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Report: Facebook Helped the FBI Exploit Vulnerability in a Secure Linux Distro for Child Predator Sting

Gizmodo

Facebook security personnel and engineers helped the FBI track down a notorious child predator by helping a third-party company develop an exploit in a security-focused version of the Linux operating system, Tails, per a Wednesday report by Vice.

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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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Vulnerability in Linux program enables local privilege escalation, researchers report

Venture Beast

A new vulnerability in Linux software can be exploited for local privilege escalation and to gain root privileges, Qualys researchers said. 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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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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Google’s new Fuchsia OS arrives first on old Nest Hub

The Verge

Google’s long-awaited Fuchsia OS is starting to quietly roll out on its first consumer device, the first-generation Nest Hub, 9to5Google reports. Google’s work on Fuchsia OS first emerged in 2016 , and the open-source operating system is notable for not being based on a Linux kernel, instead using a microkernel called Zircon.

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China says “no thanks” to Intel and AMD on government devices

Dataconomy

processors from government-operated computers and servers, thereby excluding chips manufactured by Intel and AMD, according to a report by the Financial Times. Authorities above the township level are mandated to acquire processors and operating systems deemed “safe and reliable” as per the Financial Times. and China.

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