The Sysdig Threat Research Team has uncovered an extensive crypto mining operation, PurpleUrchin, which abuses free continuous integration and deployment service accounts. This is why we can’t have nice things. It’s great that many cloud and…Read More

When you think about cloud security — and who doesn’t these days? — chip-level security is probably not even on your radar. But, perhaps, it should be. The Open Compute Project (OCP), which brings open source methods and collaboration to … Continue reading →

If an employee works two jobs, are they really stealing from your company? I don’t think so, but Canopy CEO Davis Bell apparently does. Bell, whose company is a midsized, Utah-based accounting practice management software firm, wrote on LinkedIn that…Read … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, and it wasn’t that long ago, “desktops” were terminals to mainframes or midrange computers running Unix. Then along came the PC, and everything changed. That is, until now. Today, Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) is making a comeback.…Read More

For business users and developers, Canonical’s recently introduced Ubuntu Pro, Amazon Web Services (AWS) virtual Ubuntu desktops, and, of course, its long-term support (LTS) version Ubuntu 22.04, are what you want. But, say you’re a programmer, and…Read More

You may recall that Linus Torvalds recently added support for Rust in the Linux kernel. One of the big reasons for adding Rust was to put an end to Linux code memory problems. It can’t come soon enough. Recently, five … Continue reading →