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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers spot waves of attacks targeting unpatched Apache servers with the Log4j bug, exfiltrating data, spreading botnets, installing crypto miners, 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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| 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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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Cloudflare and Cisco Talos say Log4j zero-day attacks were first observed on December 1 and 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.| 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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| 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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| Financial Times: |
Interview with UK's GCHQ head about the agency's upcoming cyber strategy, issues with state-sponsored digital currencies, hacking firms like NSO, and more — GCHQ head warns technology could allow Beijing to monitor users and exert control over global currency transactions
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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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| 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 … | 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 75eth; the NFT was then immediately relisted for 60+ eth — “Fat finger” errors occasionally happen in traditional finance, but they're usually stopped or reversed.| Hassan Mujtaba / Wccftech: |
Intel shares its post-2025 plans for pushing chip performance, including stacking transistors on top of each other to fit 30%-50% more into a given area — At IEDM 2021, Intel unveiled a host of new announcements that will propel and accelerate Moore's Law Beyond 2025.
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| 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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| Reuters: |
Symbotic, a warehouse robotics and automation company used in over 1,400 stores, will go public via SPAC at a $5.5B valuation — Walmart Inc-backed (WMT.N) Symbotic said on Monday it would go public through a merger with a SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) blank-check firm in a deal offering …
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