Episode 276: I don’t understand how that works but I want to learn more

This week we discuss the state of virtual events, recent AWS re:Invent Announcements and the SolarWinds Hack. Plus, is YouTube Premium worth it…?
The Rundown
AWS re:Invent
AWS CloudShell (https://aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/?nc2=h_ql_re_cs)
AWS Fault Injection Simulator – Fully managed chaos engineering service (https://aws.amazon.com/fis/?nc2=h_ql_re_fis)
Amazon Managed Service for Grafana | Fully Managed Grafana Data Visualization (https://aws.amazon.com/grafana/?nc2=h_ql_re_gf)
Our new partnership with AWS gives Grafana users more options (https://grafana.com/blog/2020/12/15/announcing-amazon-managed-service-for-grafana/)
AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry – Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/otel/)
AWS and Zoom Extend Strategic Relationship (https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aws-and-zoom-extend-strategic-relationship)
State of Cloud 2018 Report (https://respond.apptio.com/ebook-state-of-cloud-2018.html)
Solarwinds
Russian government spies are behind a broad hacking campaign that has breached U.S. agencies and a top cyber firm (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-government-spies-are-behind-a-broad-hacking-campaign-that-has-breached-us-agencies-and-a-top-cyber-firm/2020/12/13/d5a53b88-3d7d-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html)
Solar Winds, probably hacked by Russia, serves White House, Pentagon, NASA (https://www.newsweek.com/solar-winds-probably-hacked-russia-serves-white-house-pentagon-nasa-1554447)
SolarWinds Exposed FTP Credentials Publicly in a Github Repo (https://savebreach.com/solarwinds-credentials-exposure-led-to-us-government-fireye-breach/)
~18,000 organizations downloaded backdoor planted by Cozy Bear hackers (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/18000-organizations-downloaded-backdoor-planted-by-cozy-bear-hackers/)
SolarWinds hackers have a clever way to bypass multi-factor authentication (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/solarwinds-hackers-have-a-clever-way-to-bypass-multi-factor-authentication/)
Hackers at center of sprawling spy campaign turned SolarWinds' dominance against it (https://www.reuters.com/article/global-cyber-solarwinds-idUSKBN28P2N8)
New Evidence Suggests SolarWinds' Codebase Was Hacked to Inject Backdoor (https://thehackernews.com/2020/12/new-evidence-suggests-solarwinds.html)
SolarWinds attack explained: And why it was so hard to detect (https://www.csoonline.com/article/3601508/solarwinds-supply-chain-attack-explained-why-organizations-were-not-prepared.html)
More Hacking Attacks Found as Officials Warn of ‘Grave Risk’ to U.S. Government (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/us/politics/russia-cyber-hack-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare)
iOS 14.3 now available, here are the new features (https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/14/ios-14-3-features-now-available/)
Relevant to your Interests
Nobody Owns Linux, But You Can Pay For It – Or Not (http://www.nextplatform.com/2020/12/10/nobody-owns-linux-but-you-can-pay-for-it-or-not/)
Amazon Wants to Train 29 Million People to Work in the Cloud (https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-wants-to-train-29-million-people-to-work-in-the-cloud-11607621622)
SoftBank has reportedly sold Boston Dynamics to Hyundai (https://www.engadget.com/softbank-boston-dynamics-hyundai-motors-sale-080541059.html)
Oracle reports slow revenue growth as licensing and hardware businesses decline (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/10/oracle-orcl-earnings-q2-2021.html)
Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/11/oracle-is-moving-its-headquarters-from-silicon-valley-to-austin-texas.html)
After The US Election, Key People Are Leaving Facebook And Torching The Company In Departure Notes (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-rules-hate-speech-employees-leaving)
New Relic acquires Kubernetes observability platform Pixie Labs – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/10/new-relic-acquires-kubernetes-observability-platform-pixie-labs/)
AI Algorithms Are Slimming Down to Fit in Your Fridge (https://www.wired.com/story/ai-algorithms-slimming-fit-fridge/)
Vista Equity Partners Agrees to Buy Software Maker Pluralsight (https://www.wsj.com/articles/vista-equity-partners-nears-deal-to-buy-software-maker-pluralsight-11607910720)
Google's YouTube, Gmail recover after global outage (https://www.reuters.com/article/alphabet-outages/googles-youtube-gmail-recover-after-global-outage-idUSKBN28O1F5)
Nonsense
‘Damn Good Taco’ Maker Torchy’s Sells Stake to General Atlantic (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-20/-damn-good-taco-maker-torchy-s-sells-stake-to-general-atlantic)
The Office (https://people.com/tv/the-office-brian-baumgartner-make-1-million-2020-from-cameo-bookings/)’s Brian Baumgartner to Make $1 Million in 2020 from Cameo Bookings (https://people.com/tv/the-office-brian-baumgartner-make-1-million-2020-from-cameo-bookings/)
AAdvantage program updates − AAdvantage program − American Airlines (https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/aadvantage-program-updates.jsp?c=EML%7C%7C20201210%7CADV%7CMKT%7CSOLO%7C%7CEliteUpdates_2021)
The 71 Best Podcasts of 2020 | Discover the Best Podcasts | Discover Pods (https://discoverpods.com/best-podcasts-2020/)
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Brandon: Tenet (https://www.tenetfilm.com/).
Coté: Eve strip lights (https://www.evehome.com/en/eve-light-strip).
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This week we discuss the state of virtual events, recent AWS re:Invent Announcements and the SolarWinds Hack. Plus, is YouTube Premium worth it…?

The Rundown

AWS re:Invent

AWS CloudShell
AWS Fault Injection Simulator – Fully managed chaos engineering service
Amazon Managed Service for Grafana | Fully Managed Grafana Data Visualization
Our new partnership with AWS gives Grafana users more options
AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry – Amazon Web Services
AWS and Zoom Extend Strategic Relationship
State of Cloud 2018 Report

Solarwinds

Russian government spies are behind a broad hacking campaign that has breached U.S. agencies and a top cyber firm
Solar Winds, probably hacked by Russia, serves White House, Pentagon, NASA
SolarWinds Exposed FTP Credentials Publicly in a Github Repo
~18,000 organizations downloaded backdoor planted by Cozy Bear hackers
SolarWinds hackers have a clever way to bypass multi-factor authentication
Hackers at center of sprawling spy campaign turned SolarWinds' dominance against it
New Evidence Suggests SolarWinds' Codebase Was Hacked to Inject Backdoor
SolarWinds attack explained: And why it was so hard to detect
More Hacking Attacks Found as Officials Warn of ‘Grave Risk’ to U.S. Government

iOS 14.3 now available, here are the new features

Relevant to your Interests

Nobody Owns Linux, But You Can Pay For It – Or Not
Amazon Wants to Train 29 Million People to Work in the Cloud
SoftBank has reportedly sold Boston Dynamics to Hyundai
Oracle reports slow revenue growth as licensing and hardware businesses decline
Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas
After The US Election, Key People Are Leaving Facebook And Torching The Company In Departure Notes
New Relic acquires Kubernetes observability platform Pixie Labs – TechCrunch
AI Algorithms Are Slimming Down to Fit in Your Fridge
Vista Equity Partners Agrees to Buy Software Maker Pluralsight
Google's YouTube, Gmail recover after global outage

Nonsense

‘Damn Good Taco’ Maker Torchy’s Sells Stake to General Atlantic
The Office’s Brian Baumgartner to Make $1 Million in 2020 from Cameo Bookings
AAdvantage program updates − AAdvantage program − American Airlines
The 71 Best Podcasts of 2020 | Discover the Best Podcasts | Discover Pods

Sponsors

Twilio is the platform developers trust to build communications experiences with phone calls, text messages, video calls, and more. Visit twilio.com to learn more.
strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT

Listener Feedback

From Slack Flow by Moleskine · Flow

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Recommendations

Matt: AppleTV+ and Tiny World.
Brandon: Tenet.
Coté: Eve strip lights.

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