Xceedium, Inc., the premier provider of privileged identity management for enterprise environments, today announced that its flagship product, Xsuite, now has the capability to alert privileged users of servers susceptible to the Shellshock vulnerability. At login time, Xsuite can now dynamically perform a panel of tests to determine if a server or other asset has…
Month: October 2014
IT Security a Primary Concern for Businesses
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Mobility-related applications and strategies are the biggest sticking points, with cloud also scoring high. Read more at eWeek Source: Linux
How Netflix Handled the AWS Reboot
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On Sept 25th, 2014 AWS notified users about an EC2 Maintenance where “a timely security and operational update” needed to be performed that required rebooting a large number of instances. (around 10%) On Oct 1st, 2014 AWS sent an updated about the status of the reboot and XSA-108. While we’d love to claim that…
Zalewski on the Other Bash RCEs (CVE-2014-6277 and CVE-2014-6278)
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Those interested in the more recently discovered bash vulnerabilities will likely want to have a look at this detailed posting from Michal Zalewski. Then make sure your systems are updated. “I initially shared the findings privately with vendors, but because of the intense scrutiny that this codebase is under, the ease of reproducing these results…
This is What System Administration in the Open Looks Like
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What if you treated all of the configuration files and scripts which set up and control your infrastructure like an open source project in their own right? What if you put the code out there for review and allowed developers and operators to work in tandem to ensure a smooth roll out of code to…
Open source goes corporate at Samsung
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The list of major corporations getting involved with open source communities is persistently growing, a trend evidenced by the rapidly expanding financial backing of open source foundations like . Samsung is one of these companies through its Open Source Group which was established in February of 2013. Source: Tech
Scandit Poised to Reinvent Retail Landscape with New Suite of Mobile Apps
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Enterprise-ready apps leverage mobile devices to power multichannel retail strategiesSan Francisco, 01 October, 2014 Scandit (www.scandit.com), developer of the leading software-based barcode scanning solution for smartphones, tablets and wearable devices, has released an integrated suite of mobile apps to enhance the consumer shopping experience and retail operations. Scandit’s Mobile App Suite for Retail provides a…
The Shellshock FAQ: Here's What You Need to Know
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Am I vulnerable? How serious are the attacks? The answers to these and many other Shellshock questions are here for you. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Getting There: Mozilla Foundation's Mitchell Baker
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Mitchell Baker has been immersed in technology for most of her life, but it hasn’t always been with computer bits and bytes. Pieces of machinery – gears, nuts and bolts that her inventor father left strewn around the house – were the early childhood toys that opened her eyes to the possibilities of engineering. Source:…
South London Legal Partnership Chooses Zylpha For Court Bundling And Secure Document Delivery
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South London Legal Partnership, the first four-borough shared legal service in London comprising Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Kingston Councils has chosen court bundling and secure document delivery systems from Zylpha (www.zylpha.com). The solution has been specifically designed to integrate with the partnership’s Visualfiles case management system from LexisNexis. The new Zylpha system is aimed at…