GitHub account hacked from Ubuntu-maker Canonical
Canonical's GitHub account has been hacked. Canonical is the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution. The source code of the project is secure, according to the distribution security team.
The hack took place last Saturday, writes ZDNet. According to the Ubuntu security team, the login details... Read more
Azure dominated by Linux users: software giant joins Linux security list
Microsoft Azure has more Linux users than Windows Server users. In 2017, 40 percent of the Azure virtual machines were Linux-based, and last year the percentage had already risen to 50 percent. Sasha Levin, Microsoft Linux kernel developer, has therefore asked Microsoft to join the Linux security li... Read more
SUSE Linux wants to close the gap between server and cloud
SUSE has launched a new flagship operating system: SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Server (SLES) Service Pack 1. This operating system should reduce the distance between the server and clouds.
SUSE itself calls it Multimodal IT, writes ZDNet. This means that SLES SP1 integrates cloud-based platforms into ... Read more
Red Hat makes beta available from new enterprise version Linux
Red Hat has made a new version of its Enterprise Linux operating system available as a beta. The new version, number 7.7, contains several updates aimed at stability that are still too cautious to be made available in version 8. Version 8 offers several new features and is already available as a pre... Read more
Dell brings more high-end Ubuntu Linux computers to market
Dell has announced that it will launch more Ubuntu Linux computers on the market. There are three mobile workstations with high-end specifications. The whole family comes with Ubuntu 18.04, which is the most recent LTS version of Ubuntu. They also support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Workstation ... Read more
Researchers discover Linux version of Winnti malware
Chronicle security researchers have discovered a Linux version of Winnti malware for the first time. According to Alphabet's cyber security division, the Linux version acts as a backdoor for infected hosts, giving attackers access to compromised systems.
The Linux version would be very similar to th... Read more
Newest Linux kernel 5.1 supports persistent memory
The latest Linux kernel now supports persistent memory. In addition, version 5.1 has received a new security update with SafeSetID Linux Security Module (LSM) and Atomic Replace prevents the need for rebooting, according to ZDnet.
According to Finnish-American computer scientist Linus Torvalds, deve... Read more
Microsoft Visual Studio Code gets official Snap version for Linux
Two days after the general availability of Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac, Microsoft will make Visual Studio Code available on Linux as Snap. This version has been available for Windows, Linux and Mac since 2016 and now benefits from Snap support for seamless automatic updates.
Microsoft rel... Read more
SUSE aims arrows at SAP HANA at Azure
SUSE has announced the first Enterprise Linux image for SAP HANA 'large instances' on Azure. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for SAP Applications image on Azure must provide consistent build and management capabilities on Azure.
SAP HANA Large Instances on Azure are hardware configurations d... Read more
Linux 4.21 officially launched as Linux 5.0
Linux founder Linus Torvalds has announced the availability of Linux 5.0. Despite the leap in version number, this release does not bring any significant new functionality with it.
Initially, the new kernel version would appear as Linux 4.21, but Torvalds finally decided it was time to jump to 5.0. ... Read more