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US Department of Labor finds Salt Lake City restaurant supply company illegally employed 22 minor-aged workers beyond hours allowed

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SALT LAKE CITY – A federal investigation has found a Salt Lake City restaurant supply company allowed 22 employees – ages 14 and 15 – to work as many as 46 hours per workweek, and to begin work after midnight – both illegal practices under child labor laws. 

Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Specialty Consulting Services LLC – operating as Standard Restaurant Supply – violated child labor work hours standards of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The employer also failed to keep accurate time records including the date of birth for one minor-aged employee, in violation of the FLSA’s recordkeeping  provision.

The division assessed $16,595 in penalties to resolve the child labor violations.

The investigation follows a March 2022 announcement by the division’s Southwest Region reminding Salt Lake City-area employers of the importance of complying with federal child labor laws, and its stepped up enforcement efforts. 

“Minors as young as 14- and 15-years-old not only worked beyond permitted hours, but more than half of them were employed in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act by being allowed to work long shifts often exceeding eight hours,” explained Wage and Hour Division District Director Kevin Hunt in Salt Lake City. “Our investigators continue to see an increase in child labor violations in several industries. We will take vigorous action whenever we discover young workers’ safety and well-being are being jeopardized by employers who fail to follow the law.”

Federal labor law prohibits the employment of workers under the age of 14 in non-agricultural settings. 14- and 15-year-olds must work outside of the hours of school and cannot work:

  • More than 3 hours on a school day, including Friday.
  • More than 18 hours per week when school is in session.
  • More than 8 hours per day when school is not in session.
  • More than 40 hours per week when school is not in session.
  • Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. on any day, except from June 1 through Labor Day, when nighttime work hours are extended to 9 p.m.

“We urge employers in the region to gain a full understanding of child labor regulations and ensure…

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mobile-based malware: Cert-In warns users about mobile-based malware and methods employed to infect devices

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New Delhi: The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert- In) on Monday issued an advisory, warning users about the various types of mobile-based malware and the methods employed by them to infect devices.

The advisory warned that malware such as Adware, cryptocurrency mining malware, remote access tools, mobile banking and short messaging service trojans, mobile spyware and ransomware were active and users must ensure they are safe from them.

Explaining the ways in which these malware work, Cert In said that users must be aware of fake applications and websites which entice users by using legitimate company names or references.

“They can persistently push ads, track and report location, and other sensitive information or subscribe users to premiums services without consent,” Cert In said in its advisory.

To avoid falling victim to these malware and their methods, Cert In suggested that users keep their operating systems and apps updated, use strong authentication, disable unneeded network radios, install security software, and always deleting data before discarding the device.

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North Korea’s Kumsong 121 recently employed social media to launch a cyber attack

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The North Korean hacker group Kumsong 121 recently launched a cyber attack using social media. Computer and mobile phone users should be wary as North Korean hacking attacks grow more sophisticated.

In a press release Tuesday, EST Security said it had detected a new “advanced persistent threat” (APT) by Kumsong 121. It said this attack employed an elaborate method: rather than email, the attackers used social media to befriend the target and send an infected file.

After hacking an individual’s social media account, the attackers chose additional targets from the victim’s social media friends.

The hackers lowered the guard of the target and earned their friendship by sending chat messages with friendly greetings and ordinary topics of interest or gossip.

The attackers then sent an infected document file to the target through email by soliciting advice on a column related to North Korean affairs they claimed to have recently written.

The attached document file contains a macro virus that renders the target’s computer hackable if the email recipient approves the file.

A document with malicious code recently distributed by suspected North Korean hackers / Image: EST Security

The attackers essentially grafted social media onto traditional “spear phishing” attacks aimed at particular individuals.

In fact, a North Korean hacking group recently attempted to distribute an infected file by hijacking the social media account of a North Korean defector and trying to chat with his friends.

Kumsong 121 is also targeting Android smartphones. 

According to EST Security, Kumsong 121 is carrying out “smishing” attacks aimed at Android smartphone users. If victims install an infected Android package created by the hackers, much of their private information gets leaked, including the address books, text messages, phone records, location information, sound recordings and photos saved on their phones.

Mun Chong Hyun, the head of the ESTsecurity Security Response Center (ESRC), said Kumsong 121 has hacked the mobile phones of well-known figures, including a certain South Korean lawmaker, stealing their private information. He said the hackers attack the websites of groups…

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