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The Linux Foundation Offers 50% Discounts On Training
An anonymous reader writes: The non-profit association that sponsors Linus Torvalds’ work on Linux also offers self-paced online training and certification programs. And now through December 22, they’re available at a 50% discount. “Make learning Linux and other open source…
Ubuntu Survey Discovers 'Consumers Are Terrible' About Updating Their IoT Devices
Core evangelist Thibaut Rouffineau writes about the results of Ubuntu’s survey of 2000 consumers about their Internet of Things devices: This survey revealed that, worryingly, only 31% of consumers that own connected devices perform updates as soon as they become…
Ask Slashdot: How Should I Furnish (And Secure) My Work-From-Home Office?
“If someone gave you a big chunk of change to build a small one- or two-room office, what would you do?” asks long-time Slashdot reader darkpixel2k, as he plans to build a small office out in his backyard. My plan…
A Century of Surveillance: An Interactive Timeline Of FBI Investigations
“Over a century of fear and filing cabinets” at the FBI has been exposed through six years of Freedom of Information Act requests. And now MuckRock founder (and long-time Slashdot reader) v3rgEz writes: MuckRock recently published its 100th look into…
Is Microsoft 'Reaping the Rewards' From Open-Sourcing Its .NET Core?
An anonymous reader quote InfoWorld: Two years ago Microsoft did the unthinkable: It declared it would open-source its .NET server-side cloud stack with the introduction of .NET Core… Thus far, the move has paid off. Microsoft has positioned .NET Core…
McAfee Takes Six Months To Patch Remote Code Exploit In Linux VirusScan Enterprise
mask.of.sanity writes: A researcher has reported 10 vulnerabilities in McAfee’s VirusScan Enterprise for Linux that when chained together result in root remote code execution. McAfee took six months to fix the bugs issuing a patch December 9th. Citing the security…
Massive Mirai Botnet Hides Its Control Servers On Tor
“Following a failed takedown attempt, changes made to the Mirai malware variant responsible for building one of today’s biggest botnets of IoT devices will make it incredibly harder for authorities and security firms to shut it down,” reports Bleeping Computer….
Does Code Reuse Endanger Secure Software Development?
msm1267 quotes ThreatPost: The amount of insecure software tied to reused third-party libraries and lingering in applications long after patches have been deployed is staggering. It’s a habitual problem perpetuated by developers failing to vet third-party code for vulnerabilities, and…
The UN Will Consider Banning Killer Robots
Friday the United Nations agreed to discuss a ban on “killer robots” in 2017. The 123 signatories to a long-standing conventional weapons pact “agreed to formalize their efforts next year to deal with the challenges raised by weapons systems that…