Day: August 21, 2013

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201308-01

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201308-1 – Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Putty, allowing attackers to compromise user system. Versions less than 0.63 are affected…….


Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-214

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-214 – Ryan Sleevi of the Google Chrome Security Team has discovered that Python’s SSL module doesn’t handle NULL bytes inside subjectAltNames general names. This could lead to a breach when an application uses ssl.match_hostname() to match the hostname againt the certificate’s subjectAltName’s dNSName general names…….


ReadyCase hands-on: A crowd-funded project comes to life

This multifunction iPhone case arrived six months late. Was it worth the wait?……


Kickstarter bans genetically engineered rewards

After a project to fund a glowing plant skyrocketed to success, the crowdfunding site quietly added a new rule to its creator guidelines to ban genetically modified organisms…….


NSA and Intelligence Community turn to Tumblr, weird but true

In light of top-secret document leaks that show the U.S. government spied on people, the country’s Director of National Intelligence launches a Tumblr blog for greater transparency…….


Huffington: Trolls Uglier Than Ever, So We’re Cutting Off Anonymous Commenting

v3rgEz writes “The days of anonymous commenting on The Huffington Post are numbered. Founder Arianna Huffington said in a question-and-answer session with reporters in Boston Wednesday that the online news site plans to require users to comment on stories under their real names, beginning next month. ‘Freedom of expression is given to people who stand…


comScore: Yahoo tops Google as top U.S. web property

Evidently, Marissa Mayer is doing something right…….


Cisco goes public with major vulns

Unified comms, hosted collaboration need fixes……


Supreme Court justices don’t do e-mail (Trust issues?)

The youngest justice, Elena Kagan, admits that her fellow large minds haven’t got around to e-mailing yet. Retrograde? Or wily?……


HP shuffles leadership as revenue falls in Q3

CEO Meg Whitman is consolidating the marketing and communications groups, among other movements in the C-suite…….