Daily Archives: January 13, 2015

Vulnerability Found in Certain AMD Processor

A vulnerability was found in AMD Processors that insufficiently protected code signatures and other errors in the firmware could be used by hackers to inject software, which could then be executed by the System Management Unit and Accelerated Processing Units. … Continue reading

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Presidential Proposal List

As part in the President’s State of the Union address, Barack Obama is planning on: Insisting that companies reveal data breaches within 30 days Criminalizing the sale of botnets Criminalizing the sale of stolen U.S financial data The President’s twitter feed … Continue reading

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Non-Oracle sites offering Oracle ‘Fixes’/Malware

Oracle put out a press release, it reads: Warning It has come to our attention that there are non-Oracle sites offering Oracle ‘fixes’ for genuine Oracle error messages. You probably already don’t need to be told, however: Please do not … Continue reading

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IBM Z13 Mainframe: Fast and Promotes Secure Process

IBM unveiled its z13 mainframe, a computer system and says is the most powerful and secure ever built. When a single transaction triggers, as many as 100 others that must be run in order to analyze past purchases, data encryption … Continue reading

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