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Today’s newsletter highlights our two most recent feature articles: IoT Security Vulnerabilities are Ubiquitous: How To Secure Your Router and Your Linux System Now and The Ultimate Guide to Using Data Encryption on Linux. We also examine various topics including Drovorub, a new strain of Linux malware being used by malicious Russian hackers to spy on users, steal files and hijack devices, and how to hide sensitive files and folders from your Linux desktop file manager - explained in a helpful tutorial. Happy Monday - and happy reading!

IoT Security Vulnerabilities are Ubiquitous: How To Secure Your Router and Your Linux System Now - The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly growing, connecting more devices each day. It is projected that by 2025, the world will have an astounding 64 billion IoT devices .

The Ultimate Guide to Using Data Encryption on Linux - Data encryption has never been more important. New data protection and privacy regulations, such as GDPR, mean that companies storing unencrypted customer information are vulnerable to paying heavy fines. The public is now more aware of the importance of encryption, with massive data breaches impacting companies like Facebook receiving major media coverage.

  Pysa: An Open-Source Tool To Detect & Fix Security Issues In Python Code (Aug 12)
 

Pysa, a powerful tool used by Facebook to identify and eliminate security vulnerabilities in Python code, is now open-source.
  Researcher Demonstrates Several Zoom Vulnerabilities at DEF CON 28 (Aug 10)
 

Security researcher  Mazin Ahmed  demonstrated multiple serious vulnerabilities in the popular Zoom app, two of which impact Linux users, at DEF CON 28.
  NSA and FBI warn that new Linux malware threatens national security (Aug 14)
 

The NSA and FBI warn that a new Linux malware variant - dubbed Drovorub - is being used by APT 28 to compromise networks, execute malicious commands and steal sensitive data.
  BootHole Shows Need for Greater Scrutiny (Aug 11)
 

Recent BootHole vulnerabilities reconfirm that security functions require additional scrutiny to protect users and systems from dangerous exploits.
  1Password is coming to Linux (Aug 11)
 

After a decade of requests from Linux users, popular password manager 1Password is finally releasing a desktop Linux client.
  Have I Been Pwned to release code base to the open source community (Aug 10)
 

Have you heard that Troy Hunt's popular data breach and record exposure search engine  Have I Been Pwned  is going open source?
  This surprise Linux malware warning shows that hackers are changing their targets (Aug 17)
 

Drovorub - yet another strain of malware targeting Linux systems - is being used by malicious Russian hackers to spy on users, steal files and hijack devices.