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Tuesday, January 20th, 2015

    Time Event
    6:00p
    Tuesday's security updates

    Debian has updated icedove (multiple vulnerabilities).

    Debian-LTS has updated tomcat6 (exception on empty XML attributes).

    Mageia has updated binutils (multiple vulnerabilities), coreutils (code execution), elfutils (directory traversal), file (denial of service), iceape (multiple vulnerabilities), moodle (multiple vulnerabilities), and otrs (privilege escalation).

    SUSE has updated libpng16 (SLE12: two vulnerabilities).

    Ubuntu has updated thunderbird (14.10, 14.04, 12.04: multiple vulnerabilities).

    10:05p
    Shuttleworth: Smart things powered by snappy Ubuntu Core on ARM and x86
    Mark Shuttleworth takes a look at
    Ubuntu and the Internet of Things. "Ubuntu is right at the heart of
    the “internet thing” revolution, and so we are in a good position to raise
    the bar for security and consistency across the whole ecosystem. Ubuntu is
    already pervasive on devices – you’ve probably seen lots of “Ubuntu in the
    wild” stories, from self-driving cars to space programs and robots and the
    occasional airport display. I’m excited that we can help underpin the next
    wave of innovation while also thoughtful about the responsibility that
    entails. So today we’re launching snappy Ubuntu Core on a wide range of
    boards, chips and chipsets, because the snappy system and Ubuntu Core are perfect for distributed, connected devices that need security updates for the OS and applications but also need to be completely reliable and self-healing. Snappy is much better than package dependencies for robust, distributed devices.    "
    10:52p
    Cory Doctorow Rejoins EFF to Eradicate DRM Everywhere
    The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced
    that Cory Doctorow has rejoined the organization "to battle the pervasive use of dangerous digital rights management (DRM) technologies that threaten users' security and privacy, distort markets, confiscate public rights, and undermine innovation."

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