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VPNs will change forever with the arrival of WireGuard into Linux

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This new, long-awaited technology will change how virtual private networks work first in Linux and then the rest of the VPN world.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 04, 2020

Google launches open-source security key project, OpenSK

Interested in using hardware security keys to log into online services more securely? Well, now you can make your own from scratch, thanks to an open-source project that Google announced last week.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 03, 2020

ANNOUNCE: Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.4 available

One of the most significant projects from the Apache Foundation has released another version of SpamAssassin. This is primarily a security release, but also includes improvements to macro document processing with OLVBMacro and a set of smaller fixes. Apache SpamAssassin is a mature, widely-deployed open source project that serves as a mail filter to identify spam. SpamAssassin uses a variety of mechanisms including mail header and text analysis, Bayesian filtering, DNS blocklists, and collaborative filtering databases. In addition, Apache SpamAssassin has a modular architecture that allows other technologies to be quickly incorporated as an addition or as a replacement for existing methods.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 29, 2020

ProtonVPN apps handed to open source community in transparency push

ProtonVPN has handed over application code to the open source community in a bid to improve transparency and security standards.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 22, 2020

Securing Kubernetes: Bug bounty program announced

Want to help lock down Kubernetes and make some money while you're at it? The Cloud Native Computing Foundation has a new bug bounty program for you.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 15, 2020

Linux 5.6 Seeing Random Changes, New "Insecure" Option With GRND_INSECURE

The recent work by longtime kernel developer Andy Lutomirski on improving Linux's random APIs and introducing a new "GRND_INSECURE" option is now queued into the random dev queue ahead of the Linux 5.6 cycle. Learn more:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 08, 2020

Canonical Outs Major Linux Kernel Update for All Supported Ubuntu Releases

Canonical has released the first Linux kernel security update for all of its supported Ubuntu Linux releases to address more than 30 security vulnerabilities. Learn more about this update and its implications for Ubuntu users:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 08, 2020

Python 2.7 Reaches End of Life After 20 Years of Development

Are you a Python user? As of January 1st, 2020, Python 2.7 has officially reached the end of life and will no longer receive security updates, bug fixes, or other improvements going forward. Learn more:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 03, 2020

Google's Kernel Runtime Security Instrumentation (KRSI) Is Something To Look Forward To In 2020

Back in September was an initial "request for comments" by Google on some kernel work they are doing with Kernel Runtime Security Instrumentation (KRSI) for providing eBPF-powered security helpers, ultimately for creating dynamic MAC and audit policies. Just before Christmas the first official version of this new eBPF-based instrumentation was sent out and is being prepared for deployment within Google. Learn more about Google's work with KRSI in a great Phoronix article:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 01, 2020

At long last, WireGuard VPN is on its way into Linux

For years, developers have been working on this new take on the virtual private network, and now it's finally ready to go. Learn more about this in-kernel VPN, which should be released in the next major Linux kernel release, 5.6, in the first or second quarter of 2020:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 10, 2019

GitHub launches 'Security Lab' to help secure open source ecosystem

In GitHub's new 'Security Lab', fourteen companies unite get together to search, find, and fix security flaws in GitHub-hosted open source projects. Learn more in an interesting ZDNet article:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 15, 2019

Google launches leaked-password checker, will bake it into Chrome in December

Google plans to add a hacked-password alert system into its browser by the end of year; Firefox aims to do much the same thing this month. Learn more in an informative Computerworld article:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 04, 2019

IBM will soon launch a 53-qubit quantum computer

IBMcontinues to push its quantum computing efforts forward and today announced that it will soon make a 53-qubit quantum computer available to clients of itsIBM Q Network. The new system, which is scheduled to go online in the middle of next month, will be the largest universal quantum computer available for external use yet.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2019

Kali Linux Ethical Hacking OS Switches to Linux 5.2

Offensive Security has announced the release and general availability of the Kali Linux 2019.03 operating system, a major update to the Kali Linux 2019 series that adds lots of new features, improvements, and updated hacking tools. Learn more in this great Softpedia News article:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 05, 2019

New Release: Tor Browser 9.0a6

Have you heard that Tor Browser 9.0a6 has been released with important security updates to Firefox?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 05, 2019

Run Tor Bridges to Defend the Open Internet

Learn how setting up and running Tor bridges can help defend the open Internet in this great Tor Blog article:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 28, 2019

Confidential Computing Consortium Formed To Protect Processed Data

A newConfidential Computing Consortiumwasannounced on Wednesdayby the Linux Foundation to boost the security of processed data. Learn more in an awesome Redmond Magazine article:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 27, 2019

How an NSA researcher plans to allow everyone to guard against firmware attacks

A NSA open-source security project will increase security in machines by essentially placing a machine's firmware in a container to isolate it from threat actors. Learn more in an interesting CyberScoop article:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 26, 2019

Microsoft, Intel and others are doubling down on open source Linux security

With large corporations' contributions to open-source projects and adoption of open-source programs, your personal data could be kept more securely by big firms.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 26, 2019

Here’s what you need to know about IBM’s new open-source Data Asset Exchange for AI

Have you heard that IBM’s Center for Open-Source Data and AI Technologies (CODAIT) recently unveiled a pair of carefully curated databases designed to provide machine learning developers models and datasets for AI projects?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 25, 2019

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