Hey! It’s 5:05, on Monday, February 6  , 2023. From the Sourced Podcast Network in New York City, this is your host, Pokie Huang. Stories in today’s episode come from Olimpiu Pop in Transylvania, Romania, Katy Craig in San Diego, California, Trac Bannon in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Edwin Kwan in Sydney, Australia. We will begin today’s episode with Amélie Koran in Washington DC.

Let’s get to it!

🇺🇸 Amélie Koran, Washington, DC

Open Source Security Policy Conundrum

https://aeva.online/blog/2023-oss-security-conundrum/

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia

Google Chrome No Longer Safe to Use for Millions of Users

https://7news.com.au/news/cyber-security/google-chrome-to-become-dangerous-for-millions-of-users-from-next-week-c-9638559

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

GSA to Collect Software Attestation Letters

https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/MV-23-02_0.pdf

https://fedscoop.com/gsa-to-collect-letters-of-attestation/ 

https://fedscoop.com/cisa-to-develop-self-attestation-cybersecurity-standards-for-federal-software-vendors/

https://cyberscoop.com/dhs-sbom-adoption/ 

https://whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/M-22-18.pdf

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California

Google invests in Anthropic AI

https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/chatgpt-will-soon-be-rivalled-by-a-similar-ai-engine-from-google/articleshow/97637277.cms

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/google-invests-400-million-in-ai-firm-working-on-chatgpt-rival/articleshow/97642214.cms

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/03/google-best-yet-to-come-ai-journey-faces-potential-disruption-openai-chatgpt/

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/01/report-microsoft-plans-to-update-bing-with-a-faster-version-of-chatgpt-in-the-coming-weeks/

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania

Did ION Group pay for the ransom? Or has Lockbit got cold feet?

https://505updates.com/february-1-2023/

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-10-largest-stock-markets/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/hackers-say-ransom-paid-case-derivatives-data-firm-ion-company-declines-comment-2023-02-03/

https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/lockbit-ransomware