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In its current form, the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) would impose a major burden on open source contributors, developers, and non-profit foundations, says Linux Foundation Europe.
Ends vs. Means
"The policy goals of the CRA — reducing vulnerabilities in digital products, ensuring cybersecurity is maintained throughout...
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With the release of Slackel 7.7 "Openbox", moving from Windows 11 to Linux has become a lot simpler, says Brian Fagioli. “This new version is packed with features that will surely catch the eye of those used to Microsoft’s operating system.”
A key feature, Fagioli...
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The Linux Foundation, BastionZero, and Docker have jointly launched the OpenPubkey project.
According to the announcement, OpenPubkey “enables users to securely and accurately bind cryptographic keys to users and workloads by turning an OpenID Connect Identity Provider (IdP) into a Certificate Authority (CA).” The new...
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A new Linux vulnerability, known as “Looney Tunables,” may allow local attackers to gain root privileges by exploiting a weakness in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader, reports Sergiu Gatlan.
The GNU C Library (glibc) is in most Linux-based systems, Gatlan explains. “It provides essential...
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Python has excellent support for machine learning (ML) with its extensive feature set and range of third-party libraries, says Paul Saul. “Using these libraries, you can build machine learning models faster, without having to master all the specifics of their underlying techniques.”
In this article,...
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The OpenStack community has released Bobcat, the 28th version of “the world’s most widely deployed open source cloud infrastructure software,” reports Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
With 10,476 changes from more than 580 contributors, OpenStack Bobcat includes:
A resource lock feature for OpenStack’s shared filesystem
Time-based, one-time password (TOTP)...
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Data centers worldwide consume huge amounts of energy and resources to fuel power-hungry servers, says Jacob Roundy, yet the demand for data center services continues to rise. To improve the sustainability of data centers and help meet climate goals, it's crucial to understand the specific effects they have on the environment.
This...
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Open source software has experienced remarkable growth in recent years. According to Sonatype’s 9th annual State of the Software Supply Chain report, in fact, the ecosystem studied by the report showed a 29 percent project growth rate year-over-year.
The most recent findings, however, also show a...
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Google, Cloudflare and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have jointly unveiled a new zero-day vulnerability dubbed “HTTP/2 Rapid Reset,” reports Nancy Liu.
The vulnerability was exploited to launch the largest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack recorded to date, Liu says.
“This new series of DDoS attacks...
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Increasingly severe weather events, including hotter summers, larger wildfires, and fiercer storms, mean organizations need strong disaster recovery and business continuity plans to minimize operational impact in the face of catastrophe.
“A business continuity plan is a system to support preparedness, response and recovery from...
