At the upcoming Black Hat DC conference, a security researcher is putting Web-enabled SAP applications in the line of fire. – With more and more SAP
systems getting connected to the Web, the security landscape for many
organizations is changing.
Just how much and what those changes mean will be highlighted at the
upcoming Black Hat DC conference by Mariano Nuñez Di Croce, director of
research and development for Ona…
Red Hat launches a new version of the JBoss Enterprise Business Rules Management System (BRMS), JBoss Enterprise BRMS 5.1 – Red Hat’s JBoss division has introduced a new version of
its Business Rules Management System (BRMS), JBoss Enterprise BRMS 5.1.
JBoss Enterprise BRMS 5.1 is the latest piece of the Red
Hat open-source middleware portfolio, JBoss Enterprise Middleware, and the
first new release of the JBoss BRMS…
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has long been a trusty go-to operating system option for most server roles, if not in its official Red Hat branded form, then in one of its respun incarnations, such as the fee-free CentOS or the Oracle rebrand Unbreakable Linux. Based on my tests of RHEL 6, I expect this new release to continue in that tradition& the new release performed as solidly as ever, and benefits from a support term that’s been lengthened from seven to 10 years. While aimed primarily at server roles, RHEL 6 can also perform well as a desktop operating system, as it ships with recent versions of all of the usual suspects of the Linux desktop, anchored by Version 3.2 of the OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Version 3.6 of Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser. For a look at RHEL 6 in action, check out the slide gallery below, and be sure to read eWEEK Labs’ full review here. – …
The latest Linux-based OS from Red Hat offers a strong foundation for hosting virtual workloads, complete with distinctive capabilities such as security features rooted in SE Linux. – Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6, the latest version of Red Hat’s flagship Linux-based
operating system, began shipping last month, boasting a bevy of core
improvements around scalability, resource management and virtualization. What’s
more, the system ships with a slate of updated open-source softwar…
Red Hat shakes up cloud computing with the acquisition platform-as-a-service provider Makara to deploy, manage and scale applications on public, private and hybrid clouds. – Red Hat acquired cloud application deployment and
management platform firm Makara to boost its platform-as-a-service credentials.
Red Hat and Makara executives discussed the acquisition during a morning phone
conference Nov. 30.
Red Hat has been quot;delivering scalable and flexible
cloud …
At the launch event for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hats senior executives touted improvements in virtualization, performance and power management. Instead of just being a standalone server operating system, RHEL is a business operating system for both virtualization and the cloud, Red Hat said. RHEL 6 is scalable, with the ability to handle theoretical architectures of up to 16 Terabytes of memory, a 100 Terabyte file system and 4096 processors. "It’s pretty ironic that even though Red Hat is the leading innovator, we’re rarely the first to ship something," said Tim Burke, vice president of platform engineering at Red Hat. "That’s because we don’t ship it until it’s done right. It has really taken us this time to get RHEL 6 ready to meet the demanding workloads of our customers." No matter where the operating system is, whether it’s running in the data center, in the cloud, on bare-metal servers or on a virtual machine, RHEL 6 will deliver the same performance. Here is a quick look at what Red Hat has wrought. – …
RED Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the long anticipated release of its operating system, stressing its cloud features, performance improvements, and energy savings is finally hitting the market. – Red Hat launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to great fanfare on Nov. 10, stressing performance, Green IT, and virtualization capabilities.
Emphasizing that this was not just a product release, RHEL 6 is the “culmination” of 10 years of learning and partnering,” said Paul Cormier, Red Hats executi…
Fedora 14, the latest release of Red Hat’s fast-moving, community-supported Linux distribution, hit the Internet earlier this month bearing its typical crop of updated open-source software applications, with a particular focus on updated developer tools, such as the latest versions of the Eclipse and Netbeans Integrated Development Environments. – Fedora 14, the latest release of Red Hat’s fast-moving,
community-supported Linux distribution, hit the Internet earlier this month
bearing its typical crop of updated open-source software applications, with a
particular focus on updated developer tools, such as the latest versions of the
Eclips…
The Red Hat Enterprise MRG platform includes a new Linux kernel, expanded RHEL support and improved performance. – Red Hat updated and expanded its Red Hat Enterprise
Messaging, Realtime and Grid Linux platform, a critical set of tools for building
and managing a private cloud, the company said on Oct. 14.
The enhancements in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.3 include
adding support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 …
Dirk Peter van Leeuwen has been appointed VP, Red Hat Asia Pacific wef September 2010
Work experience: VP, sales, APAC and Japan, Red Hat Inc; European director, PlanetWeb Inc; director, Northern Europe, SCO
Red Hat announces updates to its Cloud Foundations portfolio with a focus on openness and portability. – Red Hat announced
updates to its Cloud Foundations portfolio and moved to deliver a cloud strategy
the company described as the ultimate in openness and
choice.
In a broad-based
Webcast, Red Hat laid out its cloud road map, defining its Cloud Foundations
strategy as one that promotes consisten…
Adobe Systems is releasing an emergency update Aug. 19 to patch critical vulnerabilities, including a bug discussed at the Black Hat security conference. – Adobe Systems announced that on Aug. 19 it will patch a flaw in
Reader revealed at the Black Hat security conference in an emergency
update.
The update will cover critical bugs affecting Adobe Reader and
Acrobat, including one revealed by Charles Miller, principal
security analyst with consult…
A behind-the-scenes look at how search engine optimization techniques are getting malware in front of your computer, and what your organization can do to help search engines such as Google and Bing police the Web. – Designing malware and exploits is only one end of the business for black
hats. Getting that malicious content to users is another.
A key way for attackers to do that is through search engine optimization
(SEO), which boosts the search engine rankings of compromised or malicious Web
pages.
qu…
Adobe is planning to release a security update out-of-band later this month to fix multiple security bugs, including a critical vulnerability revealed at last week’s Black Hat security conference. – Adobe Systems is planning to issue an out-of-band security update
later this month to plug multiple security holes, including
one discussed last week at the Black Hat security conference.
The update will cover critical bugs affecting Adobe Reader and
Acrobat. Among them will be a flaw menti…
Microsoft executives touted the company’s cloud strategy and its plans for Windows 7 tablets during this week’s Financial Analyst Meeting. Microsoft also announced security software in conjunction with this years Black Hat USA conference, and offered a preview of Office for Mac 2011. – Microsoft’s week climaxed at its annual Financial Analyst Meeting, where
company executives reiterated their argument made previously at July’s
Worldwide Partner Conference that competition in areas such as the cloud and
tablet PCs is only just beginning. While Microsoft’s core businesses perform…
More highlights from the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. On day two of briefings, mobile security, cyber-war and weaknesses in HTTPS were among the issues that surfaced. – Day two of briefings at the Black Hat security conference produced some interesting moments here in Las Vegas. The day began with a keynote from former National Security Agency (NSA) Director Ret. Gen. Michael Hayden, and included everything from mobile security to weaknesses in HTTPS.
Without fur…
Some eWEEK highlights from day one of briefings at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. – For those looking for information about the latest exploits, vulnerabilities
and information protection strategies, the first day of briefings at this
year’s Black Hat conference in Las Vegas
was no disappointment. Jeff Moss, founder and director of Black Hat, started
the day out with this ques…
Cyber-criminals are using a complex, innovative scheme to commit widespread check forgery. According to research by SecureWorks revealed at Black Hat, the ring has counterfeited an estimated $9 million in checks in the last year. – A three-month investigation by SecureWorks has uncovered an innovative check
fraud operation that is estimated to have counterfeited $9 million in
checks in the past year.
Gone are the days when thieves had to use low-tech methods such as check
kiting to defraud banks. According to SecureWorks,…
A presentation on the "Chinese Cyber-army" that delved into China’s cyberspace activities between 2001 and 2010 has been yanked off the agenda of the upcoming Black Hat security conference. The talk was canceled by Armorize Technologies after concerns were raised by the Taiwanese government over its content. – A presentation on Chinese state-sponsored hacking has been pulled from the
Black Hat security conference due to pressure from the Taiwanese government.
The talk, titled quot;The Chinese Cyber Army: An Archaeological Study from
2001 to 2010, quot; was to be held by Wayne Huang, CTO of
Web appl…
Red Hat has announced JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0, the new version of the open-source software provider’s portal solution. – Red Hat has announced JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0, the new version of the open-source software provider’s portal solution.
Announced at the joint Red Hat Summit/JBoss World 2010 event in Boston on June 24, JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.0 is designed to reduce the time and cost associ…
