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Developing a Game on Unreal 5 and Linux
In November 2022, we started a side project in my company, a video game called Cuprum 2929. Because I love Linux (being a full user since 2009) and I’m the owner of the company, I made the bold decision to fully develop it on Linux. While this is largely true, I have to put a…
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New Malware Is Going After VMware Systems
This dangerous new Linux malware is going after VMware systems with multiple extortion attempts. Cybersecurity researchers from Trend Micro recently found a Linux variant of the dreaded Play ransomware strain targeting VMWare ESXi environments. In a technical breakdown, Trend Micro’s Threat Hunting team said this was the first time Play was seen targeting ESXi environments,…
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Crowdstrike Says Linux Hosts Not Affected
Crowdstrike Says Global IT Outage Impacting Windows PCs, But Mac and Linux Hosts Not Affected A widespread system failure is currently affecting numerous Windows devices globally, causing critical boot failures across various industries, including banks, rail networks, airlines, retailers, broadcasters, healthcare, and many more sectors. The issue, manifesting as a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD),…
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Nvidia moving to open-source GPU kernel modules
Nvidia announced Wednesday it is expanding its GPU kernel module open-source transition. Nvidia first released production-ready open-source Linux GPU kernel modules for data center compute GPUs in May 2022. Beginning with its upcoming R560 driver release, Nvidia will transition fully to the open-source GPU kernel modules across all platforms. Nvidia stated that since its GPUs…
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AMD GFX12 Driver Support Being Enabled By Default
It looks like the AMD RDNA4 “GFX12” graphics driver support is in good shape: AMD is now enabling the driver support for the next-generation graphics “out of the box” with the latest pending patches. Queued today into the DRM branch is a patch that drops the experimental hardware support check for GFX12. The commit simply…
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Missed CAPTCHA and CloudFront Fails
Hello everyone, I want to share how easy it is to exploit vulnerabilities on a website and how Ericsson ignored my report. Here’s what happened: Applying for a Position at Ericsson When I applied for a job at Ericsson, I discovered their “Join Talent Network” This page allows anyone to enter their First Name, Last…
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