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Canonical unifies community editions in shipping Snap support instead of Flatpak
The two package formats basically provide the same solution: Portable, dependency-bundled packages.Desert Eye 2.0 robot: Raspberry Pi 4
In December, he unveiled the second iteration of his Desert Eye surveillance robot with a YouTube video that shows off its ability to cope with harsh environments replete with sandstorms.How to build a super-slim smart mirror
It's a popular project, but while there are lots of tutorials out there, many of them use older, chunkier monitors. Ours focuses on making the final product as slim as possible, so it's more likely you'll display it somewhere prominent and get good use out of it.How to Clear the Buffer, Cache, and Swap Memory in Linux
Apart from buffer/cache memory, all are self-explanatory, and we all know how to clear the memory that has been used, but I found there was some confusion around how to clear buffer/cache memory, so I decided to write an article about it.Essential tips and tricks for your first tech job
Two reasons motivated me to write about this subject. ~ Most new employees start by either having a ton of documentation thrown their way or none at all. ~ I've also been on teams that were very diligent with keeping their documentation up to date.Use your Raspberry Pi as a streaming server
The Raspberry Pi platform is perfect for such applications. It requires little power for continuous applications such as live-streaming servers.Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer
Before I begin, I feel I should state that this project is just a bit of fun. The goal is not to build the most powerful retro gaming computer I can, or to engage in any kind of serious analysis or benchmarking.Wine development release v8.3 is out now
Wine, the translations layer that allows Windows apps and games to run on other operating systems, that forms part of Steam Play Proton has version 8.3 out now.How to Install ReactJS on Debian 11
Installing React.js is fairly straightforward and quick, and it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes, so let's get started.Top Five Reads on FOSS Force for Week Ending March 3, 2023
Here are the five most read articles on FOSS Force for the week ending March 3, 2023.
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Business-grade routers compromised in low-key attack campaign
"We suspect the actor infects targets of interest for data collection, and targets of opportunity for the purpose of establishing a covert proxy network," Lumen researchers have posited. ~ A deployed bash script retrieves the HiatusRAT and a tcpdump variant.LastPass Hack: Engineer's Failure to Update Plex Software Led to Massive Data Breach
The massive breach at LastPass was the result of one of its engineers failing to update Plex on their home computer, in what's a sobering reminder of the dangers of failing to keep software up-to-date.AI voice cracks telephone banking voice recognition
At first the banking website refused to verify Cox's synthesized voice as genuine.Feds warn about right Royal ransomware rampage that runs the gamut of TTPs
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has just put out a public service annoucement under its #StopRansomware banner. This report is numbered AA23-061a, and if you've slipped into the habit of assuming that ransomware is yesterday's threat, or that other specific cyberattacks should be at the top of your list in 2023, then it is well worth reading.DoppelPaymer ransomware supsects arrested in Germany and Ukraine
You've almost certainly heard of the ransomware family known as DoppelPaymer, if only because the name itself is a reminder of the double-barrelled blackmail technique used by many contemporary ransomware gangs.
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SEC continues streak of enforcement actions, targets BKCoin for alleged $100M fraud
The SEC filed an emergency action on Feb. 23 against investment adviser BKCoin and one of the principals alleging the two "disregarded the structure of the funds, commingled investor assets, and used more than $3.6 million to make Ponzi-like payments to fund investors."Cardano's governance gets questioned; Charles Hoskinson responds with...
In a Twitter thread, she stated that IOG, the company behind Cardano's formation, has been dominating a large part of Cardano's governance.Solana: Outage FUD subsides, should you expect better performance in March?
Solana's daily active users recovered handsomely since the outage-induced FUD subsided. ~ The Solana [SOL] ecosystem saw a significant uptick in its daily active addresses, eclipsing other big chains like Ethereum [ETH] and Polygon [MATIC].New Flaws in TPM 2.0 Library Pose Threat to Billions of IoT and Enterprise Devices
A pair of serious security defects has been disclosed in the Trusted Platform Module 2.0 reference library specification that could potentially lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation. One of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-1017, concerns an out-of-bounds write, while the other, CVE-2023-1018, is described as an out-of-bounds read.Experts Discover Flaw in U.S. Govt's Chosen Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithm
A group of researchers has revealed what it says is a vulnerability in a specific implementation of one of the encryption algorithms chosen by the U.S. government as quantum-resistant last year.