Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The open source ko project has applied to become a CNCF Sandbox project. Contrast that with Kubernetes, which started out “difficult” but invested in core tooling like kubeadm and Cluster API. Operating Systems/Applications. Engin Diri shares some tools and techniques for learning Rust.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

… And when you went from one application to the other, you had to redo it all from scratch. What’s really surprised us is the emergence of general tools. ” The need for strong open-source models: “The consolidation of power in AI is a huge risk. ” AI2 technical director Oren Etzioni.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 21, 2022

The threat actors use social engineering to encourage individuals to download trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows or macOS operating systems. The messages often mimic a recruitment effort and offer high-paying jobs to entice the recipients to download malware-laced cryptocurrency applications, which the U.S.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 25, 2023

It’s packed with tools for exploring hardware, software, and wireless protocols. But like any powerful tool, it can be misused. While initially seen as a prank, the potential for more malicious applications loomed large. Wall of Flippers is an open-source Python project offers a beacon of hope.

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Network World

JUNE 22, 2016

In a world where any new software project is built in large part on existing third-party code, finding and patching vulnerabilities in popular open-source libraries is vital to creating reliable and secure applications. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Ivan Pepelnjak has a post on running network automation tools in a container. In fact, he’s already built some container images, and the post has information on running tools from his prebuilt container image. Kevin Swiber shows how to use Postman to deploy an application onto a Kubernetes cluster. Bring on the content!

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 16, 2023

Sometimes, the security issues that software testing tools flag turn out to be false positives. A false negative is a security problem that exists but that your security testing tools do not detect. The testing tools then determine whether any of the vulnerabilities identified in the database exist within the application.

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Kitaboo

MAY 23, 2023

In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the fascinating world of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and explore how it is implemented in software applications. Let’s explore some of the key considerations: Compatibility: Ensuring compatibility across different platforms, devices, and operating systems can be a complex task.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

These vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers to gain access to sensitive data or systems. Implementing a vulnerability scanning tool is an important part of a comprehensive security strategy and vulnerability management plan. Web application vulnerability scan. Operating system vulnerability scan.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2020

The Google Chrome web browser, for example, is used on billions of devices and is completely open source, allowing any attacker to review exactly how the software works. Fuzzers are different from most software security tools. Those just starting out should try open source tools. Developer-friendly.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2020

The Google Chrome web browser, for example, is used on billions of devices and is completely open source, allowing any attacker to review exactly how the software works. Fuzzers are different from most software security tools. Those just starting out should try open source tools. Developer-friendly.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2020

The Google Chrome web browser, for example, is used on billions of devices and is completely open source, allowing any attacker to review exactly how the software works. Fuzzers are different from most software security tools. Those just starting out should try open source tools. Developer-friendly.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 17, 2024

The open-source universe just got a little more exciting with the release of Linux Mint 21.3, Warpinator, the file-sharing tool, gains the ability to connect to devices manually via IP or QR code. Create a system snapshot with Timeshift: Launch Timeshift from the application menu. Visual enhancements Linux Mint 21.3

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 10, 2020

Microsoft and other industry professionals strongly recommend upgrading computer systems to an actively supported operating system.". When an operating system reaches its End of Life, it becomes a prime target for hackers. An unsupported operating system grants hackers easier pickings.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

This article by Brian Caffey on deploying the same web application on ECS Fargate using three different IaC tools (CDK, Terraform, and Pulumi) has some really great and useful information in it. Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been collecting articles I wanted to share with readers on major areas in technology: networking, security, storage, virtualization, cloud computing, and OSes/applications. This particular Technology Short Take is a tad heavy on cloud computing, but there’s a decent mix of other articles as well.

Programming 96

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

ForAllSecure

MAY 19, 2023

The aim is to build secure, reliable and compliant applications from the outset of the development process, rather than addressing security as an afterthought. This helps ensure that the application is deployed with the latest security features and patches. DevSecOps is a practice that integrates security into the DevOps workflow.

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Galido

JUNE 30, 2016

VMI stands for Virtual Mobile Infrastructure and basically, it provides end users with a highly effective and an efficient way to have access to delicate mobile applications and information without much hassle. It creates virtual versions of mobile applications and sends them to a vast collection of devices.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 13, 2023

The Critical Start Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team analyzed a range of intelligence sources, such as customer data, open-source intelligence, vulnerability research, social media monitoring, and Dark Web monitoring to identify the most pressing cybersecurity threats of the first half of 2023.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

Join Ell Marquez (Jupiter Broadcasting/Linux Academy) and Tony Lambert (redcanary.com) in discussing a common sense approach to threat detection using only command line tools. LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. I recently read about the Evil-Twin Framework (ETF) , a tool for doing some wireless penetration testing.

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Vox

APRIL 13, 2020

The new contact-tracing tool, explained. The new tool brings with it not only hope for a quicker end to the pandemic, but also a host of privacy and security concerns. The contact-tracing tool Apple and Google want to create would have your smartphone log when you’ve come into close contact with other people. How it’s built.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Here’s a set of 15 principles for designing and deploying scalable applications on Kubernetes. Ajeet Singh Raina shares a list of the top 200 Kubernetes tools for DevOps engineers. Operating Systems/Applications. Steven Bright shows how to deploy Salt minions automatically using VMware Tools.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2022

Operating Systems/Applications. Julia Evans has a post discussing some “new-ish” command-line tools ; it might be worth checking out. This multi-tenancy page was recently added to the Kubernetes documentation; I say it is a welcome addition. This looks handy enough that I almost wish I liked Gmail.

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Cloud Musings

JUNE 29, 2017

Did you know that the reservations systems of the biggest carriers mostly run on a specialized IBM operating system known as Transaction Processing Facility (TPF). With all the major technologies changes since then, it’s clear that IBM has already accomplished a herculean task by keeping an application viable for over 50 years!

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Cloud Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

According to the former Equifax CEO’s testimony to Congress , one of the primary causes of this now infamous data breach was the company’s failure to patch a critical vulnerability in the open source Apache Struts Web application framework. A process to identify vulnerabilities in hardware, operating systems, and applications.

Operating Systems 79

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Operating Systems/Applications. Continuing his focus on cloud-init , Luc Dekens has added four more articles to his site discussing this tool. Cole Atkinson discusses the fact that osxfuse is no longer open source , and the ramifications of this development on open source in general.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework. While his post specifically addresses the AWS CDK, I think that some of his conclusions could also be applicable to other “infrastructure-as- actual -code” tools like Pulumi. Operating Systems/Applications. Think again.

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Vox

APRIL 16, 2020

Apple and Google’s contact-tracing tool has better privacy, but it isn’t perfect. Apple and Google are a month away from launching a series of updates to their smartphone operating systems that will use Bluetooth signals to track potential coronavirus cases. The tool could leave a dangerous door open.

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Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Additionally, we’ll use some common Linux tools, like grep and sed for some front-end regex use examples. Kubernetes is a powerful tool. Linux Operating System Fundamentals.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Sysdig explains PSPs, and talks about kube-psp-advisor , a tool to help simplify deploying PSPs. ClusterScope is a handy tool for finding outdated images in your Kubernetes cluster. This article discusses four open source secrets management tools. ” Operating Systems/Applications.

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Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Sathyajith Bhat covers five open source tools for container security. Robert Verdam has a two-part series on deploying an application to AWS with Terraform and Ansible ( part 1 , part 2 ). The kubespy tool, released by the Pulumi folks, looks interesting. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

marks the first release of the open source container orchestration platform that is signed using Sigstore (more details here ). Operating Systems/Applications. One project that caught my attention was Tart , a CLI-driven tool that leverages the virtualization support present in macOS to run virtual macOS instances.

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Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

Kitaboo

JULY 2, 2020

When it comes to MOBI eBook format, it is specialized for Kindle devices, and since Kindle is not an open-source format, the eReaders which support MOBI are not many. Related Read: 8 eBook Conversion Tools Compatible with Multiple Formats. Related Read: 8 eBook Conversion Tools Compatible with Multiple Formats.

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