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ProtonVPN apps handed to open source community in transparency push

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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

Mozilla Firefox Could Soon Get a “Tor Mode” Add-on

Are you a Mozilla Firefox user? Did you know that Firefox browser could soon receive a Tor mode add-on that would significantly enhance privacy by connecting to the Tor network? While the final goal is to implement a fully-featuredTORmode in the browser natively, such a project takes time, and members of Mozilla and the Tor team discussed the challenges at a recent meeting. Their proposal was to develop a browser add-on that would enable this Tor mode inFirefox, as this approach could give the two organizations enough time to plan on the engineering work that is needed for this new feature.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 22, 2019

Following Court Decision, Amazon and Microsoft Set to Compete Over Military’s Cloud Computing Contract

Have you been following the JEDI project? The $10 billion project has been full of controversy; however, the Pentagon still hopes to seal the deal with either Amazon or Microsoft next month.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 15, 2019

Linux May Gain Protection Against Hyper-Threading Attacks

Have you heard that security researchers have been working on security feature for Linux kernels that could protect Linux-based systems against attacks that affect Intel’s Hyper-Threading (HT) feature? Multiple side-channel threats the feature's vulnerable against, including L1TF/Foreshadow and the MDS attacks, have been revealed over the past few months.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 12, 2019

Security Projects - Page 15

The End of the Road for Linux 6.11: A Call to Upgrade to Kernel 6.12

Exploring Arch Linux 2024.12.01: Security Implications & Notable Enhancements for Linux Admins

Deck the Halls with Enhanced Security: Linux Kernel 6.13's Top Features & Improvements