Ubuntu

Intel MDS attack mitigation: An overview

May 16, 2019

Intel has revealed on Tuesday that some of its CPUs are vulnerable to a number of new speculative execution attacks that may allow attackers to stealing sensitive data and …

Snapd flaw gives attackers root access on Linux systems

February 13, 2019

A vulnerability affecting Snapd – a package installed by default in Ubuntu and used by other Linux distributions such as Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux, Fedora and Solus …

RunC container escape flaw enables root access to host system

February 12, 2019

A serious vulnerability in runC, a widely used CLI tool for spawning and running containers, could be exploited to compromise the runC host binary from inside a privileged …

Ubuntu 17.10 brings enhanced security and productivity for developers

October 20, 2017

Canonical released Ubuntu 17.10 featuring a new GNOME desktop on Wayland, and new versions of KDE, MATE and Budgie. On the cloud, 17.10 brings Kubernetes 1.8 for hyper-elastic …

Critical Linux bug opens systems to compromise

November 15, 2016

Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia have discovered a critical flaw that can allow attackers – both local and remote – to obtain root shell on …

Ubuntu 16.10 released with hybrid cloud operations and Unity 8 developer preview

October 13, 2016

Released today, Ubuntu 16.10 comes with hybrid cloud operations, bare-metal cloud performance, the ability to lift-and-shift 80% of Linux VMs to machine containers, Kubernetes …

Ubuntu Forums hacked again, 2 million users exposed

July 18, 2016

Canonical’s Ubuntu Forums have been hacked, and the attacker has managed to access and download part of the Forums database, containing usernames, email addresses and …

Exploit for GNU wget RCE flaw revealed

July 5, 2016

Technical details about a serious vulnerability affecting all but the latest version of the GNU wget software have been released online, along with PoC exploit scenarios. …

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS introduces “snaps” for new robust, secure app format

April 21, 2016

Canonical released Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, featuring the new “snap” package format and LXD pure-container hypervisor. An Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release is …

Ubuntu 13.10 released, improves on cloud setup and management

October 18, 2013

Canonical released the next version of Ubuntu for server and cloud environments. Ubuntu 13.10 delivers the latest and best version of OpenStack, and is the fastest, most …

Canonical reveals details of Ubuntu Forums hack

July 31, 2013

Canonical has published a postmortem on the recent Ubuntu Forums hack and has shared a blow-by-blow account on how the attack was carried out. At 16:58 UTC on 14 July 2013, …

Ubuntu Server 13.04 released

April 25, 2013

Canonical today announced that Ubuntu Server 13.04 is available for download, featuring high-availability (HA) for OpenStack. “Ubuntu is built for hyperscale and is the …