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University of Minnesota banned from contributing to Linux kernel

The Verge

The University of Minnesota has been banned from contributing to the Linux kernel by one of its maintainers after researchers from the school apparently knowingly submitted code with security flaws. The possibility of bugs slipping through is well-known in the open-source software community.

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How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel

The Verge

Fifteen days later, the University of Minnesota was banned from contributing to the Linux kernel. “I I suggest you find a different community to do experiments on,” wrote Linux Foundation fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman in a livid email. But among the other major characters — the Linux developers — there was no such hesitancy.

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Linux Foundation: Open Source Code Worth $5B

Data Center Knowledge

Report attempts to quantify value of collaborative code Read More.

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Report Reveals Top Cyber Threats, Trends of 2023 First Half

SecureWorld News

Critical Start today released its biannual Cyber Intelligence Report, featuring the top threats observed in the first half of 2023 and emerging cybersecurity trends impacting the healthcare, financial services, and state and local government industries.

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UNCOVERING VULNERABILITIES IN OPEN SOURCE LIBRARIES

ForAllSecure

In recent articles, ForAllSecure has discussed how we were able to use our next-generation fuzzing solution, Mayhem, to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in several open source projects, including Netflix DIAL reference , Das U-Boot , and more. It is packaged in Debian and in derivative Linux distros such as Ubuntu.

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A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

Vox

One of the most fascinating and frightening incidents in computer security history started in 2022 with a few pushy emails to the mailing list for a small, one-person open source project. He — along with a number of other accounts — was apparently part of a campaign to compromise nearly every Linux-running computer in the world.

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What’s Free at Linux Academy — March 2019

Linux Academy

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group, allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.

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