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Rockwell Automation: Disconnect OT Devices with Public-Facing Internet Access, Patch or Mitigate Logix, FactoryTalk CVEs

Tenable

An advisory from Rockwell Automation reiterates the importance of disconnecting operational technology devices with public-facing internet access and patching and mitigating systems vulnerable to several flaws. This message was reiterated once again in 2018 as part of ICS-ALERT-11-343-01A.

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The Russification of Ukrainian IP Registration

Kentik

Last summer we teamed up with the New York Times to analyze the re-routing of internet service to Kherson, a region in southern Ukraine that was, at the time, under Russian occupation. In my accompanying blog post , I described how that development mirrored what took place following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

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How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse

TechCrunch

WordPress, the open source software behind the company, is now estimated to power roughly 42% of all websites on the internet. Automattic founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg at TechCrunch Disrupt 2014. Automattic focused on media at a time when that industry was being demolished by the internet. It all began with a blog post.

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Exotel raises $40 million for its full-stack customer engagement platform

TechCrunch

“The importance of having effective communication strategy is increasing over time and Exotel executed this successfully by powering communication to almost all internet unicorns in India,” said Puneet Kumar, managing director at Steadview Capital, in a statement. The bank balance dipped to 14 lacs at a point in 2014-15.

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Myanmar Goes Offline During Military Coup

Kentik

In the past 24hrs, Myanmar experienced a military coup d’état during which prominent government figures like Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi were detained and internet service was almost entirely disabled. Myanmar (also called Burma) is no stranger to internet shutdowns. In Cuba, such a mind shift would be … revolutionary.

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

TechCrunch

We’re going on Day 5 with no power, heat or internet. Meanwhile, Silicon Hills News (operated by the very talented Laura Lorek) reported that Austin-based insurtech Decent is “shutting down all of its operations to just a core team,” which was confirmed in a blog post published by Nick Soman, the company’s founder and CEO.

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December 2022 Patch Tuesday

Ivanti

December 8th Threat Advisory - "Internet Explorer 0-day exploited by North Korean actor APT37 aka ScarCruft." The full list can be found in the Fortinet blog post, but the list dates from eight more recent 2022 CVEs to an old 2014 CVE. The CVE is rated as Moderate and has a CVSSv3.1

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