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Cryptominer Abuses Linux PAM to Hide From SOC Analysts  Infosecurity Magazine

In an interesting twist, patches this week posted to the Linux kernel mailing list are enabling AMD Zen 6 client desktop and laptop SoCs for the HSMP driver. Up to now the AMD HSMP Linux driver was just used for modern EPYC server processors while now we are seeing this HSMP driver supporting the upcoming Medusa and Olympic Ridge client platforms... Including mentions of overclocking and even noting "Ryzen Master" as the Windows-only software for overclocking and system management...

AMD Zen 6 Client HSMP Patches Point To "Ryzen Master" Functionality On Linux  Phoronix

New GenieLocker Ransomware Attacks Windows, ESXi, and Linux Instances  CyberSecurityNews

FOSS Weekly #26.31: Ubuntu 26.10 Features, OpenUK, Graphene Trouble, Vibe Coded Linux and More  It's FOSS

Linux Cryptomining Campaign Weaponizes PAM to Hide XMRig Botnet Activity  CyberSecurityNews

The Xen Project today released Xen 4.22 as the newest feature release of this open-source hypervisor popular for open-source virtualization in automotive systems and other embedded use-cases as well as the cloud...

Xen 4.22 Released With AMD Zen 5 BLT Support, Improved RISC-V Virtualization  Phoronix

And Folks, We Have a Vibe Coded Linux Distro!  It's FOSS

I let Claude customize my Linux PC—and it did a better job than I ever could  Yahoo Tech

I let Claude customize my Linux PC—and it did a better job than I ever could  How-To Geek

Fedora 45 Introduces a Minimal GRUB Package for Confidential VMs  Linuxiac

I tried OpenBSD as my main desktop OS, and it made me rethink Linux  How-To Geek

How AI is Changing Linux VPS Security for Businesses  AI News

A Huawei engineer posted to the Mesa mailing list today over potentially upstreaming a Vulkan driver they have developed for an in-house GPU. However, at least in current form, this new in-house GPU Vulkan driver is likely dead in the water from being upstreamed into Mesa...

The Intel Arc A-Series graphics (DG2) remains in a bit of an awkward state on Linux due to the transition period moving from the i915 kernel driver to more modern and feature capable Xe kernel driver. It's only post-Alchemist where the Intel Xe driver is officially supported and used by default while those opting for the Xe driver with the A-Series can often enjoy better performance and functionality. Except one of the caveats in using the Xe driver on Alchemist GPUs has been the lack of proper media acceleration support...

Patches Posted To Improve Linux Media Acceleration On Intel Alchemist GPUs  Phoronix

Last week Debian developers began considering a general resolution over AI large language model (LLM) usage within the Debian project. They are now up to weighing five different proposals for how to permit or block AI/LLM usage in the Debian space...

Over the past few Intel VA-API Media Driver releases we have seen preparations made for Nova Lake video acceleration. That has continued today with the Intel Media Driver and Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime releases today with their new quarterly feature releases...

Steam Deck 1% low FPS boosted with AMD Ryzen Linux patch  OC3D