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Three things to know today

*   Continuing fallout from the SolarWinds hack

https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1739942/000162828020017451/swi-20201214.htm

https://www.itwire.com/security/backdoored-orion-binary-still-available-on-solarwinds-website.html

https://www.itwire.com/security/solarwinds-quietly-pulls-customer-page-after-news-of-global-attack.html

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/solarwinds-hackers-have-a-clever-way-to-bypass-multi-factor-authentication/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-fireeye-breached-after-solarwinds-supply-chain-attack/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/14/russia-hack-us-government/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-is-third-federal-agency-hacked-in-major-russian-cyberespionage-campaign/2020/12/14/41f8fc98-3e3c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/unraveling-network-infrastructure-linked-to-the-solarwinds-hack

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-solarwinds-supply-chain-hack-commerce-treasury/

* What we can learn from gaming collaborations

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/14/22174206/sony-microsoft-nintendo-safety-principles-online-gaming-shared-commitment

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* Windows on ARM gets one step closer

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-64-bit-application-support-to-windows-10-on-arm/

Two things to know today

*   The Russian government backs a major hack of Treasury, Commerce and more via Solarwinds Orion products

 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

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1338389130951061504.html

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6744112813758803968/

https://www.cisa.gov/news/2020/12/13/cisa-issues-emergency-directive-mitigate-compromise-solarwinds-orion-network

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* US Schools use terrorist finding tools on students

https://gizmodo.com/u-s-schools-are-buying-phone-hacking-tech-that-the-fbi-1845862393?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

Back in September, I released data around the diversity of leadership teams in the IT industry, with a specific bent of those serving the IT Channel and SMB customers. I identified 100 companies that are known channel companies and looked at who they present to the world as their leaders on their webpages, and I began counting.

Since then, I've expanded the database to 300 companies. Let's discuss the results.

Four things to know today

*   MSPs now number one… and it's not good news

https://umbrella.cisco.com/info/technical-paper-modern-security-landscape-scaling-threats-motion

* Inclusion couples with diversity

https://www.ciodive.com/news/diversity-inclusion-IT-advice-forbes/591917/

* The modern computing alliance is formed

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/10/22167324/google-dell-intel-modern-computing-alliance-cloud-consortium?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

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* Adobe Flash updates for the last time

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/9/22166160/adobe-last-flash-player-update-support-ending-december

Three things to know today

*   Stormy clouds ahead with lessons in the mist

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/12/09/nws-data-limits-internet-bandwidth/

* Jobs ups and downs in two CompTIA reports

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/128-000-it-jobs-lost-in-november-6-details.html

https://www.comptia.org/blog/tech-towns-job-openings

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* Botnet flashbacks show up in Court

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teen-who-shook-the-internet-in-2016-pleads-guilty-to-ddos-attacks/

Three things to know today

*  Lessons from FireEye's breach about what to protect

 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fireeye-reveals-that-it-was-hacked-by-a-nation-state-apt-group/

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fireeye-hack-statement-not-catastrophe/

* Tech regulation – why 94% matters

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/data-governance-top-of-mind-for-tech-policy-chiefs

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* Another step on the privacy journey

https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/08/cloudflare-and-apple-design-a-new-privacy-friendly-internet-protocol/

Three things to know today

*   Exposure notifications: A huge opportunity for providers

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/technology/coronavirus-exposure-alert-apps.html

Overview video:  https://youtu.be/tmsRQWPlQ20

Make you own video script: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bcsqso5ykrz5fvr/End%20User%20Exposure%20Script.docx?dl=0

Use this pre-done video: https://youtu.be/8WAHPM-RKF4

Find out if your geography has an app: US: https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/07/covid-19-exposure-notification-api-states/

Countries: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-apple-covid-19-contact-tracing-exposure-notifications-api-app-list-countries/

* AWS opens the marketplace for services

https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/amazon-makes-joining-aws-ecosystem-easier-service-providers

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* Microsoft's top-secret cloud

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-announces-azure-cloud-for-top-secret-government-data/

Three things to know today

* Economic outlook revised upward  

https://www.ciodive.com/news/IT-spend-predictions-2021/589729/

* Smartphone sales data

https://channellife.co.nz/story/gartner-worldwide-smartphone-sales-decline-xiaomi-moves-ahead-of-apple

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* What insecure by design means

https://sneak.berlin/20201204/on-trusting-macintosh-hardware/

Three things to know today

*   IBM warns of cyberattacks on the coronavirus vaccine supply chain

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/us/politics/vaccine-cyberattacks.html

https://www.crn.com/news/security/covid-19-vaccine-supply-chain-assailed-by-mass-phishing-ibm

* AI principles to come

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/2/22094902/massachusetts-facial-recognition-ban-bill-vote-passed-police-reform

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* Remember you're "On mute"

https://qz.com/1941207/ceos-and-executives-cant-remember-to-unmute-video-calls-either/?mc_cid=27020f96d4&mc_eid=70cbbe1cdc