Monday, September 29, 2014

Apple patches "shellshock" bash vulnerability

OS X 10.7+ gets an update for bash shell.  Users should upgrade soon.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

iOS 8.0.2 released

To fix battery problems and other bugs.

Facebook 747 sized drones

"engineering director of Facebook’s Connectivity Lab, said Monday at the Social Good Summit in New York City. Instead he refers to them as "planes," seeing as they will be "roughly the size" of airplanes "like a 747," although much, much lighter..They also will have to be powered by the sun to continuously provide Wi-Fi coverage.."

More on the ShellShock bash vulnerability

Linux, Unix, and OS X operating systems may be vulnerable to the bash shell being exploited.  If bash scripts can be run, via ssh login or web cgi url, then a system may be vulnerable.  All users should upgrade ASAP.  Major Linux distros have released updates.