It’s 5:05, Friday, December 30, 2022. From the Sourced Podcast Network in New York City, this is your host, Pokie Huang. Stories in today’s episode come from Olimpiu Pop in Romania on his part 4 of Ukraine cyber war analysis, Dan Whiting in Washington, DC, talks about how to keep your kids safe from connected toys, Edwin Kwan in Australia with a report on parental control apps come packaged with malware, Katy Craig in California on biometrics devices sold on eBay holds sensitive data, DJ Schleen in Colorado on the cyber criminals who aren’t bringing home the bacon anymore.

Today’s episode begins with Trac Bannon in Pennsylvania on ALERT: Github suffering from spamming surge.

Let’s get to it!

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

ALERT: GitHub Suffering from Spamming Surge

https://twitter.com/_JohnHammond/status/1608257989017993217

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/discussions/14904#discussioncomment-4530059

https://github.blog/

🇺🇸 DJ Schleen, Golden, Colorado

The Cyber Criminals who aren't bringing home the bacon anymore

https://nationaltoday.com/national-bacon-day/

https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/30/meet-the-cybercriminals-2022/

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa21-265a

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California

Biometrics Device Sold on eBay Holds Sensitive Data

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/biometric-devices-sold-on-ebay-reportedly-contained-sensitive-us-military-data/ar-AA15HCZG 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/technology/for-sale-on-ebay-a-military-database-of-fingerprints-and-iris-scans.html

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia

Parental Control Apps Come Packaged with Malware

https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/the-hidden-costs-of-parental-control-apps/

🇺🇸 Dan Whiting, Washington, DC

Keep your kids safe from connected toys

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-set-up-kids-smart-toys/

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania

Ukraine Cyber War Analysis Part 4 - Poisoned open-source repositories, weaponizing open-source software

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/big-sabotage-famous-npm-package-deletes-files-to-protest-ukraine-war/

https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/peacenotwar/blob/main/WITH-LOVE-FROM-AMERICA.txt

https://securelist.com/reassessing-cyberwarfare-lessons-learned-in-2022/108328/