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ESET researchers analyze first UEFI bootkit for Linux systems  Help Net Security

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, an Ideal Desktop for Linux Admins, Power Users  The New Stack

'Bootkitty' Malware Can Infect a Linux Machine's Boot Process  PCMag UK

For those building your own server around the new Intel Xeon 6 "Granite Rapids" or AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" platforms and using DDR5-6000/DDR5-6400 memory (or the interesting MRDIMM-8000 memory with Xeon 6 P), one of the factors you need to be much more mindful about than in the past is that at least the initial generation of DDR5-6000+ memory is running much hotter than prior server memory. There's been guidance from Intel and AMD as well as sever vendors about the thermal considerations with DDR5-6000/DDR5-6400 and extra precautions. Here's a look at the DDR5-6000 thermals on a recent AMD EPYC 9655 Turin server build and then taming the DDR5 server memory modules using Corsair Vengeance Airflow Memory Cooling Fans.

New Stealthy GodLoader Malware Attacking Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, & iOS Devices  CybersecurityNews

First-ever UEFI bootkit for Linux in the works, experts say  The Register

The SoundWire subsystem updates were sent out today for the Linux 6.13 kernel. This cycle brings new AMD driver support as well as supporting the MIPI DisCo 2.0 specification...

Linux 6.13 SoundWire Preps DisCo 2.0 Support  Phoronix

Teaching AI to Hack: Researchers Demonstrate ChatGPT's to Ethically Hack Linux & Windows  CybersecurityNews

FOSS Weekly #24.48: Archcraft, elementary 8 Release, Hyprland Guides, New COSMIC Release and More  It's FOSS

Researchers Discover "Bootkitty" – First UEFI Bootkit Targeting Linux Kernels  The Hacker News

Best Linux distro for developers of 2024  TechRadar

Sent out on Tuesday was the modules pull request for Linux 6.13 that have some low-level improvements but it noted that the biggest kernel modules highlight wasn't in that pull request itself but had been added by way of the memory management pull. This was a change by a Microsoft engineer around caching of kernel modules into huge pages...

Microsoft Makes An Interesting Improvement To Kernel Modules With Linux 6.13  Phoronix

MIPS has begun working on the open-source compiler toolchain support for their P8700 RISC-V based processors. Initial patches posted today bring-up the MIPS P8700 RISC-V support for the LLVM compiler stack...

Days after announcing the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W for $7, Raspberry Pi today announced the Compute Module 5 at the $45 price point...

Merged for the Linux 6.12 kernel was the long-awaited real-time "PREEMPT_RT" kernel support and allowing it to be enabled across x86/x86_64, ARM64, and RISC-V CPU architectures. With the Linux 6.13 kernel, LoongArch is joining the RT party...

LoongArch Wires Up Real-Time Kernel Support & Lazy Preemption  Phoronix

Bootkitty, The First UEFI Bootkit Targeting Linux Servers  CybersecurityNews

ESET Research discovers WolfsBane, new Linux cyberespionage backdoor by China-aligned Gelsemium  EIN News