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It's 5:05! Daily cybersecurity and open source briefing

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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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Episode #270: Edwin Kwan: WhatsApp Introduces Location Privacy Feature; Hillary Coover: A Shift Towards Empowering Users for Image Authenticity; Olimpiu Pop: And the gold medal for the largest non-payroll goes to…; Val Cole: This Day in Tech History 10.11.2023 8:01

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Episode #269: Edwin Kwan: WhatsApp Mods for Android May Contain Spyware; Ian Garrett: Cyber Attackers and Defenders Enter an AI Arms Race; Katy Craig: Russia, Iran, and China: US 2024 Election Meddling Likely; Mark Miller: This Day in Tech History 09.11.2023 11:24

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Episode #268: Edwin Kwan: Security Assessed Apps Now Receives Badge on Google Play Store; Olimpiu Pop: StarCoder - An Open Source State Of The Art Code LLM; Katy Craig: China’s Global Cyber Power; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 08.11.2023 9:22

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Episode #267: Edwin Kwan: Okta Suffered Data Breach Impacting Their Employees; Ian Garrett: Rising ransomware attacks drive zero trust adoption; Olimpiu Pop: BigCode A Project With a Mission: Build State Of The Art LLM Coding Models That Are Open 07.11.2023 6:44

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Episode #266: Edwin Kwan: WeChat and Kaspersky Apps Banned on Canadian Government Devices; Hillary Coover: Meta's Privacy Pivot: Upholding Principles or Extortion?; Mark Miller: Just in Time for Día de los Muertos: KandyKorn Malware; Marcel Brown: This Da 06.11.2023 10:45

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Episode #265: Edwin Kwan: Who Should Bear the Cost of Invoice Scam?; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History; Olimpiu Pop: DORA Metrics - an agile, emotionally safe culture is the way; Shannon Lietz: Security in the DORA Report ; Nathen Harvey: Insights on 03.11.2023 17:27

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Episode #264: Edwin Kwan: SEC Charges SolarWinds and CISO for Misleading Investors Before Cyber Attack; Ian Garrett: The World Needs 4 Million More Cybersecurity Professionals; Hillary Coover: Global Alliance Takes a Stand: No More Ransom Payments to Cybe 02.11.2023 9:15

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Episode 263: Edwin Kwan: APT Malware Disguised as Crypto miner Infects One Million Systems; Mark Miller: Surprise, Surprise! SolarWinds Lied. Imagine that.; Hillary Coover: The Paradox of Cybersecurity: Increasing Threats, Decreasing Budgets, and Talent S 01.11.2023 10:11

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Episdoe #262: Edwin Kwan: Casio Data Breach affects over 120,000 customers in 149 countries; Ian Garrett: 6 Types of Supply Chain Attacks (Part 2); Hillary Coover: Keeping Perspective: Why the Social Media Surveillance Revelation Deserves a Thoughtful Loo 31.10.2023 9:06

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Episode #261: Edwin Kwan: Israel-Hamas War Crypto Donation Scams; Hillary coover: Linkedin Chatbot; Mark Miller: Stanford University Breached by Akira Ransomware Group; Mark Miller: This Day in Tech History 30.10.2023 7:53

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Episode #260: Edwin Kwan: OAuth Implementation Flaw Allowing Account Takeover; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History; Katy Craig: HTTP/2 RapidReset Attack; Olimpiu Pop: HTTP/2 RapidReset: Zero-day Vulnerability; Shannon Lietz: RapidReset: How Critical is 27.10.2023 16:25

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Episode #259: Edwin Kwan: 1Password Impacted by Okta Breach; Ian Garrett: 6 Types of Supply Chain Attacks (Part 1); Katy Craig: New Mirai Malware Variant; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 26.10.2023 9:16

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Episode #258: Edwin Kwan: South Australian Superannuation Suffers Breach; Hillary Coover: Meta Lawsuits: Your Child's Online Safety is at Risk; Mark Miller: Massive DDoS Attack: 201 Million Requests per Second (RPS); Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 25.10.2023 8:51

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Episode #257: Edwin Kwan: Okta Breach Exposed Sensitive Customer Data; Katy Craig: Cisco Zero Day is Bad News; Ian Garrett: Will Hackers Who Write Phishing Emails Lose Their Jobs? Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 24.10.2023 8:12

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Episode 256: Edwin Kwan: Fake Browser Updates Delivering Malware; Katy Craig: Countdown to Q Day; Hillary Coover: Cookie Tracking Lawsuit in Netherlands; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 23.10.2023 10:32

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Episode #255: Edwin Kwan: Top Password Used By IT Admins is ‘admin’; Hillary Coover: Is X's Anti-Disinformation Tool Backfiring; Shannon Lietz: Is Hashicorp’s Move a Win, Lose, or Draw; Olimpiu Pop: Is Open Source Reaching EOL? Maybe, according to Hashico 20.10.2023 13:34

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Episode #254: Edwin Kwan: Malicious “Red Alert” App Spying on Israelis; Ian Garrett: 10 Hidden Costs Draining CISO Security Budgets (Part 2); Hillary Coover: Threat Posed by Chinese Espionage and Social Engineering; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 19.10.2023 9:25

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Episode 253: Edwin Kwan: Over 10,000 Cisco Devices Hacked; Julie Chatman: NSA and CISA: Top ten cybersecurity configuration blunders; Hillary Coover: Safeguarding Nations: The Crucial Role of Satellite Imagery Data; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History 18.10.2023 11:07

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Episode 252: Edwin Kwan: Equifax Ltd fined £11 million for Preventable Cybersecurity Breach; Ian Garrett: 10 Hidden Costs Draining CISO Security Budgets (Part 1); Mark Miller: Follow Up to Atlassian Confluence Level 10 Vulnerability Alert; Marcel Brown: T 17.10.2023 8:51

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Episode #251: Edwin Kwan: Queensland Introduces Mandatory Data Breach Notification; Mark Miller: Overwhelmed with Cybersecurity Alerts? Yeah, so am I.; Hillary Coover: Government vs Corporate Surveillance: Which is more Intrusive?; Marcel Brown: This Day 16.10.2023 10:33

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Episode #250: ChatGPT’s maker OpenAI is thinking about making AI chips; Curl Patches Worst Security Flaw in Ages; Is OpenAI the Next Google 13.10.2023 12:36

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Episode 249: Edwin Kwan: Vulnerable WordPress Plugin Results in Thousands of Sites Hacked; Ian Garrett: 5 Tips to Take Zero Trust from Buzzword to Implementation; Mark Miller: CISA and FBI: AvosLocker Ransomware (Update); Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech Hi 12.10.2023 9:38

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Episode 248: Edwin Kwan: D-Link Wi-Fi Device Vulnerable to Command Injection Attack; Katy Craig: Google Goes Passwordless; Hillary Coover: FDA Adapting to AI: Balancing Innovation and Safety; Marcel Brown: This Day, October 11th, in Tech History 11.10.2023 8:28

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Episode #247: Edwin Kwan: Linux Distributions Vulnerable to Looney Tunables; Katy Craig: Hactivists Enter the Middle-East Fray; Ian Garret: Google Helps Drive the End of Passwords; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History. 10.10.2023 8:37

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Episode #246: ShellTorch Flaw Affecting Open Source AI Servers; Human Powered Ransomware; Bipartisan Commission Seeks TikTok's Response 09.10.2023 8:16

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