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Microsoft and cybersecurity company Mandiant say hacking groups linked to China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey are exploiting the Log4j flaw — Researchers call it one of the most dire cybersecurity threats to emerge in years and could enable devastating attacks
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Microsoft Security Blog, PCMag, HotHardware.com News, BBC, GeekWire, CNN, CyberScoop, The Hill, Cybersecurity Dive, VentureBeat, CRN, The Record, HackRead, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @brianweeden, @zackwhittaker, and @dnvolz
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
CISA orders US federal civilian agencies to patch systems affected by the Log4j vulnerability by December 24 — The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has told federal civilian agencies to patch systems affected by the Log4Shell vulnerability by Christmas Eve.
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LunaSec Blog, ZDNet, Livemint, GitHub, Associated Press, IT PRO, DevOps.com, Aqua Blog, Armis, and Security Boulevard
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| Tim Starks / CyberScoop: |
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple quietly removes all mentions of CSAM scanning on its Child Safety webpage, but says its plans have not changed since September when it delayed the feature — Apple has quietly nixed all mentions of CSAM from its Child Safety webpage, suggesting its controversial plan … | Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Leaked memo: Google tells employees they must comply with vaccine policies by January 18 or lose pay and eventually be fired — - In a memo circulated by leadership, Google told employees that they must comply with vaccine policies or they face losing pay and then losing their job.
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The Verge, Ars Technica, The Register, TheStreet, The Hill, International Business Times, IT PRO, 9to5Google, San Francisco Business Journal, New York Post, BBC, PhoneArena, KnowTechie, Android Headlines, TechSpot, PCMag, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, Neowin, Reuters, Bloomberg, and CNET
Tweets: @seldo, @epro, @gartenberg, @carnage4life, @dvassallo, @snazzyq, @sam_l_shead, @jenn_elias, @seldo, and @seldo. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Rest of World: |
A look at Chinese fast fashion online retailer Shein, as 2020 sales reportedly hit $10B thanks to knockoff items, a nimble supply chain, and social media — By connecting China's garment factories with Western Gen-Z customers, Shein ushered in a new era of “ultra-fast” shopping.
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New York Times. Tweets: @lmatsakis, @lemonsand, @shiraovide, @lmatsakis, @lmatsakis, @mikeisaac, @benedictevans, @lmatsakis, @lmatsakis, and @lmatsakis
| Financial Times: |
Sources: the US will ban eight Chinese companies, including DJI, for their alleged involvement in the surveillance of Uyghur Muslims — American investors will be banned from groups accused of involvement in Xinjiang abuses — The Biden administration will place eight Chinese companies including DJI …
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DroneDJ, TechCrunch, The Register, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, AppleInsider, petapixel.com, Gizmodo, DealStreetAsia, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @sino_market, @nuryturkel, and @patrickmcgee_
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Katie Haun is leaving Andreessen Horowitz to start a new firm focusing on crypto and Web3 startups; Haun's deals at a16z included OpenSea and Coinbase — Katie Haun, one of the world's most influential crypto venture capitalists, is leaving Andreessen Horowitz to form her own firm.
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TechCrunch and CoinDesk
Tweets: @katie_haun, @katie_haun, @katie_haun, @katie_haun, @katie_haun, @katie_haun, @vijaya, @eladgil, and @alexrkonrad
| Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat: |
Noname Security, which automatically discovers and remediates API vulnerabilities, raises a $135M Series C at a $1B valuation led by Georgian and Lightspeed — API protection startup Noname Security, which today disclosed a $135 million series C funding round at a post-money valuation of $1 billion …
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The New Stack, FinSMEs, Globes Online, Barron's Online, RealWire, CTech, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, and TechCrunch
| Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters: |
Anchorage Digital, which offers institutions digital asset services for secure crypto custody, trading, and more, raises $350M led by KKR at a $3B valuation — Anchorage Digital, a digital asset financial platform, said on Wednesday it raised $350 million in its latest funding round led by private equity firm KKR & Co Inc (KKR.N).| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Swimply, a marketplace for renting private swimming pools, raises $40M led by Mayfield, seven months after raising $10M — The concept of creating a marketplace for underutilized assets that can turn into a meaningful business for hosts is not a new one. And there is no higher profile of how successful that model can be than Airbnb.| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
A look at the industry-backed smart home standard Matter, slated for mid-2022, and whether it can achieve its promises to fix smart home interoperability — The smart home should be a natural evolution of our homes, bringing better appliances, better systems, better experiences.| Project Zero: |
Deep dive into an NSO zero-click iMessage exploit, captured in the wild by Citizen Lab and one of the most sophisticated Google's Project Zero has seen — We want to thank Citizen Lab for sharing a sample of the FORCEDENTRY exploit with us, and Apple's Security Engineering and Architecture …
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PCMag. Tweets: @i41nbeer, @jsrailton, @joshavant, @itswillis, @jsrailton, @itswillis, @itswillis, @itswillis, @jsrailton, and @itswillis
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Meta updates its bug bounty program to pay researchers who find anti-scraping loopholes and reward those who find scraped Facebook data with charity donations — The Meta (formerly Facebook) security team has added scraping attacks to the list of incidents covered by the company's bug bounty program.
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Engineering at Meta, ZDNet, Engadget, Meta, The Hacker News, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @fb_engineering, @fb_engineering, @campuscodi, and @joetidy
| Emily Birnbaum / Politico: |
The Internet Association says it is closing at the end of the year; sources describe financial struggles and tension between members — The Internet Association, once branded as Silicon Valley's most important trade group in Washington, announced Wednesday that it is shutting down.
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PCMag, Internet Association, Axios, Gizmodo, Protocol, and The Mac Observer
| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
The US Department of Homeland Security launches “Hack DHS”, a bug bounty program that pays hackers between $500 and $5,000 per flaw found in its systems — The Homeland Security Department has launched a bug bounty program that will allow hackers to report vulnerabilities …
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Department of Homeland …. More:
ZDNet, WRAL TechWire, infosecurity-magazine.com, PCMag, and Engadget
Tweets: @doomlaser, @nelsonmrosario, @cisajen, and @dhsgov
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Amazon Halo View fitness band review: affordable and easy to use, but body fat and tone features are problematic, app is clunky, and activity metrics are poor — It didn't have to be like this — The Amazon Halo View looks like a Fitbit and acts like a Fitbit, and if that's all it did, that would've been fine.
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MacRumors, CNN, Forbes, PCMag, and Digital Trends
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Signal AI, which uses AI to offer businesses sentiment insights, raises a $50M Series D led by Highland Europe, bringing its total funding to $100M — Signal AI, an artificial intelligence startup that trawls the vast sea of internet and other publicly available data …
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SiliconANGLE, Signal AI, Tech.eu, and Silicon Canals
| New York Times: |
How China helps foreign influencers in the country who spread pro-China messages, funding their travel and generating lucrative, likely inauthentic, traffic — We are on the outskirts of Shanghai today at the most incredible hotel we've ever stayed at. — It's the first in the world built inside a quarry.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Innovaccer, which aggregates medical data for institutions, raises a $150M Series E at a $3.2B valuation led by Mubadala Capital, up from $1.3B in February — Innovaccer has raised a new financing round and more than doubled its valuation to $3.2 billion from $1.3 billion in February this year …
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hitconsultant.net, MedCity News, The Economic Times, Business Wire, and Reuters
| Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters: |
India approves a $10B plan to attract semiconductor and display manufacturers; source says Foxconn and others want to set up chip factories in the country — India's federal cabinet has approved a roughly $10 billion incentive plan to woo semiconductor fabricators and display manufacturers …
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Hindustan Times, News18, and Business Today
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Samsara, which offers tools to manage IoT sensors in vehicle fleets, raises $805M in its IPO, pricing shares at $23 and valuing the company at $11.4B — Samsara Inc., a connected operations cloud platform provider for “internet of things” data, raised $805 million through an initial public offering … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Oppo unveils Find N, a foldable with a 7.1" inner and a 5.49" outer display, Snapdragon 888, 8-12GB RAM, 256-512GB SSD, coming December 23 to China for ~$1,200 — An open and shut case? — After teasing its first folding phone last week, Oppo is revealing the Find N in full today.| Reuters: |
Eighteen Democratic lawmakers ask the Treasury and State Departments for Magnitsky rights abuse sanctions on four spyware firms, including NSO and DarkMatter — A group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three …
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Tweets: @josephmenn, @ronwyden, @jsrailton, @billbrowder, @bing_chris, @loujainhathloul, @rosscoulthart, @davidakaye, @dylanotes, @nicoleperlroth, and @talkopan
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
IBM and Samsung say Vertical Transport Field Effect Transistors, an alternative to FinFET chip designs, can offer 2x performance, amid similar claims from Intel — The next big advance in chips is looking up — IBM and Samsung have announced their latest advance in semiconductor design …
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Patently Apple, fossbytes.com, TechCircle, Digital Trends, HPCwire, and PCMag
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