Two new segments for Amazon and Microsoft games
Google has tacked on two new compute zones to its Compute Engine in one of several tweaks to a product it hopes will challenge Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure.…
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Oracle Database 12c’s data redaction security smashed live on stage
Microsoft should school Ellison on safeguarding privates, says infosec bod
Defcon 22 Oracle’s much-ballyhooed data redaction feature in Database 12c is easy to subvert without needing to use exploit code, attendees at Defcon 22 in Las Vegas have heard.…
Chinese ‘linkfarms’ propel Microsoft to web server crown
Apache has more active sites and is growing faster, but IIS leads on hostnames
Netcraft has updated its analysis of web server market share and found that Microsoft is now the world’s dominant provider of such software, albeit with plenty of caveats.…
Zero-day hits Symantec endpoint products
Soak those connections, download those patches
Get patching, sysadmins, there’s a zero-day in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP).…
HTTP-YES! SSL-encrypted sites to soar in Google search ranks
Er, what about latency, bro?
Google will boost the search rankings of websites that always use secure encrypted connections to transmit pages and exchange data.…
Amazon ‘adware’ laden Ubuntu passes ICO’s data smell test
Linux love for Bezos’ goods is not illegal, says UK watchdog
The Amazon “shopping suggestions” feature built into Ubuntu desktops does not violate consumer protections under European and UK privacy law.…
Flying United Airlines? If you could just scan your passport with your phone, that’d be great
New trial launch – but pack your paper for the TSA
United Airlines is testing a passport-scanning feature in its phone app that could speed up the check-in process for international flights.…
Microsoft throws old versions of Internet Explorer under the bus
Come 2016, if you’re not up to date you’re on your own – enjoy your security bugs
Microsoft has confirmed that it’s ending support for old versions of Internet Explorer, and it’s giving you just shy of 18 months to get up to date.…
Awooga: August Patch Tuesday incoming – with two remote-code exec bugs in IE, Windows
Good news for Server admins – no critical fixes planned
Microsoft has published advance notification for what it says will be a total of nine security update bulletins for its products – two of which are rated critical.…
Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’: One rule for celebs, another for plebs
Shady ‘some results’ search disclaimer? Not if you’re a star
Celebrity names won’t trigger a Google right to be forgotten disclaimer notice, but yours will.…