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Ubuntu 24.04: This great new Linux distro isn’t just fast – it’s a fortress

phototrip/Getty Images First things first. There really is such a thing as a numbat. It’s a pocket-sized marsupial anteater (see above). And now, it’s also the mascot for Canonical‘s latest Linux distro, Ubuntu 24.04. I’ve been running Noble Numbat on my 2020 vintage Dell Precision 3451. This PC originally came with Ubuntu 20.04 and is powered […]

Cybersecurity

IT pros targeted with malicious Google ads for PuTTY, FileZilla – Help Net Security

An ongoing malvertising campaign is targeting IT administrators looking to download system utilities such as PuTTY (a free SSH and Telnet client) and FileZilla (a free cross-platform FTP application). “We have reported this campaign to Google but no action has been taken yet,” , Malwarebytes researcher Jérôme Segura shared. The campaign Malicious ads served via […]

Cybersecurity

5 ways to keep API integrations secure – Help Net Security

API integrations often handle sensitive data, such as employees’ personally identifiable information (PII), companies’ financial information, or even clients’ payment card data. Keeping this data safe from attackers—while ensuring that the integrations perform at the desired level—requires adopting several security measures. Taking these measures will only grow in importance since more and more organizations are […]

Cybersecurity

Securing software repositories leads to better OSS security – Help Net Security

Malicious software packages are found on public software repositories such as GitHub, PyPI and the npm registry seemingly every day. Attackers use a number of tricks to fool developers or systems into downloading them, or they simply compromise the package developer’s account and update the package with malware. Consequently, the security capabilities of public software […]