More posts about “security”

New Website Lets You Scan Snaps for Known Security Vulnerabilities

Snapscope by Alan Pope lets you scan Snap packages to list CVES or security vulnerabilities in any bundled libraries, giving you more insight into Snap security.

Sunday

Xubuntu Reveals How its Website Was Hijacked

The Xubuntu team has shared an incident report on its October website breach. Attackers brute-forced the site to inject malware - but was anything else affected?

18 November 2025

Kaspersky Brings Its Antivirus Software to Linux Desktops

Kaspersky launches Linux antivirus for Ubuntu and other distros. Features, system requirements and why the banned security firm has come to open-source desktops.

12 November 2025
Ubuntu desktop being watched by malicious eyes.

Linux PPA Ransomware Scare is Light on Evidence

A social media user claimed an Ubuntu PPA was being used to distribute ransomware. Their proof? Well, they didn't have any - but that didn't stop the panic.

8 November 2025

Xubuntu Website Hijack Served Malware Downloads (Now Fixed)

The official Xubuntu website briefly served Windows malware to users trying to download the distro between 18-19 October. ISOs were not affected.

19 October 2025

Free VPN Extension Found Taking Screenshots, Uploading Them

Security researchers found that a free VPN extension for Chrome with over 100k is taking screen grabs of users' browsing and uploading them to a remote server.

20 August 2025

Ubuntu 25.10 Offers Improved Disk Encryption Using TPM

Ubuntu 25.10 improves experimental TPM-backed full-disk encryption, which ties security to hardware integrity. New options and checks will be in place.

30 July 2025
Ubuntu desktop being watched by malicious eyes.

New Linux Security Flaw Uses Initramfs to Inject Malware

A newly found security flaw in Ubuntu could allow attackers with physical access to bypass full disk encryption. Learn how the attack works.

6 July 2025

Ubuntu Adopts Chrony + NTS for Secure Network Time

Ubuntu 25.10 switches to Chrony with Network Time Security (NTS) for authenticated time sync, improving security over the existing setup.

16 June 2025

Kapitano is a New GTK ClamAV Frontend for Linux

Kapitano is a ClamAV frontend for Linux that scans files for malware, ideal if you want to check Windows files safely on the Ubuntu desktop.

13 June 2025

NordVPN Linux App Updated with New GUI

NordVPN has announced a major update to its Linux app, adding a much-requested GUI front-end that makes it easier to control, configure and monitor secure connections. Linux users have been able to use an official, […]

13 May 2025

Ubuntu Patches Major Security Vulnerabilities in Rsync

Doing anything right now? Oh, you’re reading this – appreciated – but once you’re done go and install the pending update to Rsync, pushed out to all supported versions of Ubuntu desktop and server this […]

15 January 2025