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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers spot waves of attacks hitting unpatched Apache servers with the Log4j bug, exfiltrating data, expanding botnets, deploying crypto miners, and more — Threat actors and researchers are scanning for and exploiting the Log4j Log4Shell vulnerability to deploy malware or find vulnerable servers.
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Ars Technica, The Cloudflare Blog, AppleInsider, Red Hat Customer Portal, Gist, Microsoft Security …, Forrester, 360, Microsoft Security Blog, GitHub, RCR Wireless News, ProferoSec, The Hacker News, Bloomberg, SolarWinds, Securelist, ComputerWeekly.com, TechCircle, Silicon Republic, ZDNet, TechRadar, VentureBeat, Software Kills, Engadget, VentureBeat, and Cyber Defence News …
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| 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.
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Wired, Sophos News, Blog on Kailash Nadh, LunaSec Blog, Macworld, TNW, CISA, ENOSUCHBLOG, NCC Group Research, OSnews, iTnews, Minecraft, iThinkDifferent, The Eclectic Light Company, and Nadim Kobeissi
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Cloudflare and Cisco Talos say Log4j zero-day attacks were first observed on December 1 and December 2, ahead of mass exploitation over the weekend — While a public proof-of-concept code was released last Thursday, attacks exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability started two weeks ago.
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ZDNet, JFrog, Scott Helme, and Ars Technica
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
After a deadly warehouse collapse in Illinois, Amazon staff say a ban on phones at work denies access to emergency alerts and a way to contact first responders — - Online retailer is returning to a cell phone ban in warehouses — Workers say they want access to weather alerts, communication
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| Daniel Van Boom / CNET: |
A seller blames a “fat-finger error” after selling a Bored Ape NFT for 0.75 eth (around $3,000), not 75 eth; the NFT was then immediately relisted for 60+ eth — “Fat finger” errors occasionally happen in traditional finance, but they're usually stopped or reversed.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Adobe launches Creative Cloud Express, a mobile and web app to help create social media content, available for free or $9.99/month with more advanced templates — Adobe today launched Creative Cloud Express, a new mobile and web app that brings some of the best features …
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Financial Times, Adobe Press Releases, Adobe Blog, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, Thurrott, MacRumors, The Verge, Fast Company, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @creativecloudx, @adobe, and @veronica
| Maddison Connaughton / New York Times: |
An Australian artist using the @Metaverse Instagram handle for a decade found herself being blocked from using it after Facebook changed its name to Meta — Five days after Facebook changed its name to Meta, an Australian artist found herself blocked, with seemingly no recourse …
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Insider. Tweets: @nytimes, @alexmasmej, @jowyang, @brandyzadrozny, @kantrowitz, @el33th4xor, @mtvsmkvrs, @ericnewcomer, @nytimes, @christianmccrea, @konfidinse, @neerajka, @rowankaiser, @cdixon, @evleaks, and @0xshual
| Yadarisa Shabong / Reuters: |
UK's CMA opens an investigation into Microsoft's planned $16B acquisition of Nuance, announced in April, arguing it could reduce competition — Britain's antitrust regulator said on Monday it will look into Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) $16 billion purchase of artificial intelligence …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
In an interview, Meta's Andrew Bosworth says political and COVID-19 misinformation are societal problems, not issues that have been magnified by social networks — Longtime Facebook veteran Andrew Bosworth insists that political and COVID-19 misinformation are societal problems rather …
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Insider, YouTube, KnowTechie, New York Post, The Hill, and Newser
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| Riley de León / CNBC: |
Airtable raises a $735M Series F led by XN, valuing the company at $11B and bringing its total funding to $1.4B — - Enterprise software company Airtable has raised a $735 million Series F funding round that boosts its valuation to $11 billion. — The San Francisco-based company has now raised nearly $1.4 billion to date.| Yantoultra Ngui / Bloomberg: |
Intel says it will spend $7B to expand its chip packaging facilities in Penang, Malaysia — - CEO is in Asia this week for talks with TSMC, partners — The investment marks a major outlay for the American firm — Intel Corp. is spending $7 billion to build a new chip packaging facility … | Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
The Game Awards 2021, fast becoming a major industry event, saw stars from gaming and Hollywood assemble for a long-delayed reunion on December 9 — On Thursday night, the video game industry held its big awards event, which is quickly becoming as important — and as long — as certain other entertainment occasions.
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