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Microsoft update servers left all Azure RHEL instances hackable

  • 28th November 2016
Microsoft has patched flaws that attackers could exploit to compromise all Azure Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) instances. Software engineer Ian Duffy found the flaws while building a secure RHEL image for Microsoft Azure. During that process he noticed an installation script Azure uses in its preconfigured RPM Package Manager contains build ...
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New Malware Sneaking Onto Mac Computers, Bitcoinists Be Warned

  • 22nd August 2016
Some tricky new malware is infecting Mac users by imitating legitimate software. The “Advanced Mac Cleaner,” professes to be an anti-malware tool in order to sneak onto Mac computers.   Bitcoinists who use Macs ought to be especially concerned, as the malware specifically targets Mac users by mimicking an anti-malware tool ...
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Criminals Set Up Fake Companies to Hijack and Sell IPv4 Addresses

  • 24th June 2016
Speaking at the North American Network Operators Group’s NANOG 67 conference, Leslie Noble, Senior Director of Global Registry Knowledge at the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), revealed the lengths to which crooks go to get their hands on brand new IPv4 addresses.Last September, ARIN announced it depleted its IPv4 address pool, ...
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Momentary loss of power to Rack for HMW35 affected several websites

  • 14th June 2016
UPDATE: 06/18/2016 4:23am Pacific Time:Server HMW35 has restored to the June 13th backup.  The server is doing background maintence so things may be a bit slow but the websites and mail are back online and running.  Please check back with this page for any new updates. ———— UPDATE: 06/17/2016 11:10pm ...
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