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“It’s 5:05!'' is a daily audio news cast highlighting security and open source stories from around the world. We filter for the real cybersecurity and open source stories in the news, so you won't have to. Each day, a global team of journalists contribute stories they found interesting in their daily research from the previous 24 hours. We present them to you in an easy to listen to format, making the resources available at the end of each episode so you can do a deep dive on stories you find of interest.

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Special Report: Point of View Friday - Four Opinions on the OWASP BOM Maturity Model, with Trac Bannon, Katy Craig, Shannon Lietz, and Olimpiu Pop 10.12.2023 10:17

From @Sourced Network Productions, @It's 5:05!, the Podcast , with a special report on the release of the OWASP BOM Maturity Model. It’s Point of View Friday, featuring Trac Bannon, Katy Craig, Shannon Leitz, and Olimpiu Pop, with their perspectives on the release of the BOM Maturity Model by the OWASP Foundation. We’ll start with Trac Bannon. 🎙️ Free access to 280+ episodes of “It’s 5:05!” on you...

Episode #290: Edwin Kwan: Bluetooth Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Apple and Linux; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History; Trac Bannon: OWASP BOM Maturity Model: Is It Valuable?; Katy Craig: OWASP BOM Maturity Model: A Benefit for Consumers; Olim 08.12.2023 17:55

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Episode #289: Edwin Kwan: Malicious Wordpress Plugin Issues Fake Security Advisories; Katy Craig: Feds surveilling us via push notifications; Mark Miller: Special Report: ChatGPT Isn’t the Only AI Game in Town; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 07.12.2023 13:55

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Episode #288: Edwin Kwan: WhatsApp Updates Password Security; Katy Craig: AI Alliance to Compete with Closed Source LLMs; Hillary Coover: 23andMe: Guard Your DNA Data, Protect Your Family; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 06.12.2023 10:33

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Episode #287: Edwin Kwan: Mandatory Data Breach Notification Coming to Queensland; Ian Garrett: Deepfakes: A Growing Concern for 2024 Election Security; Katy Craig: A Prickly CACTUS: Ransomware to Encrypt and Exfiltrate Data; Mark Miller: This Day in Tech 05.12.2023 9:27

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Episode #286: Edwin Kwan: Discovered Zoom Vulnerability Allows Account Hijacking; Katy Craig: LogoFAIL: New UEFI Vulnerabilities Threaten Device Firmware Security; Hillary Coover: Secure Shopping Strategies: Navigating the Peak Season with Virtual Credit 04.12.2023 9:32

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Episode #285: Edwin Kwan: Apple Releases Emergency Zero-Day Security Updates; Macrel Brown: This Day in Tech History; Katy Craig: AI Guidelines: US and EU Release Secure AI System Development Guidelines; Olimpiu Pop: AI Guidelines: Can governments protect 01.12.2023 17:13

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Episode #284: Edwin Kwan: Are We Sharing Too Much on LinkedIn?; Katy Craig: MITRE ATLAS: Mapping Security Vulnerabilities in AI; Ian Garrett: The Two Faces of Cybersecurity Investing; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 30.11.2023 9:00

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Episode #283: Edwin Kwan: Australian Banks Begin Blocking Transfers to Suspect Accounts; Katy Craig: Google’s Cybersecurity Forecast: The Growing Influence of AI; Hillary Coover: Hacker's Haven: Cocaine Infiltration Unveiled in Europe's Biggest Ports; Mar 29.11.2023 13:49

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Episode #282: Ian Garrett: Deprecation of Defender Application Guard for MS Office; Edwin Kwan: Open Source 3D Design Suite Targeted by DDoS; Katy Craig: US and UK: Joint Guidelines for AI System Security; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 28.11.2023 10:10

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Episode #281: Edwin Kwan: OwnCloud App Suffers Three Critical Vulnerabilities; Katy Craig: AI-Enabled Autonomous Vehicles and Lethal Weapons; Hillary Coover: Debunking the Incognito Shopping Myth; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 27.11.2023 10:12

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Special Report: POV Friday with Trac Bannon - OpenAI: Should Camelot Be Restored? 24.11.2023 2:52

Hello, this is Trac Bannon reporting from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. The news of San Altman sacking by the OpenAI Board of Directors shook the world on Friday, November 17th. As events unfolded in the following hours and days, the world suffered collective whiplash. While many are asking why the board made that decision, more profound questions are being raised about the balance between innovative l...

Special Report: POV Friday with Olimpiu Pop - OpenAI: What will its future look like? 24.11.2023 2:19

The recent turmoil at OpenAI, stemming from the ousting of CEO Sam Altman, has thrown the AI community into a state of intense discussion and speculation. We have a whole saga that looks more like a new season of HBO's Game of Thrones than a sane tech company that is crafting the future of humanity. The coup backfired and Altman seems to be returning in a more powerful position, just in time for t...

Special Report: POV Friday with Shannon Lietz - OpenAI and Microsoft: Win, Lose, or Draw? 24.11.2023 3:05

Hi, this is Shannon Leitz from San Diego, California. With all the brouhaha going on with Sam Altman and OpenAI, there's a lot to unpack and digest. A few things for all of us. When OpenAI, not yet a year ago, released its ChatGPT to the world, a fabulous capability if you ask me, it was pretty obvious at the time that they were chasing adoption and velocity as a brand new organization entering in...

Special Report: POV Friday with Katy Craig - OpenAI: Sam Altman’s Triumphant Return 24.11.2023 3:18

This is Katy Craig in San Diego, California. In an extraordinary twist fit for a Silicon Valley drama. OpenAI's boardroom coup against CEO Sam Altman not only failed, but spectacularly backfired, leading to a reshuffling of the board itself. The recent turmoil at OpenAI, a beacon in the AI industry, laid bare the complexities and power dynamics at play in the high stakes world of technological inn...

Episode #280: Edwin Kwan, Australia Shelves Plan To Ban Ransomware Payments; Trac Bannon, OpenAI:Should Camelot Be Restored?; Katy Craig, Sam Altman's Triumphant Return; Shannon Lietz, OpenAI and Microsoft: Win, Lose, or Draw?; Olimpiu Pop, OpenAI Opened 24.11.2023 19:02

🎙️ Free, ungated access to all 280+ episodes of “It’s 5:05!” on your favorite podcast platforms: https://bit.ly/505-updates. Marcel Brown November 25, 2002. Digital media software company, Roxio, purchases the assets of the former Napster, including name, logo, domain name, technology portfolio, and other intellectual property. Roxio was the first company to attempt to use the Napster brand for a...

Episode #279: Edwin Kwan, Australian Government Releases New Cybersecurity Strategy; Ian Garret, Move Over Phishing, Quishing is the New Scam; Olimpiu Pop, Software Supply Chain Trends - Part 2 23.11.2023 10:56

🎙️ Free, ungated access to all 235+ episodes of “It’s 5:05!” on your favorite podcast platforms: https://bit.ly/505-updates. Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri November 23rd, 2004. Blizzard Entertainment releases the massively multiplayer online role playing game, World of Warcraft. It quickly became the most popular MMORPG of all time. In the nearly 20 years since its release, World of Warcraft ha...

Episode #278: Edwin Kwan: Canadian Government Impacted by Third Party Breach; Hillary Coover: COO Attacks Local Hospitals for Business Gain; Olimpiu Pop: Software Supply Chain Report: 245.000 malicious packages deployed; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech His 22.11.2023 9:37

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Episode #277: Edwin Kwan: Malicious Android Banking Apps Targeting Users in India; Ian Garrett: M&A Deals that Look into the Future of the Cybersecurity Industry; Katy Craig: SEC Sues SolarWinds: Part II; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 21.11.2023 10:34

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Episode #276: Edwin Kwan: Australia's First Cyber Security Coordinator Recalled; Katy Craig: SEC Sues SolarWinds for Misleading Investors; Hillary Coover: A New Breed of Cybercrime Targeting Teenage Boys; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 20.11.2023 9:07

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Episode #275: Edwin Kwan: Popular WordPress Plugin Exposes over 600K to Attacks; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History; Katy Craig: EU AI Act; Shannon Lietz: The AI Act; Olimpiu Pop: To Regulate Or Not To Regulate AI in EU 17.11.2023 14:48

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Episode #274: Edwin Kwan: Cyberattack Threatens Australian Christmas; Ian Garrett: $500k Compensation for the Top 25% of Cybersecurity Professionals; Mark Miller: OpenAI Takes a Run at Startups Investments that Use Their Platform; Marcel Brown: This Day i 16.11.2023 10:07

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Episode #273: Edwin Kwan: OpenAI Suffered DDOS Attack Resulting in Intermittent Outage; Katy Craig: Citrix Bleed; Hillary Coover: Holiday Shopper Alert: Protect Your Finances from Cyber Grinches!; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 15.11.2023 10:59

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Episode #272: Edwin Kwan: Signal Testing Use of Usernames to Keep Phone Number Private; Ian Garrett: Identity-based Security is the New Perimeter; Hillary Coover: Decoding Tomorrow's Defense: The Rise of Deception Technology in Cybersecurity Strategies; M 14.11.2023 10:51

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Episode #271: Edwin Kwan: Singapore Marina Bay Sands Suffers Data Breach Impacting 665K Customers; Katy Craig: PHaaS Provider BPL Taken Down; Hillary Coover: Boeing's recent cybersecurity breach; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 13.11.2023 9:13

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