Linux
Has Linux lost its security edge?
Ransomware gangs are renowned for infighting. They squabble, they attack each other; they form alliances and desert them just as…
AWS’s New Open Source OS “Bottlerocket”: A Baby RHEL Competitor?
AWS has released a new open source, Linux-based open source operating system (OS) designed specifically for running containers in the…
Amazon Linux Users Win a Major Migration Reprieve
Are you running AWS on the original Amazon Linux AMI? Good news, you've won a major reprieve from plans to…
Critical Bug Fix: OpenBSD Vulnerability Needs Urgent Patching – RCE With Morris Worm Inspiration
Security researchers at Qualys say they've identified a remotely exploitable vulnerability in OpenBSD's mail server -- used by a range…
“Welcome, Kleptomaniac Octopus” – Linux 5.5 Lands, with Improved Hardware Support
Linus Torvalds has released the first stable Linux kernel update of 2020, Linux 5.5 – and it's on schedule despite…
Microsoft Brings First 365 Application to Linux Desktop
Microsoft's rapidly growing Teams application now runs on Linux -- the first Microsoft 365 application to come to Linux desktops.…
Hacker Favourite Kali Linux Swaps Gnome for Xfce, Adds New Tricks
Kali Linux (a Linux distribution used primarily for penetration testing, network security assessments and other security explorations by hackers of…
AWS Turbocharges new Linux Kernel Releases in its Extras Catalogue
Amazon says it has added AWS-optimised variants of new Linux Kernel releases to its extras catalogue in Amazon Linux 2 –…
Netflix Identifies Critical Vulns in Linux Kernel: Eight Million Public Services Affected
Netflix has identified several TCP networking vulnerabilities in FreeBSD and Linux kernels. The most serious Linux vulnerability – dubbed “SACK Panic,” –…
Mark Shuttleworth on Taking Canonical Public, Legacy IT and Ubuntu, and his Botanical Garden
Mark Shuttleworth, the CEO of Canonical (the business behind the open source Ubuntu operating system), has bootstrapped his company for…