2022 - Week reads - 9

Feb 28, 2022 weekreads reading

This week read list,

• FCC considers crackdown on bad wireless receivers after 5G/altimeter debacle https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/fcc-considers-crackdown-on-bad-wireless-receivers-after-5g-altimeter-debacle/

• APC UPS zero-day bugs can remotely burn out devices, disable power https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apc-ups-zero-day-bugs-can-remotely-burn-out-devices-disable-power/

• If the Cloud Is More Secure, Then Why Is Everything Still Broken? https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/if-the-cloud-is-more-secure-then-why-is-everything-still-broken-

• Piracy OK: Russia to ease software licensing rules after sanctions https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/piracy-ok-russia-to-ease-software-licensing-rules-after-sanctions/

• Global consultancies quit Russia https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/07/dxc_pwc_kpmg_accenture_quit_russia/

• An Elaborate Employment Con in the Internet Age https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/02/an-elaborate-employment-con-in-the-internet-age.html

• How Russia took over the Internet in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/how-russia-took-over-the-internet-in-crimea-and-eastern-ukraine/

• Ukraine Ministry of Defense confirms DDoS attack; state banks lose connectivity https://www.zdnet.com/article/ukraine-ministry-of-defense-confirms-ddos-attack-state-banks-loses-connectivity/

• Chinese Cybersecurity Company Doxes Apparent NSA Hacking Operation https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dxg3/chinese-cybersecurity-company-doxes-apparent-nsa-hacking-operation

• Hackers leak 190GB of alleged Samsung data, source code https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-190gb-of-alleged-samsung-data-source-code/

• The Road to Open RAN Success – Mastering Open Ecosystems https://blogs.juniper.net/en-us/service-provider-transformation/the-road-to-open-ran-success-mastering-open-ecosystems

• DDoSers are using a potent new method to deliver attacks of unthinkable size https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/unending-data-floods-and-complete-resource-exhaustion-ddoses-get-meaner/

• A new iron curtain is descending across Russia’s Internet https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-internet-cogent-cutoff/