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.