Episode #28 - It's 5:05, Wednesday, December 7, 2022

It’s 5:05, on Wednesday, December 7 , 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 with a report on scamming the digital workforce, Edwin Kwan in Australia on how AirAsia poor network organization spared it from future attacks, Katy Craig in California on Apple AirTag stalking initial report and DJ Schleen in Colorado with a report on the new version of the Software Bill of Materials vulnerability scanning tool. We are going to start with a story from Dan Whiting on his use of AI and Chat GPT

Let’s get to it!

🇺🇸 Dan Whiting, Washington, DC

ChatGPT Stack Overflow

https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/421831/temporary-policy-chatgpt-is-banned

https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/

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

I’m here to help! Scamming the digital workforce.

https://cybir.com/2022/cve/hijacking-connectwise-control-and-ddos/

https://www.crn.com/news/security/connectwise-patches-critical-flaw-that-could-have-infected-5-000-servers-huntress

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia

AirAsia Poor Network Organisation spared it from future attacks

https://www.databreaches.net/airasia-victim-of-ransomware-attack-passenger-and-employee-data-acquired/

https://grahamcluley.com/ouch-ransomware-gang-says-it-wont-attack-airasia-again-due-to-the-chaotic-organisation-and-sloppy-security-of-hacked-companys-network/

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California

Apple AirTag Stalking Initial Report

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/10/business/apple-airtags-safety.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-06/apple-sued-by-women-over-dangerous-airtag-stalking-by-exes

https://apps.cand.uscourts.gov/newcasefilings/

Hughes v. Apple, Inc., 3:22-cv-07668, U.S. District Court, Northern District (not posted yet on the Court filings page)

🇺🇸 DJ Schleen, Golden, Colorado

Software Bill of Materials vulnerability scanning tool “bomber” announces EPSS support

https://github.com/devops-kung-fu/bomber

https://first.org/epss