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A Marquee Week for Cybersecurity in Vegas

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The cyber industry’s eyes are on Las Vegas this week, where two of the biggest conferences of the year are taking place.

Brittany Day
Aug 10, 2022

The Linux Foundation Announces Keynote Speakers for Open Source Summit Europe 2022

Global visionaries headline the premier open source event in Europe to share on OSS adoption in Europe, driving the circular economy, finding inspiration through the pandemic, supply chain security and more.

Brittany Day
Aug 04, 2022

Kali Linux team to stream free penetration testing course on Twitch

Offensive Security, the creators of Kali Linux, announced today that they would be offering free access to their live-streamed ‘Penetration Testing with Kali Linux (PEN-200/PWK)’ training course later this month.

Brittany Day
Jun 09, 2022

White House hosts open-source software security summit in light of expansive Log4j flaw

Tech giants and federal agencies meet at the White House to discuss open-source software security, a response to the widespread Log4j vulnerability that’s worrying industry and cyber leaders.

Brittany Day
Jan 14, 2022

Linux Foundation adds software supply chain security to LFX

To address the growing threat of software supply chain attacks, the Linux Foundation announced at the at the Linux Foundation Membership Summit that it is upgrading its LFX Security module to deal with these attacks.

Brittany Day
Nov 04, 2021

Google just tripled its bounty for Linux kernel bugs. Here's why

Linux is everywhere and it needs extra protection, according to Google. "We are constantly investing in the security of the Linux Kernel because much of the internet, and Google – from the devices in our pockets, to the services running on Kubernetes in the cloud – depend on the security of it," said Eduardo Vela from the Google Bug Hunters Team.

Brittany Day
Nov 03, 2021

SPDX becomes internationally recognized standard

In use for a decade as the de facto standard for communicating software bills of materials, The Linux Foundation has announced that the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) specification has been published as ISO/IEC 5962:2021 and recognized as the open standard for security, license compliance and other software supply chain artifacts.

Brittany Day
Sep 10, 2021

Happy birthday, Linux: From a bedroom project to billions of devices in 30 years

In celebration of Linux's 30th birthday, Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux Foundation fellow who oversees stable Linux kernel releases, talks about world domination, what was, and what may be for the kernel.

Brittany Day
Aug 26, 2021

Happy 30th Birthday, Linux!

Marius Nestor celebrates Linux’s 30th birthday with a good champagne, a delicious cake and a brief recount of 30 freaking awesome years of the inherently secure and increasingly popular Linux OS - and many more to come!

Brittany Day
Aug 25, 2021

How Linux has changed the business landscape: It's more than you think

On the year of Linux's 30th anniversary, Linux security expert and TechRepublic writer Jack Wallen ponders how the open-source OS has profoundly affected the landscape of enterprise businesses.

Brittany Day
Aug 12, 2021

My life with Linux: A retrospective

In honor of Linux's 30th birthday, Linux security expert and TechRepublic writer Jack Wallen describes how the OS changed his life.

Brittany Day
Aug 11, 2021

Hands On: DEF CON 29 Badge Embraces the New Normal

DEF CON 29 will be an event to remember, with this year’s conference being presented in both physical and virtual forms simultaneously. Following the theme, the DC29 badge is not only a practical tool for virtual attendees, but an electronic puzzle for those who are able to bring a few of them together physically. Let’s take a closer look at this socially distanced badge and the tech that went into it.

Brittany Day
Aug 06, 2021

Black Hat USA 2021 Cybersecurity Conference Live Updates

The Black Hat USA 2021 conference, under way in Las Vegas, is generating plenty of cybersecurity news. Here are some of the highlights of Black Hat USA 2021 so far.

Brittany Day
Aug 04, 2021

Black Hat USA 2021 and DEF CON 29: What to expect from the security events

BlackHat USA 2021 is in full swing and DEF CON 29 is rapidly approaching! LinuxSecurity is covering both events on Twitter, and will summarize key takeaways in an upcoming feature article. Here's some topics you'll learn about at this year's events.

Brittany Day
Aug 03, 2021

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Red Hat Brings Red Hat Universal Base Image to Docker Hub

Red Hat has brought its Universal Base Image to Docker Hub as “Verified Publisher” images in an effort to help developers and operators build more secure and scalable containerized solutions.

Brittany Day
May 28, 2021

Linux's Technical Advisory Board reports on the UMN 'Hypocrite Commits' patches

The Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board reports on what was found in its complete examination of University of Minnesota patches, putting out the fire between the Linux kernel community and the University of Minnesota (UMN).

Brittany Day
May 06, 2021

University of Minnesota researchers issue apology letter to the Linux community

The researchers who prompted the University of Minnesota's ban from Linux kernel development are attempting to bury the hatchet, and have issued an apology letter to the Linux community.

Brittany Day
Apr 26, 2021

Greg Kroah-Hartman bans University of Minnesota from Linux development for deliberately buggy patches

Some researchers from the University of Minnesota tried to slip bad patches into the Linux kernel as a "test." When they kept trying, Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux kernel maintainer for the stable branch, put an end to their efforts by banning their university from Linux development.

Brittany Day
Apr 22, 2021

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Linux Foundation creates research division to study open source impact

In the latest sign of the growing influence of open source software, the Linux Foundation has announced that it is creating a new research unit to provide greater insight into open-source technology, as well as the people creating it. Among the group’s priorities are examining diversity and security.

Brittany Day
Apr 15, 2021

Microsoft: We've open-sourced this tool we used to hunt for code by SolarWinds hackers

Microsoft is open-sourcing the CodeQL queries that it used to investigate the impact of Sunburst or Solarigate malware planted in the SolarWinds Orion software updates, enabling other organizations to use the queries to perform a similar analysis. Mike Hanley, CSO of GitHub, says CodeQL provides, "key guardrails that help developers avoid incidents and shipping vulnerabilities".

Brittany Day
Feb 26, 2021

Organizations/Events - Page 3

Linus Torvalds Addresses Malicious Developers, Hardware Errors and More at Open Source Summit

SPDX 3.0 Revolutionizes Software Management & Security

OWASP Discloses Data Breach Attributed to Wiki Misconfiguration