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The Linux Security Journey — SUID (Saved User ID) - Medium

Google News - Thu, 04/04/2024 - 01:08
The Linux Security Journey — SUID (Saved User ID)  Medium

Ubuntu 24.04 Beta delayed due to malicious code in xz-utils, other Linux distros are also affected - Tom's Hardware

Google News - Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:19
Ubuntu 24.04 Beta delayed due to malicious code in xz-utils, other Linux distros are also affected  Tom's Hardware

A new XZ backdoor scanner will be able to safeguard any Linux binary from threats - TechRadar

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 23:30
A new XZ backdoor scanner will be able to safeguard any Linux binary from threats  TechRadar

Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Addressed in Ubuntu 18.04 - Security Boulevard

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 23:08
Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Addressed in Ubuntu 18.04  Security Boulevard

GCC 14 Boasts Nice ASCII Art For Visualizing Buffer Overflows

Phoronix - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 22:44
David Malcolm of Red Hat's compiler team is out with his annual blog post summarizing the static analysis improvements to find with the upcoming GCC 14 stable compiler release...

Linux Kernel 6.7 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.8 - 9to5Linux

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 22:42
Linux Kernel 6.7 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.8  9to5Linux

Linux Kernel 6.7 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.8 - 9to5Linux

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 22:42
Linux Kernel 6.7 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.8  9to5Linux

Crucial T705 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD On Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 22:20
In February was the announcement of the Crucial T705 PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD while reaching retail channels in March. This is a very speedy PCIe 5.0 solid-state drive that Crucial recently sent over for our Linux testing and review.

Crucial T705 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD On Linux Review - Phoronix

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 22:20
Crucial T705 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD On Linux Review  Phoronix

RADV Lands New Extension To Better Debug GPU Hangs

Phoronix - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 21:59
Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's open-source Linux graphics driver team has landed support in the RADV Vulkan driver for the Vulkan VK_EXT_device_address_binding_report extension with Mesa 24.1...

The Mystery of 'Jia Tan,' the XZ Backdoor Mastermind - WIRED

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 21:54
The Mystery of 'Jia Tan,' the XZ Backdoor Mastermind  WIRED

MangoHud 0.7.2-rc1 adds Wayland keybinds, a time label and bug fixes - GamingOnLinux

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 21:53
MangoHud 0.7.2-rc1 adds Wayland keybinds, a time label and bug fixes  GamingOnLinux

Redict 7.3 Released As Fork Of Open-Source Redis

Phoronix - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 21:32
In addition to the Linux Foundation and others starting Valkey as a fork of the open-source Redis following the upstream move to dual source-available licensing, Redict is another new fork getting established...

XZ Utils Open-Source Software Supply Chain Attack - Spiceworks News and Insights

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 21:30
XZ Utils Open-Source Software Supply Chain Attack  Spiceworks News and Insights

Azure Emerges as Premier Platform for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workloads - WebProNews

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 21:24
Azure Emerges as Premier Platform for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workloads  WebProNews

Hackers Exploit XZ Utils Backdoor to Infiltrate Linux Systems - Petri.com

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 21:20
Hackers Exploit XZ Utils Backdoor to Infiltrate Linux Systems  Petri.com

Linux Firmware Update Utility Fwupd Will Use Zstd Compression for Future Releases - 9to5Linux

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 21:19
Linux Firmware Update Utility Fwupd Will Use Zstd Compression for Future Releases  9to5Linux

Linux Mint 22 moves to Pipewire, will ship newer kernels after release - GamingOnLinux

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 20:42
Linux Mint 22 moves to Pipewire, will ship newer kernels after release  GamingOnLinux

Cyber Security Today, April 3, 2024 – New Linux vulnerability is found, and a must-read ransomware case study - IT World Canada

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 20:35
Cyber Security Today, April 3, 2024 – New Linux vulnerability is found, and a must-read ransomware case study  IT World Canada

Linux Foundation backs open source alternative to Redis - The Register

Google News - Wed, 04/03/2024 - 19:15
Linux Foundation backs open source alternative to Redis  The Register

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