago, a software bug in a system update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused issues around the nation. It resulted in the grounding of thousands of flights, emergency services outages and internet blackouts. CrowdStrike Vice President Adam Meyers testified before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee about the widespread outages, and what steps they have taken to ensure this is prevented in the future. CEO of Applied AI, John Cofrancesco joins the podcast to discuss his takeaways from the CrowdStrike hearing, what steps must be taken to avoid further outages, and the possibility of a foreign actor hacking into American security systems. Plus, commentary from FOX News contributor Joe Concha. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Biden's first official Oval Office address since dropping out of the 2024 race is tonight, and he plans to lay out the next steps of his remaining time in office. Republican lawmakers are calling for the President to resign and urging Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment. However, Democrats think he is just fit enough to serve the remainder of his term. Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) was one of the first representatives to urge Biden to step down, sharing that the President no longer recognized him. Moulton joins the Rundown to react to the historic decision, share his thoughts on Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the Party's nominee, and respond to the resignation of the US Secret Service Director. The global tech outage that grounded thousands of flights and disrupted crucial health and financial services continues to wreak havoc on Americans. Microsoft reported nearly 8.5 million computers were rendered useless with blue screens and error messages after cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike included faulty code in their latest security software update. Nearly a week since the disruptive event, and American travelers are still facing devastating delays and cancellations. Founder of Applied AI Company and cybersecurity expert, John Cofrancesco, joins the podcast to explain how this error caused such a widespread problem, the impact on Crowdstrike's reputation, and the real-world implications for errors in cybersecurity today and in the future. Plus, commentary from former Vice President Mike Pence. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Biden's first official Oval Office address since dropping out of the 2024 race is tonight, and he plans to lay out the next steps of his remaining time in office. Republican lawmakers are calling for the President to resign and urging Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment. However, Democrats think he is just fit enough to serve the remainder of his term. Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) was one of the first representatives to urge Biden to step down, sharing that the President no longer recognized him. Moulton joins the Rundown to react to the historic decision, share his thoughts on Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the Party's nominee, and respond to the resignation of the US Secret Service Director. The global tech outage that grounded thousands of flights and disrupted crucial health and financial services continues to wreak havoc on Americans. Microsoft reported nearly 8.5 million computers were rendered useless with blue screens and error messages after cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike included faulty code in their latest security software update. Nearly a week since the disruptive event, and American travelers are still facing devastating delays and cancellations. Founder of Applied AI Company and cybersecurity expert, John Cofrancesco, joins the podcast to explain how this error caused such a widespread problem, the impact on Crowdstrike's reputation, and the real-world implications for errors in cybersecurity today and in the future. Plus, commentary from former Vice President Mike Pence. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Biden's first official Oval Office address since dropping out of the 2024 race is tonight, and he plans to lay out the next steps of his remaining time in office. Republican lawmakers are calling for the President to resign and urging Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment. However, Democrats think he is just fit enough to serve the remainder of his term. Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) was one of the first representatives to urge Biden to step down, sharing that the President no longer recognized him. Moulton joins the Rundown to react to the historic decision, share his thoughts on Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the Party's nominee, and respond to the resignation of the US Secret Service Director. The global tech outage that grounded thousands of flights and disrupted crucial health and financial services continues to wreak havoc on Americans. Microsoft reported nearly 8.5 million computers were rendered useless with blue screens and error messages after cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike included faulty code in their latest security software update. Nearly a week since the disruptive event, and American travelers are still facing devastating delays and cancellations. Founder of Applied AI Company and cybersecurity expert, John Cofrancesco, joins the podcast to explain how this error caused such a widespread problem, the impact on Crowdstrike's reputation, and the real-world implications for errors in cybersecurity today and in the future. Plus, commentary from former Vice President Mike Pence. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Late Sunday night, the Senate revealed the text for their long-negotiated bipartisan border bill. Supporters of the legislation say that it will stem the record flow of migrants into the United States while ending most catch-and-release cases. House Speaker Mike Johnson has called the bill "dead on arrival," pointing out flaws in the text and calling out President Biden to take executive action on the crisis. President of the National Border Patrol Council Brandon Judd joins the Rundown to discuss why the Border Patrol Union has endorsed the bill, what the changes in immigration law can do to limit the number of migrants entering the country, and what he has seen at the border in recent days. The FBI continues to assert that China poses the most significant threat to the nation's homeland security. Last week, Director Christopher Wray testified before the House, saying that the Chinese government continues to target key aspects of U.S. infrastructure. These attacks are being launched online, but they pose real-world threats to American citizens, potentially hindering the country's water supply or electrical grid. Founder and CEO of Applied AI Company, John Cofrancesco, joins to explain how China could gain access to U.S. infrastructure, the state of the nation's cyber defenses, and why we should still be wary of TikTok. Plus, commentary by Fox Nation host and country music star, John Rich. Photo Credits: Associated Press Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Late Sunday night, the Senate revealed the text for their long-negotiated bipartisan border bill. Supporters of the legislation say that it will stem the record flow of migrants into the United States while ending most catch-and-release cases. House Speaker Mike Johnson has called the bill "dead on arrival," pointing out flaws in the text and calling out President Biden to take executive action on the crisis. President of the National Border Patrol Council Brandon Judd joins the Rundown to discuss why the Border Patrol Union has endorsed the bill, what the changes in immigration law can do to limit the number of migrants entering the country, and what he has seen at the border in recent days. The FBI continues to assert that China poses the most significant threat to the nation's homeland security. Last week, Director Christopher Wray testified before the House, saying that the Chinese government continues to target key aspects of U.S. infrastructure. These attacks are being launched online, but they pose real-world threats to American citizens, potentially hindering the country's water supply or electrical grid. Founder and CEO of Applied AI Company, John Cofrancesco, joins to explain how China could gain access to U.S. infrastructure, the state of the nation's cyber defenses, and why we should still be wary of TikTok. Plus, commentary by Fox Nation host and country music star, John Rich. Photo Credits: Associated Press Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Late Sunday night, the Senate revealed the text for their long-negotiated bipartisan border bill. Supporters of the legislation say that it will stem the record flow of migrants into the United States while ending most catch-and-release cases. House Speaker Mike Johnson has called the bill "dead on arrival," pointing out flaws in the text and calling out President Biden to take executive action on the crisis. President of the National Border Patrol Council Brandon Judd joins the Rundown to discuss why the Border Patrol Union has endorsed the bill, what the changes in immigration law can do to limit the number of migrants entering the country, and what he has seen at the border in recent days. The FBI continues to assert that China poses the most significant threat to the nation's homeland security. Last week, Director Christopher Wray testified before the House, saying that the Chinese government continues to target key aspects of U.S. infrastructure. These attacks are being launched online, but they pose real-world threats to American citizens, potentially hindering the country's water supply or electrical grid. Founder and CEO of Applied AI Company, John Cofrancesco, joins to explain how China could gain access to U.S. infrastructure, the state of the nation's cyber defenses, and why we should still be wary of TikTok. Plus, commentary by Fox Nation host and country music star, John Rich. Photo Credits: Associated Press Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former President Donald Trump remains the GOP front-runner despite not sparring with his fellow candidates during the fourth Republican primary debate. With a few weeks left until the Iowa caucus, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis went on the offensive against former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, as the pair compete for a crucial second-place win in the Hawkeye State. Co-anchor of America Reports, Sandra Smith, joins the Rundown to analyze the candidates' performance and break down the latest polling showing President Biden's approval ratings have sunk. In October, there was a reported breach of the genetic testing company '23AndMe,' confirmed when a hacker posted that they had obtained the data of 1 million users of Jewish Ashkenazi descent and one hundred thousand Chinese users. Two weeks later, the same hackers reported having four million users' data—and now the company has come forward, admitting 6.9 million people's data has been exposed. On the Rundown, founder and CEO of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco explains how the hackers used the dark web to access the usernames and passwords of users to hack into their accounts and what harm could be done if this information lands in the wrong hands. Don't miss the good news with Tonya J. Powers. Plus, commentary from host of OutKick's Tomi Lahren is Fearless, Tomi Lahren. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former President Donald Trump remains the GOP front-runner despite not sparring with his fellow candidates during the fourth Republican primary debate. With a few weeks left until the Iowa caucus, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis went on the offensive against former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, as the pair compete for a crucial second-place win in the Hawkeye State. Co-anchor of America Reports, Sandra Smith, joins the Rundown to analyze the candidates' performance and break down the latest polling showing President Biden's approval ratings have sunk. In October, there was a reported breach of the genetic testing company '23AndMe,' confirmed when a hacker posted that they had obtained the data of 1 million users of Jewish Ashkenazi descent and one hundred thousand Chinese users. Two weeks later, the same hackers reported having four million users' data—and now the company has come forward, admitting 6.9 million people's data has been exposed. On the Rundown, founder and CEO of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco explains how the hackers used the dark web to access the usernames and passwords of users to hack into their accounts and what harm could be done if this information lands in the wrong hands. Don't miss the good news with Tonya J. Powers. Plus, commentary from host of OutKick's Tomi Lahren is Fearless, Tomi Lahren. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former President Donald Trump remains the GOP front-runner despite not sparring with his fellow candidates during the fourth Republican primary debate. With a few weeks left until the Iowa caucus, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis went on the offensive against former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, as the pair compete for a crucial second-place win in the Hawkeye State. Co-anchor of America Reports, Sandra Smith, joins the Rundown to analyze the candidates' performance and break down the latest polling showing President Biden's approval ratings have sunk. In October, there was a reported breach of the genetic testing company '23AndMe,' confirmed when a hacker posted that they had obtained the data of 1 million users of Jewish Ashkenazi descent and one hundred thousand Chinese users. Two weeks later, the same hackers reported having four million users' data—and now the company has come forward, admitting 6.9 million people's data has been exposed. On the Rundown, founder and CEO of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco explains how the hackers used the dark web to access the usernames and passwords of users to hack into their accounts and what harm could be done if this information lands in the wrong hands. Don't miss the good news with Tonya J. Powers. Plus, commentary from host of OutKick's Tomi Lahren is Fearless, Tomi Lahren. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Technology Report, John CoFrancesco, the founder of Applied AI Company, discusses the Biden administration's new executive order to ensure safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence, efforts to use the“Political Declaration on the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy” as a foundation for a global standard, why fear of the technology is misplaced, the implications of the SEC's suit against SolarWinds' CISO, countering cyber and social efforts by Iran as well as its allies China and Russia, and outlook for constraining irresponsibility of social media firms with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week's Technology Report, John CoFrancesco, the founder of Applied AI Company, discusses how to counter Chinese malware in US military and national infrastructure, how much a national effort would cost, the Biden administration's National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy, the White House's agreement with AI firms, the benefits of an AI enable society, how to think about AI weaponry, and South Korea's potentially game changing LK-99 material that promises room temperature and ambient pressure semiconductors with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week's Technology Report, Don Burnette, the co-founder and CEO of Kodiak Robotics, discusses the Silicon Valley company's innovative autonomous technologies that can transform existing commercial and military vehicles into uncrewed ones; and John Cofrancesco, founder and CEO of the Applied AI Company, discusses the right approach to regulating artificial intelligence, why many large companies want legislation to ensure a level competitive playing field, and analyses the public elements of Pentagon's new classified cyber strategy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week's Technology Report, Nigel Inkster, the former director of intelligence and operations at the Secret Intelligence Service otherwise known as MI6 who is now the senior advisor for cybersecurity and China at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, discusses the UK's new Offensive Cyber Capabilities Principles and its role in deterrence as part of integrated military as well as diplomatic and economic means, the need for allies and partners to improve their collective security and ability to deter conflict by adopting common offensive and overall cyber strategies, and using technology to prevent future intelligence breaches; and John CoFrancesco, the founder and CEO of Applied AI Company, on how ChatGPT and apps will comprehensively change national security, what thoughtful regulation of artificial intelligence looks like as lawmakers call for greater insight into algorithms and data sets, and benefits of apps like ChatGPT with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Thursday. For years, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed concerns about users' data privacy and other security threats related to the Chinese-owned social media app.  Despite its massive popularity, over two dozen states have already banned the app from government devices, and there's an effort by Congress to ban it nationally.  Before Thursday's hearing, Founder and CEO of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco joined host Dave Anthony to explain how TikTok and other apps collect your data and how that data can be 'weaponized.'  Cofrancesco also explained why he supports legislation that would ban the app, and why he won't allow his own children to be on social media. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the discussion in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with cyber security expert John Cofrancesco and learn in plain English why there is so much concern over the extremely popular app.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Thursday. For years, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed concerns about users' data privacy and other security threats related to the Chinese-owned social media app.  Despite its massive popularity, over two dozen states have already banned the app from government devices, and there's an effort by Congress to ban it nationally.  Before Thursday's hearing, Founder and CEO of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco joined host Dave Anthony to explain how TikTok and other apps collect your data and how that data can be 'weaponized.'  Cofrancesco also explained why he supports legislation that would ban the app, and why he won't allow his own children to be on social media. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the discussion in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with cyber security expert John Cofrancesco and learn in plain English why there is so much concern over the extremely popular app.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Thursday. For years, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed concerns about users' data privacy and other security threats related to the Chinese-owned social media app.  Despite its massive popularity, over two dozen states have already banned the app from government devices, and there's an effort by Congress to ban it nationally.  Before Thursday's hearing, Founder and CEO of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco joined host Dave Anthony to explain how TikTok and other apps collect your data and how that data can be 'weaponized.'  Cofrancesco also explained why he supports legislation that would ban the app, and why he won't allow his own children to be on social media. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the discussion in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with cyber security expert John Cofrancesco and learn in plain English why there is so much concern over the extremely popular app.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates once again on Wednesday by 25 basis points, causing volatility in the stock market and surprising many experts who anticipated the recent bank failures might cause the Fed to change its pattern of policy. The Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell explained that while the banking turmoil did raise conversations about a pause in rate hikes, the central bank ultimately needed to remain focused on its priority of fighting "inflation pressures [that] continue to run high." The host of 'Making Money' on FOX Business Network, Charles Payne, joins the Rundown to discuss the consequences of another rate hike following banking concerns, the factors keeping inflation high in America, and the origins of aggressive action from the Fed. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing today. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed concerns about users' data privacy and other security threats related to the Chinese government. Over two dozen states already banned the app from government devices; however, today's hearing could ban the app entirely. Founder and CEO of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco joins the Rundown to explain how TikTok and other apps collect your data, why he supports legislation that would ban the app, and why he won't allow his own children to be on social media.   Plus, commentary by Opinion Editor for The Washington Times Charlie Hurt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates once again on Wednesday by 25 basis points, causing volatility in the stock market and surprising many experts who anticipated the recent bank failures might cause the Fed to change its pattern of policy. The Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell explained that while the banking turmoil did raise conversations about a pause in rate hikes, the central bank ultimately needed to remain focused on its priority of fighting "inflation pressures [that] continue to run high." The host of 'Making Money' on FOX Business Network, Charles Payne, joins the Rundown to discuss the consequences of another rate hike following banking concerns, the factors keeping inflation high in America, and the origins of aggressive action from the Fed. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing today. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed concerns about users' data privacy and other security threats related to the Chinese government. Over two dozen states already banned the app from government devices; however, today's hearing could ban the app entirely. Founder and CEO of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco joins the Rundown to explain how TikTok and other apps collect your data, why he supports legislation that would ban the app, and why he won't allow his own children to be on social media.   Plus, commentary by Opinion Editor for The Washington Times Charlie Hurt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates once again on Wednesday by 25 basis points, causing volatility in the stock market and surprising many experts who anticipated the recent bank failures might cause the Fed to change its pattern of policy. The Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell explained that while the banking turmoil did raise conversations about a pause in rate hikes, the central bank ultimately needed to remain focused on its priority of fighting "inflation pressures [that] continue to run high." The host of 'Making Money' on FOX Business Network, Charles Payne, joins the Rundown to discuss the consequences of another rate hike following banking concerns, the factors keeping inflation high in America, and the origins of aggressive action from the Fed. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing today. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed concerns about users' data privacy and other security threats related to the Chinese government. Over two dozen states already banned the app from government devices; however, today's hearing could ban the app entirely. Founder and CEO of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco joins the Rundown to explain how TikTok and other apps collect your data, why he supports legislation that would ban the app, and why he won't allow his own children to be on social media.   Plus, commentary by Opinion Editor for The Washington Times Charlie Hurt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, John Cofrancesco, the founder of AAIC, an innovative company that uses AI to monitor cyber networks, discusses the threat posed by TikTok, how to mitigate the threat from such invasive apps, the looming threat from Russia as allied nations increase assistance to Ukraine, what to expect from the Biden administration's upcoming National Cyber Strategy and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

The United States is bringing back COVID-19 restrictions on travel. Beginning today, visitors coming from China ages 2 and up must provide a negative Covid test from the past 48 hours. The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes following a surge in coronavirus cases in China, as well as the country's lack of transparency about the outbreak. China has threatened to retaliate, calling the move "unscientific," leading many to wonder whether or not the testing rule will work. Dr. Robert Redfield was the Director of the CDC under President Trump. He joins the Rundown to discuss whether or not Covid mandates should be brought back, the efficacy of vaccines and treatment, and why it's important for Americans to learn to live with the virus in a safe way.   When you browse the internet, you inevitably leave a digital footprint of personal information—but who owns that data? A recent report explained how Smart TVs are harvesting user data and selling it to advertisers for big bucks, yet they aren't the only ones using consumer data for profit. Some of the biggest companies, from Meta and Twitter to T-Mobile and AT&T, have been fined millions of dollars for not protecting or even profiting off of users' data. Tech founder of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco joins the podcast to explain how your personal data may be used to turn a profit for big companies and the ways we are seeing regulators step up to confront this violation of consumers' rights.   Plus, commentary from Outkick's Tomi Lahren.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United States is bringing back COVID-19 restrictions on travel. Beginning today, visitors coming from China ages 2 and up must provide a negative Covid test from the past 48 hours. The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes following a surge in coronavirus cases in China, as well as the country's lack of transparency about the outbreak. China has threatened to retaliate, calling the move "unscientific," leading many to wonder whether or not the testing rule will work. Dr. Robert Redfield was the Director of the CDC under President Trump. He joins the Rundown to discuss whether or not Covid mandates should be brought back, the efficacy of vaccines and treatment, and why it's important for Americans to learn to live with the virus in a safe way.   When you browse the internet, you inevitably leave a digital footprint of personal information—but who owns that data? A recent report explained how Smart TVs are harvesting user data and selling it to advertisers for big bucks, yet they aren't the only ones using consumer data for profit. Some of the biggest companies, from Meta and Twitter to T-Mobile and AT&T, have been fined millions of dollars for not protecting or even profiting off of users' data. Tech founder of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco joins the podcast to explain how your personal data may be used to turn a profit for big companies and the ways we are seeing regulators step up to confront this violation of consumers' rights.   Plus, commentary from Outkick's Tomi Lahren.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United States is bringing back COVID-19 restrictions on travel. Beginning today, visitors coming from China ages 2 and up must provide a negative Covid test from the past 48 hours. The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes following a surge in coronavirus cases in China, as well as the country's lack of transparency about the outbreak. China has threatened to retaliate, calling the move "unscientific," leading many to wonder whether or not the testing rule will work. Dr. Robert Redfield was the Director of the CDC under President Trump. He joins the Rundown to discuss whether or not Covid mandates should be brought back, the efficacy of vaccines and treatment, and why it's important for Americans to learn to live with the virus in a safe way.   When you browse the internet, you inevitably leave a digital footprint of personal information—but who owns that data? A recent report explained how Smart TVs are harvesting user data and selling it to advertisers for big bucks, yet they aren't the only ones using consumer data for profit. Some of the biggest companies, from Meta and Twitter to T-Mobile and AT&T, have been fined millions of dollars for not protecting or even profiting off of users' data. Tech founder of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco joins the podcast to explain how your personal data may be used to turn a profit for big companies and the ways we are seeing regulators step up to confront this violation of consumers' rights.   Plus, commentary from Outkick's Tomi Lahren.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we sit down with John Cofrancesco from Fortress Information Security to get insights on the issues with the supply chain and the federal government. When it comes to federal technology, it is well known that bringing in chunks of software can introduce vulnerabilities. The real issue is not recognizing the code flaws, the issue is finding time in a hectic schedule to be able to remediate these problems. For example, CISA has something called the Vulnerability Exploitability Exchange that lists known software vulnerabilities. Companies like Sonatype offer surveys where they identify thousands of lines of code with structural flaws. One of the vulnerabilities (the Log4J) is well known. Rezilion announced it had scanned 90,000 servers that still had this problem. So, having a list of vulnerabilities is not the issue. The concern is cleaning up the federal code in an effective manner.

A report issued by Microsoft Wednesday said that Russia has engaged in relentless cyberattack operations against Ukraine since last summer and it has been a key part to the invasion. The American technology company has been aiding Ukraine in cyber defense saying the attacks are aimed at degrading the Ukraine government and military effectiveness. FOX's John Saucier speaks with John Cofrancesco, Vice President of Government at Fortress Information Security, about the ways in which Russia has used cyber warfare against Ukraine. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: War On Ukraine' https://listen.foxaud.io/rundown?sid=fnr.podeve  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A report issued by Microsoft Wednesday said that Russia has engaged in relentless cyberattack operations against Ukraine since last summer and it has been a key part to the invasion. The American technology company has been aiding Ukraine in cyber defense saying the attacks are aimed at degrading the Ukraine government and military effectiveness. FOX's John Saucier speaks with John Cofrancesco, Vice President of Government at Fortress Information Security, about the ways in which Russia has used cyber warfare against Ukraine. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: War On Ukraine' https://listen.foxaud.io/rundown?sid=fnr.podeve  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A report issued by Microsoft Wednesday said that Russia has engaged in relentless cyberattack operations against Ukraine since last summer and it has been a key part to the invasion. The American technology company has been aiding Ukraine in cyber defense saying the attacks are aimed at degrading the Ukraine government and military effectiveness. FOX's John Saucier speaks with John Cofrancesco, Vice President of Government at Fortress Information Security, about the ways in which Russia has used cyber warfare against Ukraine. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: War On Ukraine' https://listen.foxaud.io/rundown?sid=fnr.podeve  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Cyber Report, sponsored by Fortress Information Security, Fortress' John Cofrancesco on cyber attack on Russia's Gazprom, how increasingly effective US defensive and offensive capabilities may lead of complacency across industry-government-public, and whether cyber defenders are improving their agility; and Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, USN Ret., the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies who is also a senior adviser on the bipartisan Cyberspace Solarium Commission, discusses cyber elements of key legislations like the Competes-USICA, cyber spending priorities in Biden administration's 2023 budget request, military service J-book cyber details and the White House move to rewrite elements of National Security Presidential Memorandum 13 with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

President Biden on Monday warned American businesses they should tighten their cyber security measures and expect an attack from Russian hackers. He added that Russian President Vladimir Putin will use such cyberattacks to retaliate against the U.S. for its support of Ukraine. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with John Cofrancesco, Vice President of Fortress Government, about what kind of threat could be expected.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security and Dr. Amanda Muller, the lead for Responsible AI at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems.

President Biden on Monday warned American businesses they should tighten their cyber security measures and expect an attack from Russian hackers. He added that Russian President Vladimir Putin will use such cyberattacks to retaliate against the U.S. for its support of Ukraine. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with John Cofrancesco, Vice President of Fortress Government, about what kind of threat could be expected.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Biden on Monday warned American businesses they should tighten their cyber security measures and expect an attack from Russian hackers. He added that Russian President Vladimir Putin will use such cyberattacks to retaliate against the U.S. for its support of Ukraine. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with John Cofrancesco, Vice President of Fortress Government, about what kind of threat could be expected.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As of Monday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to invade two eastern regions of Ukraine. As a result, President Biden has ordered financial sanctions against Russian banks. While tensions continue to rise, there are growing concerns that Russia could respond to these punishments with a series of vicious cyberattacks. Vice President of Fortress Government, John Cofrancesco joins the Rundown to discuss the current situation regarding Russia's threat of cyber attacks, the United States' current stance on security, and the threat of disinformation attacks in the future.   Redistricting has become an even more tenuous process in 2022, with disagreements and legal challenges over map fairness cropping up across the U.S. In the majority of states, legislatures draw the congressional district boundaries, and often with that system comes a political manipulation of these boundaries known as gerrymandering. Fox News Radio Political Analyst Josh Kraushaar joins to break down why several states are facing lawsuits due to unjust map-drawing, what actions could be taken to lower the amount of gerrymandering, and how the pandemic has impacted this year's redistricting efforts.   Plus, commentary by former Team USA World Masters track athlete, mom, and coach Cynthia Monteleone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As of Monday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to invade two eastern regions of Ukraine. As a result, President Biden has ordered financial sanctions against Russian banks. While tensions continue to rise, there are growing concerns that Russia could respond to these punishments with a series of vicious cyberattacks. Vice President of Fortress Government, John Cofrancesco joins the Rundown to discuss the current situation regarding Russia's threat of cyber attacks, the United States' current stance on security, and the threat of disinformation attacks in the future.   Redistricting has become an even more tenuous process in 2022, with disagreements and legal challenges over map fairness cropping up across the U.S. In the majority of states, legislatures draw the congressional district boundaries, and often with that system comes a political manipulation of these boundaries known as gerrymandering. Fox News Radio Political Analyst Josh Kraushaar joins to break down why several states are facing lawsuits due to unjust map-drawing, what actions could be taken to lower the amount of gerrymandering, and how the pandemic has impacted this year's redistricting efforts.   Plus, commentary by former Team USA World Masters track athlete, mom, and coach Cynthia Monteleone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security discusses Russia's cyber operations in Ukraine, the kind of offensive cyber operations the US intelligence expects Russia to execute against American government, infrastructure and industry, what companies can do to protect themselves, prioritizing defenses, what lawmakers have to do over the coming months, and how to hold Russia to account for its misdeeds; and Michael Kofman, who heads the Russia team at the Center for Naval Analyses, discusses the kinds of capabilities Vladimir Putin will demonstrate in invading Ukraine, the nature and goals of the invasion, whether there will be a nuclear messaging dimension to the conflict, and the importance of regarding Russia as a long-term threat to US and international stability with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

As of Monday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to invade two eastern regions of Ukraine. As a result, President Biden has ordered financial sanctions against Russian banks. While tensions continue to rise, there are growing concerns that Russia could respond to these punishments with a series of vicious cyberattacks. Vice President of Fortress Government, John Cofrancesco joins the Rundown to discuss the current situation regarding Russia's threat of cyber attacks, the United States' current stance on security, and the threat of disinformation attacks in the future.   Redistricting has become an even more tenuous process in 2022, with disagreements and legal challenges over map fairness cropping up across the U.S. In the majority of states, legislatures draw the congressional district boundaries, and often with that system comes a political manipulation of these boundaries known as gerrymandering. Fox News Radio Political Analyst Josh Kraushaar joins to break down why several states are facing lawsuits due to unjust map-drawing, what actions could be taken to lower the amount of gerrymandering, and how the pandemic has impacted this year's redistricting efforts.   Plus, commentary by former Team USA World Masters track athlete, mom, and coach Cynthia Monteleone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security discusses the latest on the Log4J vulnerability and what cyber stories to watch for in 2022 with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security discusses the magnitude of the vulnerability in the widely used Java logging library Log4j that can be exploited to take control of servers across cyberspace; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners on the F-35 Lightning II win in Finland, Chinese violations of Taiwanese airspace and the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week's Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Dmitri Alperovich, the co-founder and former CTO of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike who is now the cofounder and executive chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator and John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security discuss progress being made across government and the international community in improving cybersecurity and specifically responding to ransomware and supply chain security challenges with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week's Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Dr. Jim Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies discusses next cyber steps for the Biden administration, securing the supply chain and insurance and cyberspace; and John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security also discusses key deadlines facing the national security cyber community, assuring the integrity of software and hardware supply chains and ensuring a level playing field with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week's Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Dmitri Alperovich, the co-founder and former CTO of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike who is now the cofounder and executive chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security, and Justin Sherman of Wired Magazine and the Atlantic Council think tank who just authored a new paper “Reassessing RuNet: Russian internet isolation and implications for Russian cyber behavior,” discuss the largest ransomware attacks on record by Russia's ReVil group, what the Biden administration must do next to better either deter Moscow or force it to crack down on domestic cyber criminal groups, improving defenses against ransomware attacks, and authoritarian states and the internet with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Dmitri Alperovich, the co-founder and former chief technology officer of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike who is now the co-founder and executive chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator and John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security   discuss lesson learned from recent high profile cyber attacks, ways to deter future attacks and what should be done at the business and government level to prevent network intrusions.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman,  Cyberspace Solarium Commission Executive Director Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery, USN (ret.), deputy Executive Director John Costello join John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security to discuss lesson learned and ways forward  in the wake of the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.

On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, in segment one Justin Sherman with the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative and Wired Magazine contributor, discusses the recent article he co-authored with Trey Herr, "Finding a Foreign Policy for the Internet." In segment two John Cofrancesco of Fortress Information Security  discusses cyber supply chain defense, vulnerabilities associated with an either or offense vs. defense approach to cyber security and where CMMC needs to mature under the Biden Administration.

This week on Federal Tech Talk, John Cofrancesco, vice president at Acuity Systems, joins host John Gilroy to discuss why data based decision making is important in the federal government.

John Cofrancesco, Vice President at Acuity Systems, joins the show to talk about using artificial intelligence and machine learning to understand your agency's data, comply with regulations, and build stronger data governance programs.

John Cofrancesco, VP of businesss development at Active Navigation, discusses some of the things going well in Washington, like the recent work to unify government agencies under similar NIST information standards.

John Cofrancesco, VP of Business Development at Active Navigation, discusses the security risks that can be hidden in everyday files like emails, spreadsheets and presentations, and how companies can work to mitigate damage these might cause in a hack.

John Cofrancesco, vice president for Business Development at Active Navigation, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss records management and how his company can help federal agencies eliminate redundant, obsolete or trivial data.