AWS Security Blog: How to Automatically Update Your Security Groups for...
Amazon CloudFront can help you increase the performance of your web applications and significantly lower the latency of delivering content to your customers. Recently announced, AWS WAF (a web...
View ArticleLWN.net: Security updates for Tuesday
CentOS has updated libreoffice (C7; C6: multiple vulnerabilities) and openssl (C7; C6; C5: multiple vulnerabilities). Debian has updated chromium-browser (multiple vulnerabilities). Oracle has updated...
View ArticleLWN.net: Stable kernel updates
Greg KH has released stable kernels 4.3.3, 4.2.8, and 4.1.15. All of them contain important fixes. This will be the last 4.2.y kernel. Users of the 4.2 kernel should upgrade to the 4.3.y kernel series.
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: AWS Podcasts – Compgun, Primadesk, SkinnyPrice, and...
Here are the next batch of podcasts that I recorded on Tuesday, September 1 at the AWS Loft in San Francisco as part of the Intel Startup Spotlight for the . I spoke with startups Compgun, Primadesk,...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Pirating Subscribers Could Cost Cox Over $200 Million
Internet provider Cox Communications is facing more than $200 million in potential damages, if a jury holds it responsible for the copyright infringements of its subscribers. According to music...
View ArticleLWN.net: AMD’s 2016 Linux driver plans (AnandTech)
AnandTech reports on AMD's plans for Linux graphics driver support. In short: more open code, but some proprietary components will remain. "The significant change here is that by having the RTG closed...
View ArticleLWN.net: Firefox 43 released
Mozilla has released Firefox 43. This version features improvements to Private Browsing and Tracking Protection, search suggestions, improved API support for m4v video playback, and more. The release...
View ArticleAWS Compute Blog: Using API Gateway stage variables to manage Lambda functions
Ed LIma, Cloud Support Engineer There’s a new feature on Amazon API Gateway called stage variables. Stage variables act like environment variables and can be used to change the behavior of your API...
View Articlexkcd.com: Time Capsule
This post was syndicated from: xkcd.com and was written by: xkcd.com. Original post: at xkcd.com
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: EC2 Update – T2.Nano Instances Now Available
We announced the t2.nano instances earlier this year. Like their larger siblings (t2.micro, t2.small, t2.medium, and t2.large), these instances provide a baseline level of processing power, along with...
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: EC2 Run Command Update – Now Available for Linux Instances
When we launched EC2 Run Command seven weeks ago (see my post, New EC2 Run Command – Remote Instance Management at Scale to learn more), I promised similar functionality for instances that run Linux. I...
View ArticleKrebs on Security: Skimmers Found at Some Calif., Colo. Safeways
Sources at multiple financial institutions say they are tracking a pattern of fraud indicating that thieves have somehow compromised the credit card terminals at checkout lanes within multiple Safeway...
View ArticleErrata Security: No, you can’t shut down parts of the Internet
In tonight's Republican debate, Donald Trump claimed we should shutdown parts of the Internet in order to disable ISIS. This would not work. I thought I'd create some quick notes why.This post claims...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Judge Throws Out Aussie Dallas Buyers Club Piracy Case
A further attempt to obtain the personal details of thousands of alleged pirates in Australia is on the verge of collapse. The company behind the movie Dallas Buyers Club has been told by a judge in...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: DOS Attack Against Los Angeles Schools
Yesterday, the city of Los Angeles closed all of its schools -- over 1,000 schools -- because of a bomb threat. It was a hoax. LA officials defended the move, with that city's police chief dismissing...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: KickassTorrents “DIY” Karaoke ‘Gang’ Busted By UK Police
Three men from the UK have been raided by City of London Police after uploading thousands of karaoke tracks online. Although described by police as a criminal "gang", the men in their 50s and 60s claim...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: Christmas gifts for 2015
Don’t stress about it: like you, nobody here has finished their Christmas shopping either. Here’s our annual roundup of the best presents for the Raspberry Pi fan in your life, so you can make them...
View ArticleLWN.net: [$] The PhotoFlow 0.2.5 release
The PhotoFlow image editor is a relative newcomer to the field of free-software photography tools. The project was started in 2014, and some people might consider it an odd choice of undertaking—given...
View ArticleAWS Security Blog: Another Way to Remove Unnecessary Permissions in Your IAM...
In my previous post, I introduced service last accessed data, a new feature of the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) console that helps you define policies that adhere better to the principle...
View ArticleAWS Compute Blog: Using AWS Lambda with Auto Scaling Lifecycle Hooks
Nathan Mcguirt, AWS Solution Architect Using automation to extend Auto Scaling functionality Auto Scaling provides customers a great way to dynamically scale applications, and we frequently meet...
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