Autumn knocks on the door, but we're going on. We have another fresh bunch of IT news for you. So, let go!
Kaspersky Lab products can not be used in US government
The United States government has made a decision under which Kaspersky Lab products can not be deployed on government computers. The reason for this is the long-discussed connection of the company to the Russian government. It’s hard to say if it’s a storm in a glass of water or if Putin sits at the server and watches on home porn of Hillary Clinton. Anyway, Kaspersky Lab ends with the US government. More information
Debian-Administration.org will be closed
One long-term project will leave us at the end of the year. Speech is about the legendary Debian-Administration portal, that gathered interesting tips and information from Debian administration. The reason is the lack of new content – just two articles were published last year. A sad balance or a sign of the fact that Debian is just for the proper king, who do not need any tutorials? More information
Samsung rewards bug bounty program
Samsung has decided to launch its own bug bounty program before Kim detonates the factory on the other side of the border. It promises anybody to pay up to two hundred thousand dollars, who find vulnerabilities in its tools. The amount of the reward depends on the level of critical of the given vulnerability. A detailed description of the vulnerability and its misuse has to be provided for the payment. More information
Important security vulnerabilities
BlueBorne – lack in blue tooth
An attacker can misuse the bluetooth technology to exploit the operating system due to newly discovered vulnerability. More information
WSL contains bunch of vulnerabilities
Although the Windows Subsystem for Linux has just been upgraded from beta to full version, several interesting security vulnerabilities were occured. More information
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Author: Jirka Dvořák
