OpenSSL Security Advisory [07 Apr 2014]

OpenSSL Security Advisory [07 Apr 2014]
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TLS heartbeat read overrun (CVE-2014-0160)
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A missing bounds check in the handling of the TLS heartbeat extension can be
used to reveal up to 64k of memory to a connected client or server.

Only 1.0.1 and 1.0.2-beta releases of OpenSSL are affected including
1.0.1f and 1.0.2-beta1.

Thanks for Neel Mehta of Google Security for discovering this bug and to
Adam Langley  and Bodo Moeller  for
preparing the fix.

Affected users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.1g. Users unable to immediately
upgrade can alternatively recompile OpenSSL with -DOPENSSL_NO_HEARTBEATS.

1.0.2 will be fixed in 1.0.2-beta2.

- wong chee tat :)

Testing underway before DTL1 opens

Testing underway before DTL1 opens

    POSTED: 09 Aug 2013 5:44 PM
  
Downtown Line Stage 1, which connects Chinatown to Bugis directly, will open by the end of the year. Testing of the train system is underway to ensure smooth travel.

SINGAPORE: Downtown Line Stage 1, which connects Chinatown to Bugis directly, will open by the end of the year.

Testing of the train system is underway to ensure smooth travel.

Basic functions of the train system are tested.

These include emergency call buttons, route map displays, train stopping accuracy as well as the live announcement system.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has to complete about 800 test cases.

So far, about 50% of the tests have been completed.

LTA has moved on from testing the core functions of the trains to scenario testing.

LTA's deputy director (rolling stock and depot equipment), Chia Choon Poh, said: "The team has been conducting tests from the operations control centre down to each individual train for the last eight months to test the various functions of the train while in motion. What we are doing now is the carousel train testing, where we replicate normal train operations."

- CNA/ir

- wong chee tat :)

CapitaMall Trust reports 2.6% rise in Q4 DPU

CapitaMall Trust reports 2.6% rise in Q4 DPU
By Kristie Neo | Posted: 18 January 2013 1821 hrs
     
SINGAPORE : CapitaMall Trust Management on Friday said its distribution per unit (DPU) was up 2.6 per cent to 2.36 cents in the fourth quarter of 2012.

For the full year, unitholders will receive a total of 9.46 cents for the fiscal year, compared to 9.37 cents in 2011.

CapitaMall Trust Management said that for the fourth quarter of 2012, its distributable income grew 5.7 per cent to over S$79 million.

For the full year, distributable income grew 5.1 per cent to more than S$316 million.

Gross revenue rose 10 per cent to S$173.67 million, while net property income increased 14.3 per cent to S$112.91 million during the same period.

The management attributed this to completed asset upgrades in malls like the "Atrium@Orchard", JCube and Bugis+.

Ongoing enhancements in IMM are also expected to contribute positively this year.

The management added that its new Westgate shopping mall at Jurong Gateway is on track to be completed later this year.

Moving forward, the management said that it will look at some of its older malls for possible upgrading opportunities.

Wilson Tan, CEO of CapitaMall Trust Management Limited, said: "This is something important because last year we (were) able to churn out three new asset enhancement exercises, and this is really going to bring us great profits...for 2013, so asset enhancement is an exercise we will continue to do."

- CNA/ms

- wong chee tat :)

New mixed use development coming up in Bugis

New mixed use development coming up in Bugis
By Millet Enriquez | Posted: 14 November 2012 2338 hrs
     
SINGAPORE : A S$3 billion mixed development property is set to vastly alter the Bugis skyline over the next few years.

Named DUO, the property will comprise residences, offices, hotel and retail space.

Its developer, M+S, jointly owned by Malaysia's Khazanah Nasional and Temasek Holdings, unveiled the design of the project on Wednesday.

By 2017, two new towers will be added to the Bugis skyline.

Enclosed in a park-like environment, DUO features 660 units of prime residences, 21 storeys of Grade A offices, a five-star hotel and close to 80,000 square feet of retail space.

Designed by a renowned architect Ole Scheeren, the project is connected to the Bugis MRT interchange that will link the East-West Line and the upcoming Downtown Line.

Its developers are optimistic it will draw strong interest when it launches for sale in early 2013 - with foreign buyers possibly eyeing the residential property.

Tan Sri Azman Yahya, chairman of M+S, said: "The large three international buyers in Singapore have been Malaysians, Indonesians and Chinese. So we expect that the ratio of buyers will be quite similar to any other offerings around the CBD (Central Business District) area. We do expect a significant number of international buyers."

Property consultant HSR said homes in DUO could fetch up to S$2,000 psf depending on size, and a premium of 5 to 10 per cent, given its connectivity to the MRT station.

"Being a Khazanah project, we would expect demand to particularly come from Malaysian investors. The locality would boost the commercial hub status in the Bugis area. It has the potential of being Hong Kong's ICC Tower or Kowloon East if marketed and priced properly to attract financial companies who are saddled with high cost within the financial district," said Donald Han, special advisor at HSR Group.

The lack of Grade A offices in the area should also result in demand for the long term.

"Bugis office supply is confined to mostly grade B stock. The M+S office project can bring critical mass into the area, as a serious business hub. Residential within integrated mixed developments tend to enjoy a premium and sell well in today's market," added Mr Han.

Mr Scheeren said: "I have worked independently for Singaporean clients and independently for Malaysian clients, and I think what is really exciting about the project is that this is indeed a joint venture between both of them. Both the way that that is translated into the architecture and also in a way what that symbolises in itself, it may be both sensitive but also extremely positive."

However, analysts said initial marketing in 2013 may not result in strong take-up, given that pre-leasing usually rises a year prior to completion.

Some analysts also cautioned of downward price pressures on the prime residential market, in light of the government's cooling measures.

Nicholas Mak, executive director at SLP International Property Consultants, said office rents in the Bugis area could also face a downtrend in 2013.

CapitaLand and UEM Land Holdings are the project managers of the development.

- CNA/ms


- wong chee tat :)