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Mirai, a newly discovered and still poorly detected piece of Linux malware, is being used to rope IoT devices into DDoS botnets. Researchers from MalwareMustDie have recently …

Users posting on Bleeping Computer’s forums have alerted the world to a new threat targeting Linux server admins: the FairWare ransomware. Whether the ransomware …

The Linux Foundation analyzed the work done by over 13,500 developers over more than a decade, to provide insight into the Linux kernel development trends and methodologies …

A group of Dutch researchers have demonstrated a variant of the Rowhammer attack that can be used to successfully compromise Linux virtual machines on cloud servers. The Flip …

The problem of planted malicious USB devices is compounded by the fact that, no matter what, users will rarely stop to think and ultimately choose not to insert them because …

Canonical’s Ubuntu Forums have been hacked, and the attacker has managed to access and download part of the Forums database, containing usernames, email addresses and …

About the author Chris Binnie is a Technical Consultant with 20 years of experience working with Linux systems, and a writer for Linux Magazine and Admin Magazine. He built an …

Technical details about a serious vulnerability affecting all but the latest version of the GNU wget software have been released online, along with PoC exploit scenarios. …

Recruiting open source talent is a top priority for hiring managers focused on recruiting technology talent, and recruiters are increasingly looking for more professional …

The Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), a project managed by The Linux Foundation that aims to improve the security of critical open source projects, issued its first round …

Canonical released Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, featuring the new “snap” package format and LXD pure-container hypervisor. An Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release is …

There is a difference between the security of an operating system and the security of the data created, which is edited and manipulated by people and saved on the operating …