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Heartbleed vulnerability may have been exploited months before patch [Updated]

Apr

11

2014

Fewer servers now vulnerable, but the potential damage rises. Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock Update: Errata Security’s Robert Graham has acknowledged that he was mistaken in his assessment, and that private keys could be at risk. The original story below has been marked up accordingly. There’s good news, bad news, and worse news regarding the “Heartbleed” bug that affected nearly ...

Cisco finds 13 products (so far) vulnerable to Heartbleed—including phones

Apr

11

2014

Collaboration products, router OS have OpenSSL bug; Cisco still checking others Cisco has issued a security bulletin for customers about the Heartbleed bug in the OpenSSL cryptography code, and it’s not about Web servers. So far, the company has unearthed 11 products and 2 services susceptible to attack through the vulnerability, which can be used to retrieve ...

OpenSSL Heartbleed exploit and what it means for you

Apr

11

2014

At the start of this week there was an OpenSSL vulnerability that was made public which effectively allowed hackers to be able to dump 64kb worth of content sitting in the server memory. This memory is often used to store private keys and other private information. For those that are unaware, OpenSSL is the cryptographic ...

Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11 (Win) – Clearing Cache and Cookies

Mar

24

2014

Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11 (Win) – Clearing Cache and Cookies This document explains how to clear the cache and cookies in Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11. Select Tools (via the Gear Icon) > Safety > Delete browsing history…. Make sure to uncheck Preserve Favorites website data and check both Temporary Internet Files and Cookies then click Delete. You will ...

Does devops leave security out in the cold?

Mar

14

2014

photo: Barb Darrow SUMMARY:It took a lot of work to get developers and IT ops people to collaborate. The next step: getting them to factor in security at the beginning of the process. After all the angst that goes into getting developers and IT operations people on the same page — which is what ...

NetApp changes V-Series to FlexArray, launches new enterprise array

Feb

26

2014

NetApp Inc. today made changes throughout its product line, adding a FAS8000 enterpriseunified storage system and FlexArray storage virtualization software, and updating itsclustered Data Ontap operating system. Enterprise arrays with more capacity, memory, flash The FAS8000 consists of three models that replace the FAS6200 enterprise and FAS3200 midrange arrays. NetApp will continue to sell the FAS2200 entry-level series. The ...

Using the ZFS next-gen filesystem on Linux

Feb

26

2014

If btrfs interested you, start your next-gen trip with a step-by-step guide to ZFS. If you’re not an expert on armored anteaters that’s a pangolin. Aurich Lawson / ThinkStock In my last article on next-gen filesystems, we did something in between a generic high altitude overview of next-gen filesystems and a walkthrough of some of btrfs’ ...

New Generic Top-level Domains Pricing

Feb

5

2014

New Generic Top-level Domains The first of many new TLDs have arrived at QuantmWeb. We have launched sunrise registrations for the new domain extensions and have also begun accepting registrations for the Trademark Clearinghouse. Pricing (all prices displayed in AUD dollars) Pricing for each extension has two parts: a sunrise fee, and a one-year registration ...

General Availability for 7 new TLDs starts tomorrow

Feb

5

2014

Beginning tomorrow, February 5th, the first of many new TLDs will enter the General Availability phase at QuantmWeb Domains. The following TLDs will open for registration at 11AM EST (4 PM UTC): .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS .VENTURES .PLUMBING .SINGLES For complete pricing information, please visit our pricing page. In addition, as of ...

Trademark Clearinghouse

Feb

4

2014

The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) has been established by ICANN and is part of the measures to protect the rights of trademark holders during the launch of new gTLDs. It serves as a centralized database of trademarks. The purpose of the Clearinghouse is to accept records of registered trademarks, to validate these records, and then to ...