# Attackers backdoor trusted AWS integrations to steal secrets > Source: > Published: 2026-11-09 19:59:50+00:00 ### [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai) - #### Microsoft's Azure Linux gets 470-plus security fixes in one almighty patching sessionA mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams - #### PyTorch 2.15 tackles the 'one bad GPU' problemTechnical debt shoveled aside to make large-scale AI training more resilient - #### Meta brings Conductor on board its model trainAgent orchestration startup gets its exit - #### Bare metal boom: On-prem server sales for HPC and AI up 20% this yearFirms still want kit on-premises, but spike in revenue is as much about increased costs as higher sales - #### Windows pushed AI PCs, but now it's hit a wall of RAM pricesCustomers sweating assets amid tight budgets, as Microsoft execs get creative with sales pitches ### [Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security) - Security #### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more! - Security #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more - Black Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included - Security #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified - Malware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career ### [FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS) - #### Crowd fave Linux Mint update approaches, fresh from autumn release of Cinnamon desktopMint 27 to land before Christmas, with stable Wayland display upgrades, as punters try out Cinnamon 6.8 - #### openSUSE Leap 16.1 gives Linux users the right to remain immutableOne installer now offers conventional and read-only systems as separate Micro distro bows out - #### Achieving nirvana: Enlightenment 0.28 hits the desktopVery nearly 30something environment gets spruced up… and there's a new Trinity, too - #### Architect creates open source replacement for VM migration tool VMware has hiddenOpenVDDK is reportedly already being used in production, at scale - #### AlpineBSD announced – an AI-free FOSS OSCombining the NetBSD kernel with the Alpine Linux userland - #### Ubuntu 27.04 may bring a preview of the long-awaited Core DesktopCanonical has a long way to catch up, but it knows who it's chasing