AITP-NCFL News, December 17, 2021
Security
- BleepingComputer: Conti ransomware uses Log4j bug to hack VMware vCenter servers
- betanews: Nearly a quarter of employees are likely to fall for phishing attacks
- BleepingComputer: All Log4j, logback bugs we know so far and why you MUST ditch 2.15
- SecurityWeek: Google Says NSO Pegasus Zero-Click ‘Most Technically Sophisticated Exploit Ever Seen’
- DEV: Cloud App Security: Top 10 Preventions Developers Must Know
Productivity
- DEV: Is DataOps “DevOps For Data”?
- TechRepublic: Comparison tools make software selection easier
- DEV: IT Staff Augmentation: A Smart Way To Hire Top Talent in 2022
- Red Hat: 5 features that will make you fall in love with Emacs (and other editors)
- Robert Half: 14 Effective Employee Retention Strategies
- Information/Age: Why employee burnout must be expected, accepted and supported this winter
Skill Sets
- DEV: STRIDE Threat Modeling: What You Need to Know
- maketecheasier: The Best of VLC: 7 Useful Things You Can Do in VLC Media Player
- TechRepublic: How to back up and restore MySQL/MariaDB data for a website
Stranger than Fiction
- TechRepublic: Paging Zefram Cochrane: Humans have figured out how to make a warp bubble
Industry News
- BleepingComputer: Facebook disrupts operations of seven surveillance-for-hire firms
- phoronix: FSF Adopts A Board Member Agreement, Code of Ethics For Board Members
- InfoWorld: The future of the operational data warehouse
Cool Tech
- The Verge: IBM and Samsung say their new chip design could lead to week-long battery life on phones
