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 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