Facebook Asks Every User For A Verified Phone Number To Prevent Security Disaster
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Every single Facebook user is or will soon be seeing a link at the top of their desktop news feed asking them to�”Stay in control of your account by following these simple security tips”. The link leads to the the Facebook Security page where users are taught how to spot a scam, pick a unique password, and most interestingly, confirm their mobile phone number for account recovery.
Facebook confirmed with me that the message will roll out to all desktop users over the next few days, and millions are seeing it right now. And while it might seem like a response to other recent security breaches on the web, Facebook tells me this security alert was planned before those happened. Well[...]
Continue ReadingFacebook confirmed with me that the message will roll out to all desktop users over the next few days, and millions are seeing it right now. And while it might seem like a response to other recent security breaches on the web, Facebook tells me this security alert was planned before those happened. Well[...]
Cloud competition is go: Amazon Web Services lowers support prices
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Amazon Web Services has lowered its premium tier prices for cloud infrastructure support and expanded its level of free support for all AWS users, the company announced today.
Amazon is by far the largest provider of cloud infrastructure on the planet, so it clearly wants to maintain that position against others like Rackspace, Microsoft Windows Azure, and Joyent. The company continues to lower its prices for its Simple Storage Service (S3), and now it hopes to attract customers by lowering prices on premium-level support and expanding the basic level of support for all users.
One of the more noticeable changes is offering all basic AWS customers free 24-hour access to customer service repre[...]
Continue ReadingAmazon is by far the largest provider of cloud infrastructure on the planet, so it clearly wants to maintain that position against others like Rackspace, Microsoft Windows Azure, and Joyent. The company continues to lower its prices for its Simple Storage Service (S3), and now it hopes to attract customers by lowering prices on premium-level support and expanding the basic level of support for all users.
One of the more noticeable changes is offering all basic AWS customers free 24-hour access to customer service repre[...]
64-bit Operating Systems, Virtualization Software Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation Attacks on Intel CPUs
Posted by PCWorld
Some 64-bit operating systems and virtualization software programs are vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks when running on Intel processors (CPUs), the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) said in a security advisory on Wednesday.
The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-0217 and stems from the way Intel CPUs have implemented the SYSRET instruction in their x86-64 extension, known as Intel 64.
Attackers could exploit the vulnerability to force Intel CPUs to return a general protection fault in privileged mode. This would allow them to execute code with kernel privileges from a least-privileged account, or to escape from a virtual machine and gain control of the ho[...]
Continue ReadingThe vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-0217 and stems from the way Intel CPUs have implemented the SYSRET instruction in their x86-64 extension, known as Intel 64.
Attackers could exploit the vulnerability to force Intel CPUs to return a general protection fault in privileged mode. This would allow them to execute code with kernel privileges from a least-privileged account, or to escape from a virtual machine and gain control of the ho[...]
The Struggle
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Every entrepreneur starts her company with a clear vision for success. You will create an amazing environment and hire the smartest people to join you. Together you will build a beautiful product that delights customers and makes the world just a little bit better. It?s going to be absolutely awesome.Then, after working night and day to make your vision reality, you wake up to find that things did not go as planned. Your company did not unfold like the Jack Dorsey keynote that you listened to when you started. Your product has issues that will be very hard to fix. The market isn?t quite where it was supposed to be. Your employees are losing confidence and some of them have quit. Some of the[...]
Continue ReadingNew studio uCool to launch ambitious Tynon social fantasy role-playing game (exclusive)
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Social game startup uCool�is coming out of stealth today and describing its upcoming game, a social fantasy role-playing hybrid title called Tynon.
The Flash-based browser game is being made by members of the team behind Evony, a pioneering hardcore online game whose ads featuring busty women flooded the internet a couple of years ago. With Tynon, uCool hopes to create a unique blend of action, role-playing, social, strategy gameplay, and city building. The game will have a heavy emphasis on storytelling, and it is being created by a huge team of 170 people.
Boston-based uCool says that, “In Tynon, the King has come under the affliction of a dark wizard?s spell and it?s up to players t[...]
Continue ReadingThe Flash-based browser game is being made by members of the team behind Evony, a pioneering hardcore online game whose ads featuring busty women flooded the internet a couple of years ago. With Tynon, uCool hopes to create a unique blend of action, role-playing, social, strategy gameplay, and city building. The game will have a heavy emphasis on storytelling, and it is being created by a huge team of 170 people.
Boston-based uCool says that, “In Tynon, the King has come under the affliction of a dark wizard?s spell and it?s up to players t[...]
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