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[level zero] Chasing Performance in ZeroTier – VyOS on Minisforum

[level zero] Chasing Performance in ZeroTier – VyOS on Minisforum

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[Cloudflare] Making home Internet faster has little to do with “speed”

[Cloudflare] Making home Internet faster has little to do with “speed”

If the Internet is an information superhighway, bandwidth is the number of lanes on the road. The wider the road, the more traffic can fit on the highway at any time. Bandwidth is useful for downloading large files like operating system updates and big game updates.

[NetworkSecurity] BGP Flaw Can Be Exploited for Prolonged Internet Outages #CVE-2023-38802

[NetworkSecurity] BGP Flaw Can Be Exploited for Prolonged Internet Outages #CVE-2023-38802

Serious flaw affecting major BGP implementations can be exploited to cause prolonged internet outages, but several vendors have not patched it.

[Mashable] Discord.io suffers massive data breach, announces closure

[Mashable] Discord.io suffers massive data breach, announces closure

Discord.io, a service that allowed users to create custom links for their Discord channels, is closing down following a large data breach.

[Ubuntu] USN-6250-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (severe!)

[Ubuntu] USN-6250-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (severe!)

Discover critical Linux kernel vulnerabilities fixed in Ubuntu's USN-6250-1 update. Stay secure! #LinuxSecurity #CVEFixes #UbuntuUpdate

[tom's hardware] AMD 'Zenbleed' Bug Leaks Data From Zen 2 Ryzen, EPYC CPUs: Most Patches Coming Q4 (Updated)

[tom's hardware] AMD 'Zenbleed' Bug Leaks Data From Zen 2 Ryzen, EPYC CPUs: Most Patches Coming Q4 (Updated)

Tavis Ormandy, a researcher with Google Information Security, posted today about a new vulnerability he independently found in AMD's Zen 2 processors. The 'Zenbleed' vulnerability spans the entire Zen 2 product stack, including AMD's EPYC data center processors and the Ryzen 3000/4000/5000 CPUs.

[TheRegister] RIP Kevin Mitnick: Former most-wanted hacker dies at 59

[TheRegister] RIP Kevin Mitnick: Former most-wanted hacker dies at 59

Kevin Mitnick, probably the world's most-famous computer hacker – and subsequently writer, public speaker, and security consultant – has succumbed to pancreatic cancer. He was 59.

[Qualys] CVE-2023-38408: Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent

[Qualys] CVE-2023-38408: Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent

The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) has discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent.

[STH] Intel Exiting the PC Business as it Stops Investment in the Intel NUC

[STH] Intel Exiting the PC Business as it Stops Investment in the Intel NUC

Some huge news. Intel has started to notify its ecosystem, saying that it will stop direct investment in the Next Unit of Compute (NUC) business.

[9to5linux] Mozilla Thunderbird 115 Released with Supernova UI, OpenPGP Improvements

[9to5linux] Mozilla Thunderbird 115 Released with Supernova UI, OpenPGP Improvements

This release introduces an intuitive app menu, sortable folder modes, modern cards view, and improved Calendar design.

[VyOS] Project July 2023 Update

[VyOS] Project July 2023 Update

In June, there was a lot of work done on VyOS. Why is this update so short, then? One reason is that VyOS 1.4 is now on the way to becoming the new LTS release, and there's a lot of work on smoke tests and refactoring that is required to stabilize it.

[THN] U.S. Government Agencies' Emails Compromised in China-Backed Cyber Attack

[THN] U.S. Government Agencies' Emails Compromised in China-Backed Cyber Attack

An unnamed Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency in the U.S. detected anomalous email activity in mid-June 2023, leading to Microsoft's discovery of a new China-linked espionage campaign targeting two dozen organizations.