This Week's Reading 5/15/2022 #infosec #cybersecurity

 Work Stuff

Pentagon’s China Warning Prompts Calls to Vet U.S. Funding of Startups

https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagons-china-warning-prompts-calls-to-vet-u-s-funding-of-startups-11652014803

Cisco warns of premature DIMM failures

https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/09/cisco_server_dimm_failure/

Beautiful Basics - Series

https://malicious.link/post/2022/beautiful-basics/

The stakes 'could not be any higher': CISA chief talks about the tech challenges ahead

https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-stakes-could-not-be-any-higher-cisa-chief-talks-about-the-tech-challenges-ahead/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

Google Created 'Open-Source Maintenance Crew' to Help Secure Critical Projects

https://thehackernews.com/2022/05/google-created-open-source-maintenance.html

A year later, Biden’s cybersecurity executive order driving positive change

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3660769/a-year-later-biden-s-cybersecurity-executive-order-driving-positive-change.html#tk.rss_all

NIST Cybersecurity Framework update comments highlight a gamut of needed changes

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3660068/nist-cybersecurity-framework-update-comments-highlight-a-gamut-of-needed-changes.html#tk.rss_all

Utility industry continues to deny that control system cyber incidents are occurring

https://www.controlglobal.com/blogs/unfettered/utility-industry-continues-to-deny-that-control-system-cyber-incidents-are-occurring/

The Texas electric grid can barely keep the lights on

https://twitter.com/The_Michael_Lee/status/1525533811873914880

6 top network security threats and how to beat them

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3660057/6-top-network-threats-and-how-to-beat-them.html#tk.rss_security

ICS Patch Tuesday: Siemens, Schneider Electric Address 43 Vulnerabilities

https://www.securityweek.com/ics-patch-tuesday-siemens-schneider-electric-address-43-vulnerabilities

What to Patch Now: Actively Exploited Windows Zero-Day Threatens Domain Controllers

https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/what-to-patch-now-actively-exploited-zero-day-threatens-domain-controllers

CISA Temporarily Removes CVE-2022-26925 from Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2022/05/13/cisa-temporarily-removes-cve-2022-26925-known-exploited

May's Patch Tuesday updates make urgent patching a must

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3660511/mays-patch-tuesday-updates-make-urgent-patching-a-must.html#tk.rss_security

Training on understanding, protecting, and securing Industrial Control Systems (ICS) from cyber-attacks.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/301v-ics-cybersecurity-training-june-13-registration-302762389457?mc_cid=6baf7c4394&mc_eid=UNIQID

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Non - Work Stuff

Bitcoin falls to 10-month low as stock markets tumble

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bitcoin-falls-lowest-since-january-line-with-tumbling-stock-markets-2022-05-09/

Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Wallet Awakens with BTC in It Worth 62x in USD

https://techtelegraph.co.uk/satoshi-era-bitcoin-wallet-awakens-with-btc-in-it-worth-62x-in-usd/

Layoffs and a Silicon Valley Sell-Off Create Shaky Low-Valued 'Unicorn Zombies'

https://slashdot.org/story/22/05/09/0249204/layoffs-and-a-silicon-valley-sell-off-create-shaky-low-valued-unicorn-zombies?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Uber CEO Tells Staff Company Will Cut Down on Costs, Treat Hiring as a 'Privilege'

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/05/09/1632209/uber-ceo-tells-staff-company-will-cut-down-on-costs-treat-hiring-as-a-privilege?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

The End of Industrial Society

https://palladiummag.com/2021/03/24/the-end-of-industrial-society/

It Began as an AI-Fueled Dungeon Game. It Got Much Darker

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-fueled-dungeon-game-got-much-darker/?utm_medium=social&utm_brand=wired&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&mbid=social_twitter

Cybersecurity has a desperate skills crisis. Rural America could have the answer

https://www.zdnet.com/education/professional-development/cybersecurity-has-a-desperate-skills-crisis-rural-america-could-have-the-answer/

Texas law that allows users to sue social networks for censorship is now in effect

https://www.engadget.com/texas-law-hb-20-in-effect-053504592.html?src=rss

The EU Commission is planning automatic CSAM scanning of your private communication – or total surveillance in the name of child protection.

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/eu-surveillance-csam/

Hawley introduces bill to strip 'woke' Disney of special copyright protections

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawley-introduces-bill-strip-apos-110648775.html

Cracking the Code: Sneakers at 30

https://letterboxd.com/journal/cracking-the-code-sneakers/