|
December 11, 2021, 11:40 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| CNBC: |
AWS blames its hours-long Tuesday outage on network devices overloading, plans to revamp its status page to address complaints about updates and support cases — - A major Amazon Web Services outage on Tuesday started after network devices got overloaded, the company said on Friday.
More:
Amazon Web Services, Inc., BleepingComputer, The Verge, PCMag, TheStreet, Engadget, Insider, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @timperrett, @stevesi, @queenofcode, @kennwhite, @wcgallego, @quinnypig, @lizthegrey, @quinnypig, and @tomkrazit
| LunaSec Blog: |
A vulnerability in the Apache log4j Java logging library allows for remote code execution, impacting Steam, iCloud, Minecraft, and other services — A few hours ago, a -day exploit in the popular Java logging library, log4j, was tweeted along with a POC posted on GitHub that results …
More:
Xe's Blog, Associated Press, Wired, VMware, CISA, nvd.nist.gov, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Ariadne's Space, The Verge, VICE, Lawfare, CERT NZ, Red Hat Customer Portal, The Cloudflare Blog, Engadget, MobileSyrup, HackRead, TechSpot, Mashable, InfoQ, Tech Xplore, Check Point Software, Slashdot, Security Affairs, Security Boulevard, Application Security …, The Hacker News, Rumble Network Discovery, The Cloudflare Blog, Gist, reddit, Cybereason I Cybersecurity …, Randori, Sonatype Blog, iTnews, Dark Reading, PCMag, XDA Developers, TechRadar, The Hill, Gizmodo, Huntress Blog, 9to5Mac, BleepingComputer, Search Engine Journal, Cisco Talos Intelligence Group, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Protocol, Malwarebytes Labs, Tom's Guide, AppleInsider, BleepingComputer, The Register, Help Net Security, cybernews.com, TechCrunch, Threatpost, Michael Tsai, GitHub, and Wynncraft Forums
Tweets: @yazicivo, @malwaretechblog, @filosottile, @filosottile, @_staticflow_, @nsa_csdirector, @secbro1, @campuscodi, @kikta, @cisagov, @bjorklundvictor, @laughing_mantis, @cyb3rops, @eastdakota, @tarah, @matthew_d_green, @swagitda_, @malwarebytes, @caseyjohnellis, @gossithedog, @runasand, @filosottile, @dangillmor, @mcafee, @adamwathan, @mikko, @gossithedog, @swiftonsecurity, @gossithedog, @patio11, @k8em0, @certnz, @randoriattack, @cybernigma, @briannawu, @_noid_, @hackinglz, @gossithedog, @invalidname, @uscert_gov, @weldpond, @c_c_krebs, @gossithedog, @lunasecio, @eastdakota, @jacobian, @swiftonsecurity, @sans_isc, @erratarob, @malwarejake, @erratarob, @tgockel, @eastdakota, @eastdakota, @campuscodi, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @getajobmike, @malwarebytes, @badlionclient, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @reybango, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Filippo Valsorda / Filippo.io: |
How the role of open-source maintainers could be professionalized, as the maintainer who fixed the log4j zero-day says he works on the project in his spare time — Open Source software runs the Internet, and by extension the economy. This is an undisputed fact about reality in 2021.
More:
VentureBeat. Tweets: @chromatic_x, @milesmccain, @mattficke, @joshuapowell_io, @pixeltrix, @felipecsl, and @oerdnj
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
The Apache Software Foundation releases a security fix for log4j zero-day, which was discovered during a bug bounty engagement against Minecraft servers — The Apache Software Foundation has released an emergency security update today to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Log4j, a Java library that provides logging capabilities.
More:
CISA, BleepingComputer, HotHardware.com News, Kaspersky official blog, GitHub, and Naked Security
Tweets: @suka_hiroaki, @jasonbcox0, and @uuallan
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Narendra Modi's Twitter account was briefly compromised, tweeting that India had adopted bitcoin as legal tender and linking to a sketchy website — The Twitter account of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “briefly compromised” on Sunday, his office said.
More:
The Hill, Bloomberg, Hindustan Times, Times of India, Livemint, Reuters, PINKVILLA, and India Today
Tweets: @pmoindia, @sankalpshangari, @jerrycap, @narendramodi177, @d_extrovert, and @neha_jan
| New York Times: |
Investigation: a site providing directions on how to die is linked to at least ~45 suicides, as Google and Bing refuse to remove it absent a legal requirement — It has the trappings of popular social media, a young audience and explicit content on suicide that other sites don't allow.| Richa Naidu / Reuters: |
Rescuers confirm at least six workers died in an Amazon warehouse hit by tornadoes in Illinois as search continues for more trapped workers — Six Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) workers were confirmed dead on Saturday after a series of tornadoes roared through a warehouse near St. Louis …
More:
New York Times, NBC News, The Verge, Reuters, CNET, New York Times, New York Post, GeekWire, Financial Times, and CNN
| Mishaal Rahman: |
How a bug in Android 10 and above, triggered by the user not being logged in to the Microsoft Teams app, could prevent 911 calls — On the 29th of November, Reddit user KitchenPicture 5849 posted a harrowing story about how their Pixel phone failed to connect to emergency services.
More:
Platy’s Web Excursions, MobileSyrup, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Android Police, The Verge, and Android Police
Tweets: @mishaalrahman, @mistydemeo, @yifanlu, @xlerb, @ronamadeo, @liliputingnews, @killedbygoogle, and @journeydan. Thanks:@mishaalrahman
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Congressional hearings with tech CEOs and execs in the past few years have yielded no new laws amid partisan divides over issues like privacy and misinformation — Holding a hearing that humbles the most powerful business executives in the world is much easier than legislating.
Tweets: @ceciliakang, @brandyzadrozny, @jkosseff, @nytpolitics, @carnage4life, @davidclinchnews, and @nytimesbusiness
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
TrueNorth, a logistics service for independent truckers, raises a $50M Series B led by the Altman brothers and former Stripe executive Lachy Groom — Jin Stedge studied aerospace engineering at MIT, but after she found herself at Scotty Labs, an SRI International spin-out focused on autonomous driving …
More:
TrueNorth Transportation Co, FinSMEs, PR Newswire, and The Business Journals
Tweets: @truenorthfleet, @elizabeth, and @ycombinator
| Gertrude Chavez-dreyfuss / Reuters: |
Assembly, a new blockchain under the IOTA network focused on DeFi, NFTs, and crypto game development, raises $100M and plans to launch its token next year — Some of the largest Asian venture capital firms and crypto hedge funds will invest $100 million to further develop applications … | Ben Brody / Protocol: |
Profile of the Coalition for App Fairness, a group launched by Epic, Spotify, Tile, Match Group, and others to fight Google and Apple's app store policies — When Kirsten Daru took a job as general counsel at Tile, she hadn't thought she'd still be using her background in antitrust … Sponsor Posts
Tribe AI:
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Build AI that works — Tribe builds tech for top AI companies. Get in touch to learn how our bench of 500+ engineers and researchers can accelerate your roadmap.
Kulkan Security:
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Hire Kulkan as your penetration testing partner — Kulkan prioritizes deep-dive manual security reviews, dissecting your software and infrastructure to find issues that once remediated can truly reduce security risk.
Zoho:
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Environmental impact of remote support: Reducing carbon footprints in IT — Information technology is essential for powering core business processes and facilitating communication.
Mastodon:
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.
Donate to Mastodon — Mastodon gGmbH, the non-profit behind the open-source software powering the social web, relies entirely on support from users like you. Donate directly with a credit card or through Patreon.Who's Hiring In Tech?
The Kevin Rose Show:
Magatte Wade, Unlocking Prosperity in Africa (#53)
Gain unconventional wisdom and insights through conversations with top expert in AI, investing, wellness, technology, and culture.
Subscribe to the Kevin Rose Show!
Techmeme Ride Home:
Thu. 04/18 - Game Emulators On iOS And The Atlas Robot Lives!
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:40 PM ET, December 11, 2021.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
David Ingram / NBC News:New York Times:
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Upcoming Tech Events
Earlier Picks
| Jing Yang / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
Reuters, South China Morning Post, Pandaily, Global Times, PingWest, Washington Post, Financial Times, Financial Times, CNN, Nikkei Asia, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @ericgarland
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
More:
Volvo Cars Global Media …, TechCrunch, DataBreaches.net, TechCrunch, Slashdot, Wall Street Journal, Jalopnik, ZDNet, Security Affairs, The Record, Reuters, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @cryptoron and @campuscodi
| CNBC: |
More:
The Information, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, and Protocol
Tweets: @carnage4life, @levynews, @thekenyeung, @swodinsky, @swodinsky, @chronotope, @bmorrissey, @eric_seufert, @digitalshields, @dee_bosa, and @alexeheath
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
More:
Facebook, Adweek, Ubergizmo, 9to5Mac, Android Central, Today in Digital Marketing, Social Media Today, PYMNTS.com, MobileSyrup, and Protocol
Tweets: @_bencrawford_, @alexvoica, @davegillis, @lisa_marcyes, @metaforcreators, and @hypervisible