Close
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Logo
Logo
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Cloud
    • Cloud
    • Cybersecurity

    Azure Cloud Flaw Posed Hacking Risk to RHEL Virtual Machines

    By
    eWEEK Staff
    -
    December 2, 2016
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      Today’s topics include a Microsoft Azure security flaw that could give attackers access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual machines, Google’s effort to use machine learning to help identify patients at risk of diabetic retinopathy, Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s sale of its OpenStack cloud and Cloud Foundry Platform-as-a-Service technologies to SUS and Google’s offer to use its server infrastructure to help other IT organization adjust for this year’s leap second.

      Ian Duffy, a software engineer at online retailer Zalando, uncovered a significant Microsoft Azure vulnerability that would have affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

      He was trying to create a secure, custom RHEL machine image that could run on both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. In the process, he discovered a vulnerability that could have provided an attacker root access to virtual machines.

      Any attacker would have “administrator level access to all of the Microsoft Azure-managed Red Hat Update Infrastructure that supplies all the packages for all Red Hat Enterprise Linux instances booted from the Azure marketplace

      Google is hoping to apply its machine learning expertise to help doctors identify patients at risk of diabetic retinopathy early enough in the disease cycle to be able to treat them effectively.

      Researchers from the company this week published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association describing a deep learning algorithm for interpreting early signs of DR from retinal photographs.

      The goal is to help doctors screen and identify patients in need for DR treatment especially in areas where the specialized ophthalmological skills needed for such diagnosis are in short supply.

      HPE sold its OpenStack cloud and Cloud Foundry Platform-as-a-Service technologies to Linux vendor SUSE. The deal was announced November 30. However, financial terms of the acquisition are not being publicly disclosed and the deal is set to close in the first quarter of 2017.

      HPE’s OpenStack technology and staff will help to expand SUSE’s existing OpenStack cloud efforts, while the Cloud Foundry assets will provide SUSE with new capabilities that it did not previously offer.

      Google is making its Network Time Protocol servers publicly available to organizations that need help keeping their systems running smoothly through a one second addition to clocks the last day of December this year.

      The first leap second was added in 1972. Since then IERS has adjusted UTC a total of 26 times. Organizations can use Google’s Public NTP service to keep their local system clocks synchronized with the time on virtual machine instances running on the company’s Compute Engine cloud platform or more generally to handle the leap second on Dec. 31.

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Big Data and Analytics

      Alteryx’s Suresh Vittal on the Democratization of...

      James Maguire - May 31, 2022 0
      I spoke with Suresh Vittal, Chief Product Officer at Alteryx, about the industry mega-shift toward making data analytics tools accessible to a company’s complete...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      Visa’s Michael Jabbara on Cybersecurity and Digital...

      James Maguire - May 17, 2022 0
      I spoke with Michael Jabbara, VP and Global Head of Fraud Services at Visa, about the cybersecurity technology used to ensure the safe transfer...
      Read more
      Applications

      Cisco’s Thimaya Subaiya on Customer Experience in...

      James Maguire - May 10, 2022 0
      I spoke with Thimaya Subaiya, SVP and GM of Global Customer Experience at Cisco, about the factors that create good customer experience – and...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      GoodData CEO Roman Stanek on Business Intelligence...

      James Maguire - May 4, 2022 0
      I spoke with Roman Stanek, CEO of GoodData, about business intelligence, data as a service, and the frustration that many executives have with data...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Yotascale CEO Asim Razzaq on Controlling Multicloud...

      James Maguire - May 5, 2022 0
      Asim Razzaq, CEO of Yotascale, provides guidance on understanding—and containing—the complex cost structure of multicloud computing. Among the topics we covered:  As you survey the...
      Read more
      Logo

      eWeek has the latest technology news and analysis, buying guides, and product reviews for IT professionals and technology buyers. The site’s focus is on innovative solutions and covering in-depth technical content. eWeek stays on the cutting edge of technology news and IT trends through interviews and expert analysis. Gain insight from top innovators and thought leaders in the fields of IT, business, enterprise software, startups, and more.

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Advertisers

      Advertise with TechnologyAdvice on eWeek and our other IT-focused platforms.

      Advertise with Us

      Menu

      • About eWeek
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter
      • Latest News

      Our Brands

      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms
      • About
      • Contact
      • Advertise
      • Sitemap
      • California – Do Not Sell My Information

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×