Announcements

Server HMW35 hardware issues being fixed

  • 27th December 2016
Those on server HMW35 may have noticed slow performance and intermittent connections affecting services on this server including email and website. This was due to failing hard drives giving errors. So new hard drives were installed and data cloned from data on the live server. Once this was done, the tech team then noticed that the hard drive ...
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New Mirai Variant Targets Routers, Knocks 900,000 Offline

  • 29th November 2016
Attackers are targeting DSL routers this week with what’s being called a potent new variant of the Mirai malware that knocked offline major Internet companies like Twitter and Spotify last month. According to Germany’s Deutsche Telekom 900,000 of its DSL router customers have already been targeted by attackers. According to the ...
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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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