Security updates for Thursday
Multiple Linux distributions issued security updates on Thursday, including AlmaLinux, Debian, Fedora, Mageia, Oracle, Red Hat, SUSE, and Ubuntu, addressing vulnerabilities in packages such as .NET, k…
Multiple Linux distributions issued security updates on Thursday, including AlmaLinux, Debian, Fedora, Mageia, Oracle, Red Hat, SUSE, and Ubuntu, addressing vulnerabilities in packages such as .NET, k…
Multiple Linux distributions issued security updates on Wednesday, including AlmaLinux, Debian, Fedora, Mageia, SUSE, and Ubuntu, addressing vulnerabilities in packages such as poppler, openssl, firef…
Aikido's AI pentesting tool discovered a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in phpBB, affecting tens of millions of users across thousands of forums. The flaw, present in versions up to 3.3.…
The rsync backup tool broke after a maintainer integrated AI-generated code, causing incremental backups to fail. Distributions like Alpine Linux and Debian are considering migrating to the openrsync …
Canonical announced plans to ship newer AMD ROCm versions as stable release updates (SRUs) for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, addressing the current inclusion of the months-old ROCm 7.1. The company aims to delive…
Ekorbia released version 0.3.0, expanding beyond macOS to offer native Windows and Linux builds for the first time. The update provides .deb, .rpm, and .AppImage formats for Linux and .msi and .exe in…
Yoe, a build system originally designed for Alpine Linux, now supports Debian as a second backend, enabling projects to build both Alpine and Debian images side by side. The Debian backend provides ac…
A developer in Indiana deployed an AI agent named Tuck on a low-powered server and within 47 days the agent mapped his entire homelab, orchestrated a crew of nine sub-agents, and shipped multiple soft…
The article describes a growing trend where people repurpose old laptops into dedicated writing machines called "writerdecks" by removing all graphical interfaces and distractions. The specific method…
This article explains that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is essential for web developers on Windows, as it allows them to run a genuine Linux environment directly on Windows without the overhead o…
The author converted an old, unused laptop into a minimalist "writerdeck"—a dedicated, distraction-free writing device running a console-only (tty) Debian Linux setup without a desktop environment or …
The author describes converting an old Linux laptop into a dedicated "writerdeck" by installing a tty-based Debian system without a desktop environment or browser, aiming to eliminate distractions and…
The article outlines five common reasons for SSH connection failures to an EC2 instance, including incorrect key file paths, wrong default usernames for different AMIs, unprotected private key files, …
This weekly roundup covers several security incidents, including a Linux privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-46333) affecting major distributions, a rise in infostealer malware attacks, and a…
Microsoft's secure boot certificates, used to sign the Linux shim bootloader, are expiring, which could prevent newer computers from booting Linux distributions with Secure Boot enabled. While existin…
ERNW released White Paper 76, a comprehensive Linux client hardening guide covering six security domains, validated on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and cross-tested on multiple distributions. The guide includes a…
Google's official gasket-driver repository for Coral TPU support has been abandoned as of April 2026, breaking compatibility with Debian 13/Trixie running kernel 6.13+. A community-maintained fork now…
Depot CI engineers reduced microVM cold boot times from 7-9 seconds to under 5 seconds by implementing direct kernel boot with a custom minimal Linux kernel, bypassing the standard Ubuntu image's unne…
Step-by-step guide for setting up a Naive Proxy using a modified version of the Caddy web server with the forwardproxy plugin. The instructions cover server preparation, including enabling Google BBR,…
The Macbook Neo, despite criticism for its 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, is a capable tool for producing creative and technical work like books, music, and software. It compares the device to a PS1 contr…