Linux Action News 134

Jupiter Broadcasting — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 19:30:00 -0800

We share Mozilla's concerns over Contract for the Web, and try out Kali Linux's new tricks.

Also, our thoughts on the new Alexa Voice service coming to low-end IoT devices, and much more.

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Contract for the Web officially launched — Inventor of web calls on governments and firms to safeguard it from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity
Tim Berners-Lee launches Google and Facebook-backed plan to fix the web
Mozilla and the Contract for the Web
State of Mozilla 2018: Annual Report — This report details how Mozilla operates and includes details from our financial reports for 2018.
Mozilla: Be Smart. Shop Safe. — How creepy is that smart speaker, that fitness tracker, those wireless headphones? We created this guide to help you shop for safe, secure connected products.
Minimum Security Guidelines Explained — These three organizations proposed five minimum guidelines that companies making connected devices should reasonably be expected to satisfy.
Introducing Alexa Voice Service Integration for AWS IoT Core, a cost-effective Alexa Voice on any type of connected device — VS for AWS IoT enables Alexa Built-in functionality on MCUs like ARM Cortex ‘M’ class with <1MB embedded RAM by offloading memory and compute tasks to a virtual Alexa Built-in device in the cloud
Kali Linux 2019.4 released with Xfce by default — We are incredibly excited to announce our fourth and final release of 2019, Kali Linux 2019.4, which is available immediately for download.

Linux Action News 108

Jupiter Broadcasting — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 18:15:00 -0700

Frankenstein Linux malware and a Docker bug that's blown out of proportion get our attention this week.

As well as the new GParted release, the Unity Editor for Linux and the Browser vendors struggle with the W3C's latest twist.

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HiddenWasp Linux malware — Fully developed HiddenWasp gives attackers full control of infected machines.
Docker Bug Allows Root Access to Host File System — The weakness is the result of a race condition in the Docker software and while there’s a fix in the works, it has not yet been integrated.
Contain yourself, Docker: Race-condition bug puts host machines at risk... sometimes
GParted 1.0 Released — This release of GParted includes a significant undertaking to migrate the code base from gtkmm2 to gtkmm3 (our GTK3 port).
GParted 1.0 Milestone After Almost 15 Years
Announcing the Unity Editor for Linux — A growing number of developers using the experimental version, combined with the increasing demand of Unity users in the Film and Automotive, Transportation, and Manufacturing (ATM) industries means that we now plan to officially support the Unity Editor for Linux.
Don't Be Famous: Securing a Kubernetes Cluster Study Group - YouTube