Episode #210: LinkedIn Account Takeover Campaign; Amazon's palm-scanning tech - an entire universe of possibilities?; CRA: Save Open Source!;Cyber Resiliency Act: Impacts on Open Source; CRA: Why You Should Care

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LinkedIn Account Takeover Campaign

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

Security Research Company, Cyberint, has observed an ongoing and successful hacking campaign targeting LinkedIn accounts. This has resulted in victims being pressured into paying to regain control of their account or facing permanent deletion.

Can Amazon's palm-scanning tech unlock an entire universe of identity possibilities?

🇺🇸 Hillary Coover, Washington, DC ↗

Can Amazon's palm scanning tech unlock an entire universe of identity possibilities? By the end of this year, Amazon's biometric technology, known as Amazon One, will enable you to scan your palm at over 500 locations for payments and access.

This Day, August 18, in Tech History

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

August 19th, 2004. Google holds its Initial Public Offering, selling over 22 million shares at a starting price of $85. Google shares closed that day at $100.34, and the IPO created many instant millionaires and a few billionaires. 

From host Hillary Coover: It's 'Point of View Friday' where our team of journalists give us their take on one of the week's most important stories. Today, Trac Bannon, Olimpiu Pop and Katy Craig will explore Evaluating the Proposed Cyber Resilience Act, and how it could affect the open source community.



Cyber Resiliency Act: Impacts on Open Source

🇺🇸 Tracy (Trac) Bannon, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania↗

The concept of crowdsourcing software development seems solid and altruistic at the surface. When open source is leveraged by for-profit corporations and commercial entities, who bears the burden for cyber resiliency?

Cyber Resiliency Act: Save Open Source!

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

The European Union is currently advancing the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). As the Act advances, it's critical for the open source community to engage with policymakers to strike a balance between security measures and the principles that underpin open source collaboration.

Cyber Resiliency Act: Why You Should Care

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania ↗

Open source software is today's boiler waiting to explode. Why do we care? Because we understand that open source, it's so much more than some library for geeks to play in their free time. Because we understand that modern society relies on it, and part of most advancements are partly due to open source.