Johnson Controls utilizes Microsoft technology to expand the smart thermostat category

2018-01-05 KENNETH 0

Johnson Controls utilizes Microsoft technology to expand the smart thermostat category Heating and cooling account for more than 40 percent of the energy use in a typical home and makes for the largest energy expense for most families. In the commercial building sector, the cost for energy is approximately 40 percent of their expenses. We’re excited to share that today, Johnson Controls (JCI), the inventors of the first room thermostat, revealed details of GLAS, the first smart thermostat featuring Cortana and powered by Windows 10 IoT Core. The simple to use, elegant thermostat features a translucent OLED touchscreen display for you to control temperature, monitor indoor and outdoor air quality, check the weather and more so you can live and work comfortably in your home or office. When connected to the internet, GLAS continuously monitors air quality and intelligently adjust [ more… ]

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USN-3430-3: Dnsmasq regression

2018-01-04 KENNETH 0

USN-3430-3: Dnsmasq regression Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3430-3 4th January, 2018 dnsmasq regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary USN-3430-2 introduced regression in Dnsmasq. Software description dnsmasq – Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server Details USN-3430-2 fixed several vulnerabilities. The update introduced a newregression that breaks DNS resolution. This update addresses the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Felix Wilhelm, Fermin J. Serna, Gabriel Campana and Kevin Hamacher discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled DNS requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-14491) Felix Wilhelm, Fermin J. Serna, Gabriel Campana and Kevin Hamacher discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled IPv6 router advertisements. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to [ more… ]

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RHSA-2018:0018-1: Important: kernel security update

2018-01-04 KENNETH 0

RHSA-2018:0018-1: Important: kernel security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Source: RHSA-2018:0018-1: Important: kernel security update

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RHSA-2018:0017-1: Important: kernel security update

2018-01-04 KENNETH 0

RHSA-2018:0017-1: Important: kernel security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Telco Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Source: RHSA-2018:0017-1: Important: kernel security update

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RHSA-2018:0016-1: Important: kernel-rt security update

2018-01-04 KENNETH 0

RHSA-2018:0016-1: Important: kernel-rt security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Source: RHSA-2018:0016-1: Important: kernel-rt security update