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Chrome 147 Stable Released With New Restrictions, Web Printing API

Phoronix - Wed, 04/08/2026 - 18:13
Google on Tuesday announced the Chrome 147 stable release to all Windows, macOS, and Linux users. There are a number of refinements in this latest routine Chrome stable update paired with various fixes and new developer capabilities...

Hugging Face Contributes Safetensors To PyTorch Foundation To Secure AI Model Execution

Phoronix - Wed, 04/08/2026 - 18:00
Announced today from the PyTorch Conference EU in Paris is word that Hugging Face has contributed their Safetensors project to the PyTorch Foundation, which is an umbrella organization under the Linux Foundation for hosting AI initiatives. Safetensors aims to help mitigate arbitrary code execution risks and more...

XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.20.4 Released To Protect Against Apps Trashing Arbitrary Host Files

Phoronix - Wed, 04/08/2026 - 08:31
In addition to the release today of Flatpak 1.16.4 for shipping new security fixes including a sandbox escape and the ability to delete host files, XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.20.4 is also now available with another security fix of its own to prevent sandboxed apps from being able to trash arbitrary host files...

What’s new at Red Hat Summit 2026

Red Hat News - Wed, 04/08/2026 - 08:00
This year, Red Hat Summit 2026 is headed to Atlanta for an experience that’s more hands-on and interactive than ever! Whether you’re a long-time attendee or joining us for the first time, this year’s event promises new ways to move from “what if” to “what’s next.” We’ve designed 2026’s program to help every attendee—from IT leaders to hands-on practitioners—sharpen their skills and bring open source innovation to life.Explore the expo hall The expo hall is your hub for 1-on-1 access to the experts building the future of IT. This year, we’re introducing lightning labs:

Navigating the Mythos-haunted world of platform security

Red Hat News - Wed, 04/08/2026 - 08:00
The preview release of Claude Mythos presents a massive challenge for IT security experts, as well as an opportunity (at least for the organizations that can afford it). Mythos represents a new category of frontier model that can not only identify complex memory safety issues and logic flaws hidden in legacy code but also exploit them in increasingly sophisticated ways. This dramatically compounds and expands the outsize role currently played by AI-driven vulnerability scanning both in corporate IT security teams and open source communities. Mythos, however, represents more than a deluge of AI

MCP security: Logging and runtime security measures

Red Hat News - Wed, 04/08/2026 - 08:00
Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers often execute code or commands as instructed by an AI agent, exposing them to various risks. To help mitigate these risks, you should implement strict runtime security measures to contain what the server can do and to sanitize what it processes.As discussed in our previous blog post, MCP security: Implementing robust authentication and authorization, an important aspect of MCP security is the ability to monitor autonomous agent behaviour and identify potential threats in real-time. By maintaining a detailed audit trail of tool invocations, authentication ev

Flatpak 1.16.4 Brings Important Security Fixes For Sandbox Escape & Deleting Host Files

Phoronix - Wed, 04/08/2026 - 05:47
That Flatbox app sandboxing and distribution system is out today with important security updates...

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