Eight new variants of Spectre affecting Intel chips have been found by a team of security researchers. These new vulnerabilities have been named Spectre Next Generation and make it possible to run an exploit on a virtual machine and attack the host system from there.
Microsoft continues to take steps to get closer to Linux supporters. The latest surprise was the announcement of Azure Sphere, an operating system , based on Linux, whose objective is to improve the security of the Internet of Things.
On Monday, March 26 Luxembourg will host the third edition of the Open Source Security Software Hackathon. The event, organized by the hack.lu team will bring groups of developers together to work collaboratively on the resolution of incidents in the field of Free Software and Open Source cybersecurity.
When our computer stops working, the disk is damaged, we suffer a data loss from the main unit or it becomes infected with a virus, we look for a fast and effective solution. Since prevention is better than cure, it is convenient to backup all data in our device to avoid problems.
Although Linux is considered the safest operating system, it has recently been proven that it is not always safe from vulnerabilities. Therefore, it is important to adopt security measures that guarantee that the servers and users’ devices are well protected. For this, one of the first steps that should be considered is to protect the file system.
