Starting today, ESET® will offer ESET Threat Intelligence, a service that predicts and proactively notifies customers of real-time threats targeting their businesses so they can be more flexible when adapting to a rapidly changing threat landscape. The service will be rolled out through 2017. Built on a unique blend of our core disciplinary knowledge and latest technologies, ESET Threat Intelligence allows … Read More
ICMP Unreachable DoS Attacks (aka “Black Nurse”)
According to the description of the attack, firewalls will suffer performance issues if hit by a few 10s of MBits of ICMP traffic, even for firewalls that are supposed to be able to dell with Gigabit networks.
Zorin OS 12 Ubuntu-based Linux distribution now available — a Windows 10 alternative
Windows 10 is a really great desktop operating system, but it is not for everyone. For those that care deeply about security and privacy, an open source Linux-based operating system is a wise alternative. The problem? Learning a new user interface can be hard for some. If you have always used a Windows OS in the past, moving to a desktop … Read More
Zorin OS 12 Core and Ultimate Are Here: Our Biggest Release Ever
We’re proud to announce the availability of the Zorin OS 12 Core and Ultimate–the biggest release in the history of Zorin OS. With this new version, we’ve introduced an entirely new desktop experience that will make your computer more useful, more powerful and more enjoyable to use. Zorin Desktop 2.0 We have entirely reimagined the Zorin Desktop environment in … Read More
Canonical Announces the Public Preview of Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu Linux
In May this year, we reported on Microsoft’s upcoming plans to bring its SQL Server to the Linux platform, providing developers and organizations with freedom of choice for both cloud and local infrastructures when it comes to implementing a powerful database server. And now, it looks like Canonical prepared a public preview of SQL Server on Linux, allowing Ubuntu users to get familiar with it.
DoS technique lets a single laptop take down an enterprise firewall
At a time when the size of distributed denial-of-service attacks has reached unprecedented levels, researchers have found a new attack technique in the wild that allows a single laptop to take down high-bandwidth enterprise firewalls. The attack, dubbed BlackNurse, involves sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets of a particular type and code. ICMP is commonly used for the ping … Read More
IBM Advances Artificial Intelligence with PowerAI
Among the many areas that IBM is pushing forward with its Power architecture is in deep learning. Today IBM announced a new tool called PowerAI that aids in helping organizations learn things faster in a bid to generate advanced artificial intelligence capabilities. “PowerAI contains the major machine, deep-learning open-source software that we have optimized and compiled for our POWER8 with … Read More
Solus Linux Distribution Review
Looking for a new Linux desktop distribution? You are definitely spoilt for choice. The market is well saturated with quality desktop distributions, featuring different desktop environments. Between Ubuntu, Fedora and OpenSUSE, you have a choice of well-supported distributions with lots of up-to-date software and commercial backing, as well as a choice of almost any desktop environment like GNOME, Unity or … Read More
Major Linux security hole gapes open
An old Linux security ‘feature’ script, which activates LUKS disk encryption, has been hiding a major security hole in plain sight. Sometimes Linux users can be smug about their system’s security. And sometimes a major hole that’s been hiding in Linux since about version 2.6 opens up and in you fall. Please do not code this way. When a system … Read More
SUSE plans container as a service platform
Germany-based SUSE Linux has announced a container as a service platform that it hopes to release as a public beta in April next year, before the first customer version comes out in July the same year.
Oracle Linux 7.3 Now Available with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4
Oracle is proud to announce the general availability of its Oracle Linux 7.3
Apt-fast : Speed Up Downloading Of Packages In Ubuntu
In addition, we can speed up downloading of packages in our Ubuntu system using a simple, yet powerful utility called apt-fast.
Build a VR app in 15 minutes with Linux
In 15 minutes, you can develop a virtual reality application and run it in a web browser, on a VR headset, or with Google Daydream.
How Linux can save small businesses (and old hardware)
Many small businesses with tight budgets are facing a tough choice: Stick with obsolete systems and remain vulnerable to hackers, or spend a lot to install new gear.
KDE Neon Offers a Near-Perfect Desktop on a Solid Platform
Why? For many, the evolution to a more modern metaphor for the desktop (such as Ubuntu Unity, or GNOME 3) took precedence over the old taskbar/start menu style.