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Fedora Linux 40 has officially landed (download here), bringing a slew of updates across its various desktop environments and tools aimed at enhancing user experience and developer capabilities. This release delivers updates to both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments, and the reintroduction of the Fedora Atomic Desktop brand.

After not being ready in time for this week's early release target date, it's now been determined today that Fedora 40 is ready for release next week.

A foiled attempt to subvert a widely used software utility is raising critical questions across D.C. about the vulnerability of the open-source supply chain -- and to what extent

A maintainer for a Linux-based database identified malicious code hidden in a tool called XZ Utils and stopped a global security breach in its tracks.

The Ubuntu 24.04 beta has been delayed for a week due to malicious code in the xz-utils package. Updates and fixes are being worked on.

Linux was hit with a serious supply chain attack involving XZ Utils, a set of tools and libraries most Linux distros use for data compression.

Nation-state attackers apparently backdoored widely used, open-source data compression software as part of a supply chain attack. Malicious code inserted into

Discover major vulnerabilities from the past week from Cisco, Fortinet, Microsoft, and more along with remediation recommendations.

An alert about a critical Linux vulnerability, a warning about password-spray attacks on Cisco VPNs, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Monday, April 1st, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Linux administrators and developers must take fast action after the discovery of a backdoor

In a recent security announcement, Red Hat’s Information Risk and Security and Product Security teams have identified a critical vulnerability in the latest versions of the “xz” compression tools and libraries. The affected versions, 5.6.0 and 5.6.1, contain malicious code that could potentially allow unauthorized access to systems. Fedora Linux 40 users and those using Fedora Rawhide, the development distribution for future Fedora builds, are at risk.