News in the Linux category

Project Crostini: Chrome OS to Support Containerized Linux Apps

Google is in the process of adding support to Chrome OS for running containerized Linux applications, according to a commit spotted in the operating system's source code last week by Reddit users.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 26, 2018
- 03:50 PM
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PSA: Improperly Secured Linux Servers Targeted with Chaos Backdoor

Hackers are using SSH brute-force attacks to take over Linux systems secured with weak passwords and are deploying a backdoor named Chaos.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 23, 2018
- 07:32 AM
- 0
Botched npm Update Crashes Linux Systems, Forces Users to Reinstall

A bug in npm (Node Package Manager), the most widely used JavaScript package manager, will change ownership of crucial Linux system folders, such as /etc, /usr, /boot.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 22, 2018
- 03:23 PM
- 4
Ubuntu Gets in the User Data Collection Business

Canonical announced plans to roll out a user data and diagnostics collection system with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver). This new system will collect data on the user's OS details, hardware setup, apps and OS settings.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 15, 2018
- 10:15 AM
- 3
It's 2018 and You Can Still p0wn Your Linux Box by Plugging in a USB Stick

Linux users running KDE Plasma desktop environments need to apply patches to fix a bug that can lead to malicious code execution every time a user mounts a USB thumb drive on his computer.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 12, 2018
- 05:02 AM
- 7
LKRG: Linux to Get a Loadable Kernel Module for Runtime Integrity Checking

Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel. Named Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), this is a loadable kernel module that will perform runtime integrity checking of the Linux kernel.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 04, 2018
- 06:33 AM
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Linus Torvalds Thinks the Linux Spectre Patches are "UTTER GARBAGE"

Linus Torvalds wrote a scathing email to the Linux Kernel mailing list where he does not hold back regarding how he feels about the Spectre patches. Calling them "complete and utter garbage", Linus states that while Intel appears to be trying, or will be doing, the right thing regarding the Meltdown patches, he felt that Intel was pa
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 22, 2018
- 04:14 PM
- 1