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Next step in Redmonds complete virtualization stack with Linux Tim Anderson Wed 17 Feb 2021 // 15:45 UTC Share Copy Patches submitted by Microsoft for the next version of the Linux kernel, 5.12, add the ability to boot the OS as the root partition on its Hyper-V hypervisor. The new "hyperv-next" patches follow an RFC last September stating that the company "wants to create a complete virtualization stack with Linux and Microsoft Hypervisor." In November Microsoft added a...

US indicts North Korean hackers for stealing $1.3 billion By The U.S. Department of Justice has charged three North Koreans for stealing $1.3 billion in money and cryptocurrency in attacks on banks, the entertainment industry, cryptocurrency companies, and more. The defendants are state-sponsored North Korean hackers and members of Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) units, a North Korean military intelligence agency that has engaged in criminal hacking operations. "These North Korean military...

Veteran Unix Admins offer new cut of systemd-free Debian derivative and get the name right this time Share Copy Devuan, the Linux distribution that came into being after the 2014 disagreement over Debian’s adoption of the systemd as the operating system’s init daemon, has celebrated its sixth anniversary by adding a third init option. On February 14th, the self-described Veteran Unix Admins behind the project reminded users that their first pre-Alpha landed on the same day in 20...

Pro-India hackers use Android spyware to spy on Pakistani military By 12:12 PM This week a report has revealed details on two Android spyware strains leveraged by state-sponsored threat actors during the India-Pakistan conflict. The malware strains named SunBird have been delivered as fake Android apps (APKs) by the Confucius advanced persistent threat group (APT), a pro-India state-sponsored operation known to spy on Pakistani and South Asian targets, since at least 2013. Although Confuci...

The Week in Ransomware - February 12th 2021 - More keys released By This week we saw another ransomware shut down its operation and a significant attack against Cyberpunk 2077 game developer CD Projekt Red. Another operation known as Ziggy Ransomware shut down this week and released the decryption keys for victims. This shut down was due to increased concern about law enforcement action after the disruption and arrests in the Netwalker Ransomware operation.

Kapital: Sparks of Revolution Windows, Mac, Linux game Kapital is a hybrid of city-builder and society management game. You play as a new mayor of the city that was recently destroyed by war. Your goal is to restore the city to former glory by managing limited resources, resolving social conflicts and overcoming crisis situations. DIVIDED SOCIETY Nobles are rich and educated people who get their privileged status by birthright. Bourgeois are self-employed businessmen, who earned their fortune b...

This week, hundreds of new packages have been published to the npm open-source repository named after private components being internally used by major companies. These npm packages are identical to the proof-of-concept packages created by Alex Birsan, the researcher who had recently managed to infiltrate over major 35 tech firms.

Researcher hacks over 35 tech firms in novel supply chain attack By A researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies internal systems, including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Yelp, Tesla, and Uber, in a novel software supply chain attack. The attack comprised uploading malware to open source repositories including PyPI, npm, and RubyGems, which then got distributed downstream automatically into the companys internal applications. Unlike traditional typosquatting attacks tha...

Ten men part of a criminal gang involved in series of SIM swapping attacks targeting high-profile victims in the United States were arrested in the UK, Malta, and Belgium.

Announcing ATTO 360™ Tuning Software update with support for industry leaders Avid® and Autodesk® 360 v2.1 also includes additional new ATTO profiles for Windows®, macOS® and Linux® February 10, 2021 14:53 ET | Source: ATTO Technology, Inc. ATTO Technology, Inc. Getzville, New York, UNITED STATES AMHERST, N.Y., Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of network, storage connectivity and infrastruct...