Episode #43 - It's 5:05, Wednesday, December 28, 2022

It’s 5:05, Wednesday, December 28, 2022. From the Sourced Podcast Network in New York City, this is your host, Pokie Huang. Stories in today’s episode come from Edwin Kwan in Australia on Guardian newspaper hit by ransomware attack, Trac Bannon in Pennsylvania on imposter SDK found in Python repository, Katy Craig in California on Amazon Prime Air, Dan Whiting in Washington, DC on TikTok ban.

Today’s episode begins with Olimpiu Pop in Romania on part two of Ukraine cyber war events.  

Let’s get to it!

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania

Ukraine Cyber War Analysis - Part 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragobete

https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1498365220107997191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1498365220107997191%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnetblocks.org%2Freports%2Finternet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/satellite-outage-knocks-out-control-enercon-wind-turbines-2022-02-28/

https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2022/02/24/my-budem-stremitsia-k-demilitarizatsii-i-denatsifikatsii-ukrainy-putin-obiavil-o-nachale-spetsoperatsii-v-ukraine-news

https://web.archive.org/web/20220313011410/https:/prozorro.gov.ua/tender/UA-2020-12-23-008256-c

https://www.viasat.com/space-innovation/satellite-fleet/ka-sat/

https://news.viasat.com/blog/corporate/ka-sat-network-cyber-attack-overview

https://www.viasat.com/space-innovation/satellite-fleet/ka-sat/

https://news.viasat.com/blog/corporate/ka-sat-network-cyber-attack-overview

https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/acidrain-a-modem-wiper-rains-down-on-europe/

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-117srpt122/html/CRPT-117srpt122.htm

🇺🇸 Dan Whiting, Washington, DC

TikTok Ban

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/22/tiktoks-chinese-owner-fires-workers-who-gathered-data-journalists/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/technology/byte-dance-tik-tok-internal-investigation.html

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California

Amazon Prime Air

https://fox40.com/news/local-news/lockeford-california-prime-air-amazon-delivery-drones/

https://thehill.com/homenews/3786630-amazon-begins-drone-deliveries-in-2-u-s-cities/

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

Imposter SDK Found in Python Repository

https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/sentinelsneak-malicious-pypi-module-poses-as-security-sdk 

https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/the-state-of-software-supply-chain-security

https://thehackernews.com/2022/12/researchers-discover-

Malicious-pypi.html

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia

Guardian Newspaper Hit by Ransomware Attack

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/21/guardian-hit-by-serious-it-incident-believed-to-be-ransomware-attack