Attackers manage to breach Linux Mint's security, adding a backdoor to the distribution and even stealing information from user forums.
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MWC 2016: Mirantis Rolls Out Public Cloud For Largest Middle Eastern Telco
Saudi Telecom will use OpenStack public cloud from Mirantis to support customers in nine countries across the Middle East and Africa
How Linux Kernel Cgroups And Namespaces Made Modern Containers Possible
Computer service provider ElasticHosts offers insight into the underlying Linux Kernel technologies used by Docker, LXC and lmctfy
‘Catastrophic’ Glibc Flaw Threatens Linux And IoT Devices
Patch now. GlibC DNS vulnerability could have serious reach amongst Internet-connected devices
UNICEF Seeks World-Changing Open Source Technologies
United Nations to fund startups to develop open source tech to improve the lives of vulnerable children and civilians
Apple Open Sources Its Swift Benchmarking Suite
The Swift Benchmarking Suite gives developers a wide range of tools to track the performance of their fledgling Swift applications
First Ubuntu Tablet Is ‘Important Step’ For Converged Computing
Canonical says BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition is only tablet capable of delivering true touch and desktop experience
Firefox 44 Arrives With Push Notifications
New browser allows websites to deliver push notifications, even if the site not loaded
5 Simple Steps To Increase The Cloud Talent Pool
Heidi Bretz, director of alliances at the OpenStack Foundation, explains how to smash through the roadblock caused by a lack of in-house cloud expertise
IBM Boosts Hybrid Cloud Capabilities On LinuxONE
IBM expands LinuxONE ecosystem with optimised Cloudant NoSQL database and StrongLoop API development technologies
Microsoft Lifts Restrictions On Deep Learning Toolkit, Moves To GitHub
Microsoft's deep learning toolkit is now open to more developers who want to create deep learning models for speech and image recognition
Juniper Upgrades US Air Force Network Along Open Standards
US Air Force network upgrade will boost resiliency, performance, management and scalability says Juniper Networks
Major Linux Kernel 4.5 Update Released For Testing
The new kernel, version 4.5, includes major driver improvements, including better 3D graphics support for the Raspberry Pi
MariaDB Gets £6.35m Funding, Appoints New CEO, CTO
Open source database MariaDB gets more funding from Intel and others as it seeks to expand
Dell OS10 Promises Open Network Freedom For Data Centre, Cloud Providers
'Disaggregated' Dell OS10 promises greater choice of equipment and application modules and development freedom
Linux Trojan Takes Screenshots And Captures Audio
Linux.Ekoms.1 takes a screenshot every 30 seconds but audio capture function remains dormant for now
Critical Linux Kernel Flaw Found
Security researchers urge Android users to manually patch a vulnerability that's existed for at least three years
Twitter Community Helps Create Improved Linux Encoder Ransomware
New version of dangerous ransomware has infected 600 Linux servers
North Korean OS Tracks Users’ Files
North Korea's Red Star OS includes a system for tracking files shared offline, researchers have found
Pivotal Buys London Cloud Foundry Startup CloudCredo
CloudCredo experts fold into Pivotal's long-term game plan of accelerating European Cloud Foundry influence
Jolla Secures Sailfish OS Future With New Investment
Jolla says funding has safeguarded the immediate future of the Sailfish OS project
IBM, Linux Foundation And Others Launch Blockchain Consortium
Linux Foundation oversees new Blockchain consortium to develop enterprise grade ledger framework
Simple Linux Flaw Exposed By Backspace Key
Hacking skills not required - just hit the backspace key 28 times to hack a Linux system
Mozilla Releases 64-Bit Firefox 43 For Windows
Mozilla improves private browsing with Firefox 43, which gets a Windows 64-bit release too
GCHQ Releases Open Source Code On GitHub
British spy agency releases code for graph database tool, but why?
TfL Legal Threats Shut Down London Underground Parody Sign Website
TfL gets the lawyers involved to take down popular website where users could create parody London Underground signs
Microsoft Announces Linux On Azure Certification
When it comes to the cloud, the software giant extends its embrace of Linux to include a new certification for budding cloud administrators
Mozilla Releases iOS Ad Blocker For Safari, But Not Firefox
Mozilla attempts ethical ad blocker with Focus by Firefox, but it only works with Safari for now
Mozilla Stops Development Of Firefox OS Smartphones
Mozilla calls time on Firefox OS, saying it wasn't able to develop the "best user experience possible"
Chakra Bleu! Microsoft Open Sources Core Edge Browser Component
By January 2016, Microsoft will have opened Edge’s ChakraCore repository onto GitHub