S2E50: Exploits, outages and the not so different future

Patch fixing critical log4j 0-day has its own vulnerability that’s being exploited

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/12/patch-fixing-critical-log4j-0-day-has-its-own-vulnerability-thats-under-exploit/

List of software impacted by log4j

https://github.com/cisagov/log4j-affected-db/blob/develop/README.md

The internet runs on free open-source software. Who pays to fix it?

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/12/17/1042692/log4j-internet-open-source-hacking/

Another AWS Outage

This time it’s not us-east-1!

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/amazon-owned-twitch-down-many-users-2021-12-15/

Benedict Evans’ year-end presentation

https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations

Our takeaways:

Web3: “All the old problems, in exciting new ways”
VR/AR: “The technology can always get better… but that doesn’t guarantee universal appeal”
Mainframe installed capacity still growing
Lessons from the past: “who made more from the deployment of cars, and who made more from car-commerce - Detroit, or retailers?”

Dominic was thinking of Mary Meeker’s monster “Internet Trends” presentations; we look forward to being completely intimidated by the scale of the 2021 edition when it drops

Recommendations

Dominic

Loïc Suberville’s “Universal Language” shorts: https://youtube.com/channel/UCywGsTdh_qqZUYmA2Gro2CA

Lilac

Askamanager.org

Mike

How to Resolve Duplicate Outlook for iOS Contacts

https://office365itpros.com/2020/11/05/resolve-duplicate-outlook-ios-contacts/

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