Ubuntu services have endured several days of tumultuous disruptions due to a formidable assault, and a fresh controversy is now unfolding surrounding the incident. Security specialist Mike Taggart has highlighted that Beamed, a “DDoS-as-a-service”...
Canonical has been besieged by a protracted DDoS offensive targeting its web infrastructure, resulting in widespread disruption to the Ubuntu website and its ancillary services. The corporation has confirmed that the onslaught originates from...
The bcachefs filesystem, now developed outside the Linux kernel, has released its first set of packages for live loading via DKMS. This move came in response to the community’s decision: in kernel version 6.17,...
The Linux Lite 7.6 distribution, developed in New Zealand, has been released. Built on Ubuntu 24.04.3 and powered by the 6.8 kernel, it retains the Xfce 4.18 desktop environment. The system makes minimal modifications...
Canonical has released updated test builds of Ubuntu 25.04 for laptops powered by Snapdragon X, integrating support for the Linux 6.16 kernel and expanding hardware compatibility. However, in practice, system stability and functionality remain...
Alexander Mogh, a security researcher at ERNW, has uncovered a critical vulnerability in the boot mechanisms of modern Linux distributions, including Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42. Despite full disk encryption, Secure Boot, and password-protected...
For not the first time, the popular Linux application store, Snap Store, operated by Canonical, has found itself harboring fraudulent cryptocurrency wallets masquerading as renowned brands. Previously, in February of this year, security researchers...
A software engineer from SkySafe, Mark Newlin, discovered a perilous vulnerability in Bluetooth, that existed since around 2012. This flaw enables malefactors to connect to Apple, Android, and Linux devices without authentication and execute...
Canonical recently announced that Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla will reach End Of Life on July 22, 2021. Since this version is a version between the long-term support (LTS) versions, it only has a nine-month...
Ubuntu Core 20 is the smallest containerized version of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for IoT devices and embedded systems, and it is now fully available. Canonical said that this major version enhances device security through...