Episode 30

Episode #30 - It's 5:05, Friday, December 9, 2022

It’s 5:05, on Friday, December 9 , 2022. This is your daily update of open source and cybersecurity news. This is Pokie Huang, coming from the 5:05 offices in New York City. Stories for today come from Trac Bannon in Pennsylvania, talking about the Chinese drone threat to US States and Local governments, Katy Craig in California on critical Chrome updates, Olimpiu Pop in Romania with a report on the cybercrime to reach 24.5 trillion dollars by 2027, Edwin Kwan in Australia on Medibank system wide shutdown over weekend. 

We will start today with DJ Schleen in Colorado talking about how the Tech Lobbyists discourage government agencies from requiring SBOMs

Let’s get to it!

🇺🇸 DJ Schleen, Golden, Colorado

Tech Lobbyists discourage government agencies from requiring SBOMs

https://www.securityweek.com/big-tech-vendors-object-us-gov-sbom-mandate

https://www.gsa.gov/technology/technology-products-services/it-security/executive-order-14028-improving-the-nations-cybersecurity

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/sbom_at_a_glance_apr2021.pdf

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/sbom_overview_20200818.pdf

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

Chinese drone threat to US States and Local governments

https://gcn.com/cybersecurity/2022/12/chinese-drones-could-expose-state-local-governments/380481/

https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/banned-in-d-c/

https://gcn.com/emerging-tech/2022/07/state-explores-drone-skyway/374808/

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California

Critical Chrome Updates

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4262

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania

Cybercrime to reach 24.5 Trillion Dollars by 2027

https://www.statista.com/chart/28878/expected-cost-of-cybercrime-until-2027/

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia

Medibank system wide shutdown over weekend

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/hacking/medibank-set-for-systemwide-weekend-shutdown/news-story/8a8ed8a4b760574af3374a064d1d1c94

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