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We have thousands of posts on a wide variety of open source and security topics, conveniently organized for searching or just browsing.
A significant change has been merged into the x86 fixes for Linux 6.9, requiring the seeding of RNG (Random Number Generation) with RdRand for CoCo (Confidential Computing) environments. The change focuses on CoCo virtual machines, designed to be as isolated as possible, assuming the VM host is untrusted. RdRand is critical as a hardware random number generator instruction for entropy to guest VMs. Security expert and WireGuard developer Jason Donenfeld authored this change.
Recent enhancements have been made to GitHub Actions, a feature of GitHub that enables automation and CI/CD processes for developer teams. The updates focus on boosting security and power for GitHub-hosted runners, virtual machines that execute workflows.
Tails 6.1 has been released as the latest version of the renowned Linux distribution focused on privacy and anonymity. This critical analysis will delve into the release's key updates and improvements, discuss the implications for security practitioners, and explore potential long-term consequences.
Integrating the Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition (GUAC) in the open-source security framework has tremendous potential to improve software supply chain security. GUAC is an initiative introduced by Google, Kusari, Purdue University, and Citi that aggregates software security metadata into a high-fidelity graph database.
Openwall has released Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG) 0.9.8 with significant updates and improvements. For those unfamiliar with Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), it is a kernel module that performs runtime integrity checking of the Linux kernel and detects security vulnerability exploits against the kernel.