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with the approaching end-of-life (EOL) of CentOS Stream 8, enterprises may face critical challenges in securing their Linux environment. This analysis provides insights into the potential consequences of CentOS Stream 8 EOL, discusses mitigation strategies, and examines the importance of maintaining security in enterprise environments.
Kali and ParrotOS are two Linux distros that are great for security pros. They're both versatile, and they're both based on Debian. But they differ in some key ways, especially in their default configurations.
Kali Linux is a security distribution that is built upon Ubuntu and Debian. It is an open-source project designed to provide users with comprehensive tools for penetration testing, digital forensics, and reverse engineering.
The Nitrux 3.2.0 release brings a number of new significant features, updates, and bug fixes to the Linux-based operating system I wanted to share with you!
PHLAK 0.2 has been released. With many bug fixes and an overall better feel and look, 0.2 will deliver what we had hoped 0.1 would have. Head over to www.phlak.org to grab your copy and start testing. PHLAK . . .
Microsoft has announced new security features for WSL in an attempt to nudge organizations to use this capability.
Is Linux still fun if it's harder to break? Linux has long been a dependable operating system, but new versions utilize technologies that make your desktop even harder to break.
Ubuntu 21.10 focuses on stronger security. It also includes smoother app discovery processes. In advance of next year’s bigger update, Ubuntu 23.10 offers a surprising amount of additional refinement.
This has the potential to improve Linux desktop and container security significantly.
Ubuntu has been depending on baby steps to keep it moving forward. And although Mantic Minitaur might look as if it follows that pattern, there's more to it than meets the eye.
Disclosed back in August was the Inception vulnerability affecting all Zen processors. It took until today though for the mainline Linux kernel to mitigate Hygon processors for this vulnerability for those Zen 1 CPUs formed from the AMD-Chinese joint venture.
It turns out that Ubuntu Linux installations of Ubuntu 23.04, 22.04.3 LTS, and installs done since April 2023 that accepted the Snap version update haven't been following Ubuntu's own recommended security best practices for their security pocket configuration for packages. A new Subiquity release was issued today to fix this problem while those on affected Ubuntu installs are recommended to manually edit their /etc/apt/sources.list file.
The recent news regarding Red Hat’s decision to limit access to the source code of their Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution has garnered considerable attention. "It is wise to make sure security and IT compliance aspects are addressed. Perhaps more open source Linux distributions will appear in the near future and offer another alternative to CentOS Linux."
One of the most-used Linux distros is Kali Linux, which is preferred by security professionals.
Downfall is the latest speculative execution vulnerability discovered in Intel’s x86 CPU architecture. As custom dictates, the chipmaker has released a microcode update and Linux kernel patches to mitigate the flaw. Like most security fixes, these updates degrade performance as they essentially block speculative execution in certain scenarios.
An unknown group of hackers is using a novel strain of malware to attack publicly accessible deployments of Redis — a popular data storage tool used by major companies like Amazon, Hulu and Tinder.
An additional three years are also added to RHEL 8 and 9's lifecycles, which are still both fully supported.
SQLite 3.42 is now available as the newest update to this widely-used, embed-friendly SQL database option that is used by countless applications and other software for lightweight and speedy data storage purposes.
One of the great longtime features of Ubuntu Linux has been Launchpad's Personal Package Archives (PPAs) for easily augmenting the official Ubuntu repositories with additional packages either to supply updated versions of select software or for software not yet found in the official Ubuntu archives. With Ubuntu 23.10 a change is being made in how PPAs are managed to enhance the security and reliability.
Well, this is a bit strange... Intel just published Friday afternoon CPU microcode updates for all supported processor families back to Coffee Lake "Gen 8" for undisclosed security updates.
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