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