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Security firm releases tool to audit SAP’s HANA

A new tool from security vendor Onapsis aims to secure SAP’s in-memory database HANA, the German company’s fastest-growing data processing product.

 

Onapsis, a Boston-based company that specializes in SAP security, will incorporate the tool into its X1 suite, which scans for vulnerabilities and configuration problems in SAP deployments.

 

HANA is a cornerstone of SAP’s strategy to compete with Oracle and IBM. Available as a cloud service and an appliance, it’s designed to process analytical and transaction workloads much faster for SAP’s ERP, CRM, supply chain and business intelligence applications.

 

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Backdoor found in D-Link router firmware code

A backdoor found in firmware used in several D-Link routers could allow an attacker to change a device’s settings, a serious security problem that could be used for surveillance.

 

Craig Heffner, a vulnerability researcher with Tactical Network Solutions who specializes in wireless and embedded systems, found the vulnerability.

 

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Google Malaysia Site Hijacked

The Google domain for Malaysia was hijacked on October 10th, redirecting visitors to a page that said a group called Madleets from Pakistan had performed the attack.

 

MYNIC, the company that administers the country TLD for Malaysia, confirmed the attack in a statement issued Friday morning, saying that its internal incident response team had resolved the problem within a short time of learning of the attack.

 

Read the full article at Threat Post

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This Stunning Online Publishing System Is Currently Free To Use

If you’ve ever tried to produce a "designed" document such as an advert, flyer, invitation, brochure and so on, you probably looked at desktop publishing packages and then gave up. They’re all either incredibly complicated or incredibly expensive. Or both, of course.

 

Which is why the launch of LucidPress, which is neither complex nor expensive, is worth mentioning. In fact it couldn’t be simpler to use, and it’s free.

 

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Despite looming end of life, study shows XP remains primary OS

Examining data from one million devices, Fiberlink, a mobile management firm, examined the often forgotten part of mobility in the workforce — laptops. While IT and security vendors focus on Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS, tablets, and smartphones, Lenovo’s ThinkPad and Dell’s Latitude chug along, remaining a stable fixture in the workplace. According to Fiberlink, almost 50 percent of the laptops observed in their study are running Windows XP.

 

Read the full article at Network World