Great Cloud Server Reboot of 2014 Is Drama-less (So Far)
The vulnerability that led Amazon Web Services and Rackspace Inc. to reboot many of their servers last week was a “big deal” that, if exploited, would have allowed hackers to bypass security on virtual machines. This week IBM Corp. said it would reboot …
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Amazon Reboots Cloud Servers, Xen Bug Blamed
Amazon Web Services is working hard to patch its EC2 cloud host servers for what appears to be a severe hypervisor security defect. The process started at 7:00 p.m. Pacific time Thursday. It needs to be completed in the next five days — before Oct. 1.
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