CIQ brings NIST‑approved post‑quantum crypto into Rocky Linux, turning quantum risk into a practical planning issue for sysadmins and regulated Linux shops.
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CIQ brings NIST‑approved post‑quantum crypto into Rocky Linux, turning quantum risk into a practical planning issue for sysadmins and regulated Linux shops.
The post Your Encryption May Not Survive Quantum — But Rocky Linux from CIQ’s Might appea…
We fixed Heartbleed. We didn’t fix the open source funding problem that still asks the people securing our infrastructure to volunteer while we overpay commodity app builders.
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Emergency Tails 7.4.1 update patches critical OpenSSL flaws that could let malicious Tor relays deanonymize users.
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The update from the Arch Linux project says that details of the attack will not be made available as long as it’s still ongoing.
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Security researchers found that a free VPN extension for Chrome with over 100k is taking screen grabs of users’ browsing and uploading them to a remote server.
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Arch’s AUR has been busy battling DDoS attacks and malware. Trouble’s not over—and it’s anybody’s guess what’s next… if anything.
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Ubuntu 25.10 improves experimental TPM-backed full-disk encryption, which ties security to hardware integrity. New options and checks will be in place.
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a “critical” security vulnerability on Linux that can give attackers full system access — even on devices using full disk encryption. A report published by ERNW demonstrates the exploit on Ubuntu 25…
Read MoreThe post How to Create a Simple IP Blocker Script Using iptables and Fail2Ban first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Today, I’m going to show you a simple but effective way to automatically block suspicious IPs using a small scrip…
Read MoreUbuntu 25.10 switches to Chrony with Network Time Security (NTS) for authenticated time sync, improving security over the existing setup.
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In today’s connected world, IoT devices are becoming increasingly common, powering everything from home automation to industrial systems. However, this rapid growth has also expanded the attack surface for cybercriminals. A recent discovery of the Pumabot botnet demonstrates how attackers are exploiting weak security, particularly poor SSH credential management, to breach and control vulnerable devices. […]
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Read MoreVet is an open source tool designed to help developers and security engineers spot risks in their software supply chains. It goes beyond traditional software composition analysis by detecting known vulnerabilities and flagging malicious packages.
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Kapitano is a ClamAV frontend for Linux that scans files for malware, ideal if you want to check Windows files safely on the Ubuntu desktop.
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NordVPN today announced a major update to its Linux app, adding a much-requested GUI front-end that makes it easier to control, configure and monitor connections. Linux users have been able to use an official, comprehensive command-line interface for N…
Read MoreThe rapid defunding and refunding of the CVE Project is just another sign of the destabilization our government is currently experiencing.
Read MoreVivaldi, the proprietary Norwegian browser that’s largely built on open-source code, further distinguishes itself from other Chrome-based browsers by adding a baked-in on-demand Proton VPN implementation.
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There’s a lot of “one hand washing the other” in this collaboration: TuxCare gains cred by contributing to Trend’s proprietary platform, AlmaLinux gains another reason for potential users to choose it over the competition, and Trend now has something t…
Read MoreThere’s a lot of “one hand washing the other” in this collaboration: TuxCare gains cred by contributing to Trend’s proprietary platform, AlmaLinux gains another reason for potential users to choose it over the competition, and Trend now has something t…
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how to block ads, trackers, and malware domains system-wide in Ubuntu and other Linux desktop using hBlock. hBlock is a free open-source script that collects a large list of domains that serve ads, tracking scripts and malware from multiple sources. It blocks them by mapping all those domain names to 0.0.0.0 using […]
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