System Management

Adobe patches critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player, ColdFusion

The vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized remote code execution or remote read access

Microsoft Patch Tuesday advisories urge ditching old, weak crypto algorithms

Microsoft's scheduled security patches were accompanied by cryptography-related recommendations to stop using RC4 cipher and SHA-1

OS X Mavericks corralled by JAMF’s new Apple management suite

Casper Suite for iOS, OS X supports, FileVault 2, on-demand VPN, auto-upgrades

Microsoft books critical IE, Windows fixes for next week

Schedules 8 updates, but won't patch the latest zero-day bug

USENIX: Flame graph shows system performance in a new light

A new form of data visualization created by a Joyent engineer can help administrators pinpoint CPU and memory resource hogs

Despite patches, Supermicro’s IPMI firmware is far from secure, researchers say

The IPMI in Supermicro motherboards has vulnerabilities that can give attackers unuathorized access to servers, Rapid7 researchers said

New bug bounty program rewards researchers for finding flaws in widely used software

Microsoft and Facebook team up to reward vulnerability research that can affect a lot of Internet users

Management vendors race to help move BlackBerry users to Android and iOS

BlackBerry's decision to remain a public company increases the uncertainty their customers feel, according to Good Technology

IBM applies predictive analysis to IT operations

IBM says its investment in data analysis can pay off for system administrators with the new Predictive Insights product

Tech spending slows, thanks to Congress