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Linux for older phones postmarketOS changes its init system
Good news, everyone! The world’s favorite daemon, systemd, is coming to phones. The team behind the leading replacement OS for end-of-life smartphones are to adopt systemd – to make working with GNOME and KDE easier. The official postmarketOS blog announced that systemd is coming to postmarketOS. There are solid technical reasons. The announcement explains: One…
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CERN’s Proton Mail for Linux
Proton Mail has released a brand new desktop app for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The app means subscribers to the privacy-focused mail service no longer need to use a web browser to read, send, and manage their mail. For privacy-conscious folks, Proton needs little introduction. Formed by a group of scientists and engineers who met…
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Ubicloud to build open source alt to AWS
Using the large cloud computing providers is convenient, but not exactly cheap. Ubicloud, a new startup founded by the team behind Citus Data, which Microsoft acquired in 2019, wants to change the dynamics by offering a layer of core cloud computing services on top of affordable bare-metal servers from providers like Hetzner, OVH Cloud, Leaseweb…
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Hackers Use 1-day Flaws for Custom Malware
Magnet Goblin hackers use 1-day flaws to drop custom Linux malware. A financially motivated hacking group named Magnet Goblin uses various 1-day vulnerabilities to breach public-facing servers and deploy custom malware on Windows and Linux systems. 1-day flaws refer to publicly disclosed vulnerabilities for which a patch has been released. Threat actors looking to exploit…
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Juno’s New Neptune 17 Laptop
Linux hardware vendor Juno Computers announced today the Neptune 17 v6 Linux-powered laptop with a 14th generation Intel Core processor and up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics. Featuring a 17.3-inch matte display with QHD (2560×1440) resolution, 240Hz refresh rate, wide view angle, 100% DCI-P3, and G-SYNC, the sixth generation Neptune 17 notebook is powered…
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Malware Targets Docker, Apache Hadoop, Redis and Confluence
Security researchers have uncovered an emerging malware campaign targeting misconfigured servers hosting web-facing services like Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Confluence and Redis. This campaign is notable for employing novel Golang payloads designed to automate the identification and exploitation of vulnerable hosts. According to an advisory published by Cado Security Labs today, these payloads facilitate Remote…
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