Episode #23 - It's 5:05, Wednesday, November 30, 2022

It’s 5:05, on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Coming from the 5:05 offices in New York City, this is Mark Miller on HumpDay here in the US. Stories for today come from Edwin Kwan in Sydney Australia on Sensitive Information of Australians on Black Market, Trace Bannon in Pennsylvania on FCC’s Ban of Equipment citing National Security Concerns, and Derek Weeks in Bethesda, Maryland reporting on Twitter’s possible use of Signal for encrypting DMs.

We’ll start today’s episode with a follow up from yesterday’s segment on phone scamming.

Let’s get to it!

🇺🇸 Mark Miller, New York City

The Top Phone and Email Scams the Elderly Fall For

Top Ten Scams

https://fraud.org/top-ten-scams-2021/

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

US FCC Bans Equipment citing National Security Concerns

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-bans-authorizations-devices-pose-national-security-threat

https://insidedefense.com/daily-news/industry-groups-urge-lawmakers-cut-china-based-semiconductor-ban-federal-contracts

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia

Highly Sensitive Information of Australians on Black Market following series of breaches

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-28/cyber-black-market-shows-medibank-optus-hack-just-the-surface/101700974

🇺🇸 Derek Weeks, Bethesda, Maryland

Twitter to have Encrypted DMs

Elon Musk's Twitter to Add Open-Source Signal Protocol for Encrypted DMs

https://news.itsfoss.com/twitter-signal/