CSS-Tricks Sells Out | Peloton Spins Out | ARM Axes 1,000 - DevOps.com

The moral of the story: Every meeting must involve a parting.

In this week’s #TheLongView:
1⃣ @CSS-Tricks gets bought by @DigitalOcean,
2⃣ @onePeloton pedals while its business burns, and
3⃣ @Arm lays off up to 15% of staff.

At @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/8u2CFihBqg $DOCN $PTON $NVDA $9984

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) March 17, 2022

Russia Bans Instagram—Influencers Cry While Ukrainians Die - Security Boulevard

And Nothing of Value was Lost: Putin’s Kremlin has followed through on its threat to ban Meta’s Instagram app in Russia. Cue: Much wailing and gnashing of teeth among the класс инфлюенсеров.

🧵: #Putin’s #Kremlin has followed through on its threat to ban @Meta’s @Instagram app in #Russia.

Cue: Much wailing and gnashing of teeth among the класс инфлюенсеров.https://t.co/CB3LG2J8zc

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) March 15, 2022

Russia Force-Feeds new, ‘Trusted’ CA—Yeah, RIGHT - Security Boulevard

.RU CA MITMs You: Websites in Russia can’t renew their TLS/HTTPS certs. That’s because Western sanctions prevent them from paying the trusted certificate issuers.

But the man-in-the-middle (#MITM) threat should be obvious.

In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we walk away. At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/nBrnnrKxIz

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) March 11, 2022

US Helped Ukraine With Infosec—Story is ‘Dangerous Arrogance’ - Security Boulevard

Unhelpful and Myopic: Mainstream media has been full of stories about how the U.S. cleverly anticipated the Russian invasion of Ukraine and skilfully helped the country shore up its defences against Russian hacking. But scratch the surface and there’s not much of a There there.

As ever, reality lies somewhere in the middle. In today’s #SBBlogwatch, we put your mind at ease.

At @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/6H8t3ncAZL

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) March 10, 2022

Lumen Says It’ll Exit Russia—but Will it REALLY? - Security Boulevard

Follow the Money:

We asked @lumentechco‘s fragrant and efficient PR team to clarify, but no reply was forthcoming by the end of the business day. We will, of course, update this story if we hear anything substantive.https://t.co/UsQiEi8FdV

— @Richi 😷 Jennings (@RiCHi) March 9, 2022