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CISA Director Jen Easterly says the Log4j flaw likely affects hundreds of millions of devices and may be the most serious bug she has seen in her career — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly told industry leaders in a phone briefing Monday that a vulnerability …
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| Bloomberg: |
Documents and interviews reveal Apache developers' efforts to patch the Log4j vulnerability, after an Alibaba employee alerted them of the flaw on November 24 — At 2:51 p.m. on Nov. 24, members of an open-source software project received an alarming email.
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Ars Technica, CyberScoop, The Verge, IBM PSIRT, and Protocol
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Kronos, one of the largest HR and workflow management companies, says a ransomware attack knocked its systems offline, possibly for the next several weeks — Kronos outage will last several weeks. Firm advises customers to use other services. — As the world is beset by Log4Shell …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
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Tweets: @soychicka, @gossithedog, @seldo, @campuscodi, @girlgerms, @brunoborges, and @p_malynin
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Nike acquires RTFKT, an NFT studio founded in 2020, for an undisclosed sum; RTFKT raised an $8M seed in May led by a16z at a $33.3M valuation — Nike is taking a plunge deeper into the world of crypto collectibles, announcing that they're acquiring the NFT studio RTFKT (pronounced “artifact").
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Tweets: @zaptio, @rtfktstudios, @cdixon, and @lucasmtny
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Biden signs an executive order directing 17 US agencies to modernize services and bring more of them online, including passport photo uploads and taxes — The White House is hoping to spur a major technological overhaul of government services with a new executive order President Biden will sign Monday.
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Tweets: @ambrice46, @powerusaid, @mpellittieri, @ldrogen, @pahlkadot, @codeforamerica, and @issielapowsky
| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Apple debuts Tracker Detect, an Android app that scans for AirTags and other Find My items that may be traveling with users without their knowledge — Apple's following through on a promise to help Android users identify nearby AirTags and Find My trackers that aren't with their owners.
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| Daniel Rubino / Windows Central: |
Microsoft and iFixit partner to let approved independent repairers buy official Microsoft service tools for Surface devices from iFixit.com — Authorized and independent technicians can new repair select Surface devices thanks to iFixit and Microsoft — What you need to know
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| The Information: |
Sources: Amazon's Instacart rival, internally called Fresh Marketplace, will expand to the US and Europe in 2022 following its recent UK debut — In recent years, Amazon has attracted wide attention with its effort to become a force in the grocery industry, from its $13.7 billion acquisition …
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| Reuters: |
Meta acquires the worldwide trademark assets of US regional bank Meta Financial Group for $60M in cash through its affiliate Beige Key — Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O), the owner of social media network Facebook, is behind a $60 million deal to acquire the trademark assets of U.S. regional bank … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Adobe launches Creative Cloud Express, a mobile and web app for creating logos, videos, and social media posts, for free or $9.99/month with advanced templates — Adobe today launched Creative Cloud Express, a mobile and web app that brings some of the best features of the company's sprawling …
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Tweets: @creativecloudx, @emerywells, @veronica, @ericsnowden, and @adobe
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Crypto gaming company VulcanForge says hackers stole ~$135M from users by accessing 96 wallet private keys, as three high-profile hacks net ~$404M this month — VulcanForge becomes the third cryptocurrency company to be hit by hackers this month. In total, hackers have stolen more than $400 million.
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The Block. Tweets: @mxgxw_alpha, @gregotto, @carnage4life, @pinboard, @alexstamos, and @ben_mckenzie
| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 15.2 with App Privacy Report in Settings, Messages safety warnings for kids, Hide My Email, and more; watchOS 8.3 and tvOS 15.2 also released — Apple is releasing today iOS 15.2, iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3, tvOS 15.2, and HomePod Software version 15.2 to all users.
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Tweets: @markgurman, @byteforbyte, @wongmjane, @benjedwards, @rsgnl, @brandonee916, @vcsjones, @ianrobinson, @kieranmch, @kingthor, @rsgnl, @parkerortolani, and @kingthor
| Steven Borowiec / Rest of World: |
A look at South Korea's antitrust battles with local tech firms Kakao and Naver, as regulators balance protectionism with the companies' global ambitions — Seoul is reining in tech giants Kakao and Naver to save small business — but it might be too little, too late. — • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
Tweets: @restofworld, @anupkaphle, and @cengizyar
| The Economic Times: |
Bangalore-based fresh produce supply chain startup Ninjacart raises $145M from Flipkart and Walmart, sources say at a $750M-$800M valuation — Flipkart, Walmart invest $145 million in Ninjacart — This is the third time Flipkart is investing in Ninjacart.
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| Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times: |
A look at a “smart city” project near Busan, as the South Korean government normalizes surveillance by repurposing its “smart city” systems to battle COVID-19 — Son Eun-ji's newborn son will begin the first months of his life in a sci-fi-like home in the middle …
Tweets: @ideafaktory, @latimes, @vicjkim, @margotroosevelt, @niklaskossow, @thorstenbenner, and @timonpoint
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Ukrainian law enforcement arrests 51 suspects for allegedly selling stolen personal data of over 300M people in Europe and the US — Ukrainian law enforcement arrested 51 suspects believed to have been selling stolen personal data on hacking forums belonging to hundreds of millions worldwide, including Ukraine, the US, and Europe.
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| Mohak Shroff / Official LinkedIn Blog: |
LinkedIn launches InCareer, a mobile and web app to help professionals in China find jobs, two months after it said it was sunsetting its local Chinese version — Exactly two months ago, we announced that we were moving into a new chapter in China, sunsetting the local version of LinkedIn …
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