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USN-3124-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

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USN-3124-1: Firefox vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3124-1 18th November, 2016 firefox vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website. Software description firefox – Mozilla Open Source web browser Details Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Tyson Smith, Jon Coppeard,Jan-Ivar Bruaroey, Jesse Ruderman, Markus Stange, Olli Pettay, EhsanAkhgari, Gary Kwong, Tooru Fujisawa, and Randell Jesup discovered multiplememory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening aspecially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these tocause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrarycode. (CVE-2016-5289, CVE-2016-5290) A same-origin policy bypass was discovered with local HTML files in somecircumstances. An attacker could potentially [ more… ]

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ICYMI – Microsoft Connect, Linux, WIP and a new Insider Preview Build

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ICYMI – Microsoft Connect, Linux, WIP and a new Insider Preview Build Just when you thought you’d seen it all at the MVP Summit, we come back with a few exciting announcements from Connect. We want to thank you again for joining us, and if you couldn’t make it this time, continue reading to see what you might’ve missed. Connect(); 2016 Connect, the annual Visual Studio-centered developer conference, announced the latest version of our favorite IDE, a preview for the new Visual Studio Mac edition, Team Foundation Server 2017 and a preview for Visual Studio Mobile Center. On top of that, we announced our platinum-level partnership with the Linux foundation. We’re thrilled to finally share all of these updates with you – follow the links below to learn more. Got questions for @KevinTGallo (Head of WinDev Platform)? Get answers in [ more… ]

Amazon EMR 클러스터 자동 확장 기능 추가

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Amazon EMR 클러스터 자동 확장 기능 추가 Amazon EMR 팀은 최근 신규 버전을 계속 출시하면서, 이번 분기에만 다양한 기능을 추가하였습니다. 9월 – Apache Spark, Tez, Hadoop MapReduce 데이터 암호화. 9월 – Apache Hive를 위한 오픈 소스 EMR-DynamoDB Connector 지원. 11월 – Apache Flink에서 실시간 스트리밍 처리. 11월 – 클러스터 태그를 활용한 세부 관리 기능. 오늘부터 Amazon EMR 클러스터에 대한 자동 확장 기능을 제공합니다. 이제 수평 확장 및 감소 기능을 사용하여 작업량 변경에 대한 클러스터의 코어 및 작업 노드 수를 조정하고 자원 사용을 최적화 할 수 있습니다. 수평 확장(Scale-out) 정책: 컴퓨팅 용량을 추가하여 더 큰 문제를 해결할 수 있습니다. Apache Spark 및 Apache Hive와 같은 응용 프로그램을 자동으로 증가하는 처리 능력을 활용할 수 있습니다. 수평 감소(Scale-in) 정책: 인스턴스 사용 시간이 끝나거나 전체 작업의 로드가 줄어들때 용량을 제거합니다. YARN 관리 콘테이너에서 노드가 하나 줄어 들면, YARN은 다른 노드에서 재실행됩니다. (자세한 사항은 Configure [ more… ]

SHA-1 deprecation countdown

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SHA-1 deprecation countdown The SHA-1 hash algorithm is no longer secure. Weaknesses in SHA-1 could allow an attacker to spoof content, execute phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks when browsing the web. Microsoft, in collaboration with other members of the industry, is working to phase out SHA-1. We have outlined our timeline for SHA-1 deprecation in earlier posts, most recently in April. This post is to clarify some of our most commonly asked questions, and to help you test ahead of time. Starting on February 14th, 2017, Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 will prevent sites that are protected with a SHA-1 certificate from loading and will display an invalid certificate warning. Though we strongly discourage it, users will have the option to ignore the error and continue to the website. This will only impact SHA-1 certificates that chain to [ more… ]

This Week on Windows: New features in Windows Maps, Cortana and more

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This Week on Windows: New features in Windows Maps, Cortana and more We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! Read more about what’s new in the Windows Maps app and the new ways Cortana can help you with your to-do lists, or head over here to read our Windows 10 Tip on four ways to use Windows Ink in the Windows Maps app. Here’s what’s new in the Windows Store this week: 14-day free trial of Sling TV   Your Sling TV exclusive is here! Get an extended 14-day free trial of Sling TV and start watching the best of live TV straight from Windows 10. Stream your favorite live shows and on-demand entertainment, including live college basketball and football, and your favorite shows from premium channels. Download the app today and get 14 days FREE of [ more… ]