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QEMU Live Update

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In this article, Oracle Linux Kernel engineers Steve Sistare and Mark Kanda introduce QEMU Live Update, a new method for updating a running QEMU instance to a new version while minimizing the impact to the VM guest.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 17, 2020

CBL-Mariner: Microsoft's internal Linux distribution for Azure first-party services and edge appliances

Microsoft's Linux Systems Group has developed CBL-Mariner, a Linux distro for internal use that is available on GitHub.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 12, 2020

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Torvalds hails the removal of a relic from Linux’s early days

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has hailed the removal of defunct addressing function set_fs() in 5.10. Set_fs(), which has featured in the kernel since its early days, has been the source of many security vulnerabilities over the years.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 27, 2020

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Snyk to automatically check Docker Official Images for security problems

Snyk is now checking Docker Official Images for security holes - helping protect sysadmins who grab container images for production without checking them for vulnerabilities first.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 23, 2020

New Gitjacker tool lets you find .git folders exposed online

A new open-source tool called Gitjacker can help developers discover when they've accidentally uploaded /.git folders online and have left sensitive information exposed to attackers. Gitjacker is available as a free download on Github.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 20, 2020

Linux 5.9: Not a game-changer, but a good, solid Linux kernel

The latest Linux kernel release is certainly not a game-changer, but does offer some notable performance improvements that will make certain groups of users much happier.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 15, 2020

Linux 5.9 Release – Main Changes, Arm, MIPS & RISC-V Architectures

Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 5.9 on lkml : "Ok, so I’ll be honest – I had hoped for quite a bit fewer changes this last week, but at the same time there doesn’t really seem to be anything particularly scary in here. It’s just more commits and more lines changed than I would have wished for."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 12, 2020

Unix vs Linux – Key Differences You Need To Know

Unix and Linux are two operating systems that have many significant overlapping features and, yet, continue to be unique in their own ways. Both Unix- and Linux-based OSes offer a high level of security due to their lack of root access and quick updates.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 09, 2020

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Tails 4.11 Anonymous OS Released with Tor Browser 10, Extended Persistent Storage

Tails 4.11 - the latest version of the "Anonymous OS" - is now available for download, offering a selection of improvements, updated components and security fixes.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 05, 2020

Fedora 34 Aims To Further Enhance Security But Will Lose Runtime Disabling Of SELinux

With the release of Fedora 34, the popular Linux distro aims to further increase security by removing support for the disabling of SELinux at run-time.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 25, 2020

Announcement of the passing of Jari Fredriksson

Today we learned of the passing of a long-time contributor to the Linux and SpamAssassin communities. Jari Fredriksson ran a mirror for sa-update for a long time, contributed to our masscheck system, tested numerous releases, and has given us tons of great feedback over the years. He'll be missed. May his memory be a blessing.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2020

What's new in the Linux kernel

After all these years, Linux kernel core developers keep innovating. New kernel versions will be faster and more stable.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 15, 2020

5 open source software applications for virtualization

Open-source software offers a selection of benefits including improvements in security, flexibility and agility, but admins must first determine whether each tool's use cases align with their workload needs.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 31, 2020

OpenEEW Formed to Expedite Earthquake Warning Systems

OpenEEW, a new open-source IoT project hosted by the Linux Foundation and IBM, aims to save lives by reducing the cost of earthquake early-warning (EEW) systems and accelerating their deployments globally.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 26, 2020

This Open-Source Tool Enables Mozilla VPN on Linux

Mozilla officially announced its very own VPN service earlier this year, and the company is still working on the official clients for Linux and Mac. In the meantime MozWire - a third-party tool that brings Mozilla VPN to Linux and Mac - is available on GitHub as an open-source project.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 21, 2020

Pen-Testers of the World Rejoice, Kali Linux 2020.3 Is Here

Pen-testers of the world rejoice! Kali Linux 2020.3 has been released, bringing a host of new features and tools to the popular digital forensics and pentesting distro.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 20, 2020

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Parrot OS 4.10 Released, Now Officially Supports Lightweight Xfce Desktop

Parrot OS 4.10 has been released with important updates, improvements and bug fixes - including mitigations for recent BootHole vulnerabilities.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 18, 2020

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Pysa: An Open-Source Tool To Detect & Fix Security Issues In Python Code

Pysa, a powerful tool used by Facebook to identify and eliminate security vulnerabilities in Python code, is now open-source.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 12, 2020

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Have I Been Pwned to release code base to the open source community

Have you heard that Troy Hunt's popular data breach and record exposure search engine Have I Been Pwned is going open source?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 10, 2020

First Point Version Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Arrives With A Lot Of Bug Fixes

Ubuntu 20.04.1 has finally been released after the rescheduling of the point release date of Ubuntu 20.04 and 18.04. This marks the first point release for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which arrived on April 23, 2020, with various new features and enhancements.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 07, 2020

Security Projects - Page 11

Linux Kernel 6.9 Released with Critical Fixes & Upgrades

Nmap 7.95 Released with New OS and Service Detection Signatures

AlmaLinux 9.4 Reinforces Robust Linux Security