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Kali vs. ParrotOS: 2 versatile distros for security pros
Network security doesn’t always require expensive software. Two Linux distributions — Kali Linux and ParrotOS — can help enterprises fill in their security gaps. It’s a wonderful time to be a Linux user: Today’s distributions are full-featured, powerful and stable. How can a single distribution distinguish itself in such a competitive world? One way is…
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New Bluetooth Flaw Let Hackers Take Over Android, Linux
A critical Bluetooth security flaw could be exploited by threat actors to take control of Android, Linux, macOS and iOS devices. Tracked as CVE-2023-45866, the issue relates to a case of authentication bypass that enables attackers to connect to susceptible devices and inject keystrokes to achieve code execution as the victim. “Multiple Bluetooth stacks have…
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Stealthy Linux rootkit found undetected for 2 years
Stealthy and multifunctional Linux malware that has been infecting telecommunications companies went largely unnoticed for two years until being documented for the first time by researchers on Thursday. Researchers from security firm Group-IB have named the remote access trojan “Krasue,” after a nocturnal spirit depicted in Southeast Asian folklore “floating in mid-air, with no torso,…
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Systemd update brings Linux Blue Screen of Death
Windows’ infamous “Blue Screen of Death” is a bit of a punchline. People have made a hobby of spotting them out in the wild, and in some circles, they remain a byword for the supposed flakiness and instability of PCs. To this day, networked PCs in macOS are represented by beige CRT monitors displaying a…
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IBM x Meta Collaborating Together to Advance Open, Safe, Responsible AI
IBM and Meta Launch the AI Alliance in collaboration with over 50 Founding Members and Collaborators globally including AMD, Anyscale, CERN, Cerebras, Cleveland Clinic, Cornell University, Dartmouth, Dell Technologies, EPFL, ETH, Hugging Face, Imperial College London, Intel, INSAIT, Linux Foundation, MLCommons, MOC Alliance operated by Boston University and Harvard University, NASA, NSF, Oracle, Partnership on…
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AMD Threadripper 7980X Kernel Benchmarks On Linux 6.5 / 6.6 / 6.7
Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 4 December 2023 A number of Phoronix readers have been inquiring whether using the newer Linux 6.6 stable kernel or Linux 6.7 development kernel deliver any additional gains when running on the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series hardware. Here are some benchmarks looking at that while…
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