October 5, 2022 From the next version, Debian 12, aka Bookworm, Debian Linux will include proprietary firmware. Although Debian has always offered a selection of installation images that contain proprietary software, they have been described as experimental. Plans more...
October 4, 2022 The main force behind the development of the Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds has released a stable cut of Linux kernel version 6.0. Notable features of Linux 6.0 include better ACPI handling and power management, more...
September 22, 2022 Over 350,000 open-source repositories may be open to compromise because they include a Python module containing an unpatched 15-year-old vulnerability. That’s the finding of researchers at Trellix, who said the hole, CVE-2007-4559, is in Python’s more...
August 31, 2022 Google is adding to its bounty program that pays for the discovery of application vulnerabilities. On Tuesday the company launched the Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP) to reward discoveries of bugs in more...
July 8, 2022 A newly detected Linux malware is being used to covertly steal information from backdoored Linux systems and infect all running processes on the network. Intezer Labs security researchers, who first spotted the malware, named it more...
July 7, 2022 More malicious Javascript code has been found in packages available on the open-source NPM repository, say researchers at ReversingLabs, highlighting the most recent discovery of untrustworthy libraries on open-source sites. The company said it has more...
June 22, 2022 A researcher has built a website that utilizes installed Google Chrome extensions to generate a fingerprint of the device that can be used to track the user online. In tracking users online, it is possible more...
June 17, 2022 Mozilla is now shielding all Firefox users by default from cross-site tracking while browsing the Web. Beginning Thursday, Mozilla has enabled its Total Cookie Protection set of privacy enhancements for all Firefox users anywhere in more...
June 6, 2022 The Evil Corp cybercrime gang has now transitioned to deploying LockBit ransomware on their target networks in an effort to avoid sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Evil more...
May 13, 2022 Nvidia has announced plans to open-source part of its Linux GPU drivers joining both Intel and AMD. This mark the first step toward open source parity for Nvidia's Linux driver packages. "This release is a more...
