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RHEL 9.0, the latest major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux , delivers tighter security, as well as improved installation, distribution, and management for enterprise server and cloud environments. . The operating system, code named Plow, is a significant upgrade over RHEL 8.0 and makes it easier for application developers to test and deploy containers. Available in server and desktop versoins, RHEL remains one of the top Linux distributions for running enterprise workloads because of its stability, dependability, and robustness. . The newly released CentOS 9.0 version enhances both security protocols and administrative functionalities, tailored for business server and cloud environments.. RHEL 9, Security Enhancements, Enterprise Management, Linux Features. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
The HolesWarm botnet cryptominer has already compromised 1,000-plus clouds since June. . By leveraging more than 20 known vulnerabilities in Linux and Windows servers, the HolesWarm cryptominer malware has been able to break into more than 1,000 cloud hosts just since June. The basic cryptominer botnet has been so successful at juggling so many different known vulnerabilities between attacks, researchers at Tencent who first identified HolesWarm refer to the malware as the “King of Vulnerability Exploitation.” Tencent warned that both government and enterprise should mitigate known vulnerabilities as soon as possible to prevent from falling prey to the next HolesWarm attack. The link for this article located at ThreatPost is no longer available. . Exploiting more than 25 weaknesses in Windows systems, CloudThief malware has infiltrated upwards of 1,500 virtual machines since July.. HolesWarm Botnet, Cryptominer Threat, Linux Exploit Risks, Cloud Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
SUSE's acquisition of open-source Kubernetes startup Rancher Labs closed earlier this month - and this decision could very well make the German company behind the SUSE Linux distro the hybrid cloud company to watch in 2021. . SUSE is about a year older than Red Hat. At the turn of the century, it was considered the Cadillac of Linux distros, but the company has been playing catch-up for much of this century, struggling under a series of corporate owners who did little to help it prosper. In 2018, however, after it gained independence via acquisition by the Stockholm-based private equity investor EQT Partners -- just months before Red Hat lost its independence by selling to IBM -- things started turning around for SUSE. It's been redefining itself in an apparent effort to differentiate from competitors, primarily from Red Hat, a fellow enterprise Linux distro giant, but also from VMware and the big public clouds. The link for this article located at DataCenter Knowledge is no longer available. . The merger of SUSE with Rancher Labs has the potential to elevate its status to a frontrunner in the realm of Kubernetes and hybrid cloud services.. SUSE,Rancher Labs,Kubernetes solutions,cloud strategies,enterprise Linux. . Brittany Day
Nutanix pushed general availability of its Karbon certified Kubernetes platform that runs as part of its broader Nutanix Cloud Native stack. . Karbon is an on-premises Kubernetes platform that combines storage, networking, observability, and monitoring into Nutanix’s cloud native platform. It allows customers to set up a production-ready Kubernetes platform with networking and default storage classes. Karbon also comes installed with the Kubernetes container storage interface (CSI) that can be used to mount a file system using the internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) with Nutanix Volumes and network file system (NFS) with Nutanix Files. The link for this article located at SDX is no longer available. . Karbon is an on-premises Kubernetes platform that combines storage, networking, observability, and m. nutanix, pushed, general, availability, karbon, certified, kubernetes, platform. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
The Edward Snowden revelations about NSA snooping in the cloud are not having an impact on OpenStack cloud vendors, including Rackspace and Dreamhost.. HONG KONG The link for this article located at eWeek is no longer available. . Investigating the responses of OpenStack providers such as Rackspace to the apprehensions regarding NSA surveillance in cloud environments.. OpenStack Security, Cloud Privacy, Vendor Resilience. . Anthony Pell
The Tor Project is tapping Amazon's EC2 cloud service to make it easier for volunteers to donate bandwidth to the anonymity network.. Developers with the project have released preconfigured Tor Cloud images that volunteers can use to quickly deploy bridges that allow users to access the service. The new system is designed to take some of the pain out running such Tor relays by reducing the work and cost of deploying and running the underlying hardware and software. The link for this article located at The Register UK is no longer available. . Ready-to-use Tor Cloud images enable supporters to effortlessly manage relays for the privacy network.. Tor Cloud, Anonymity Network, Volunteer Relays, Bandwidth Contribution. . Anthony Pell
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