This week is our annual holiday best of the year wrap up. Stories include: • Anatomy of a Log4j Exploit. • Will Russia Disconnect? • FCC Says Kaspersky Labs is a National Security Threat. • Lenovo UEFI Firmware Troubles. • That "Passkeys" Thing. • Dis-CONTI-nued: The End of Conti? • Steve's Take on the LastPass Breach.