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No Linux? No problem. Just get AI to hallucinate it for you

Enlarge / An AI-generated illustration of an AI-hallucinated computer. Benj Edwards / Ars Technica reader comments 69 with 0 posters participating Share this story Over the weekend, experimenters discovered that OpenAI’s new chatbot, ChatGPT, can hallucinate simulations of Linux shells and role-play dialing into a bulletin board system (BBS). The chatbot, based on a deep… Read More: No Linux? No problem. Just get AI to hallucinate it… »

Linux 6.0 arrives with support for newer chips, core fixes, and oddities

Enlarge / And there was much rejoicing, as a new Linux kernel version had arrived before its founder ran out of fingers and toes for counting. Getty Images reader comments 45 with 31 posters participating, including story author Share this story A stable version of Linux 6.0 is out, with 15,000 non-merge commits and a… Read More: Linux 6.0 arrives with support for newer chips, core fixes,… »

Never-before-seen malware has infected hundreds of Linux and Windows devices

reader comments 29 with 26 posters participating Share this story Researchers have revealed a never-before-seen piece of cross-platform malware that has infected a wide range of Linux and Windows devices, including small office routers, FreeBSD boxes, and large enterprise servers. Black Lotus Labs, the research arm of security firm Lumen, is calling the malware Chaos,… Read More: Never-before-seen malware has infected hundreds of Linux and Windows devices »

We interviewed Linux OS through an AI bot to discover its secrets

Enlarge / A world-exclusive interview between man and machine. Aurich Lawson / Getty Images reader comments 66 with 57 posters participating, including story author Share this story Millions of people use Linux every day, but we rarely stop to think about how the operating system feels about it. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what… Read More: We interviewed Linux OS through an AI bot to discover… »

New Linux malware combines unusual stealth with a full suite of capabilities

reader comments 12 with 11 posters participating Share this story Researchers this week unveiled a new strain of Linux malware that’s notable for its stealth and sophistication in infecting both traditional servers and smaller Internet-of-things devices. Dubbed Shikitega by the AT&T Alien Labs researchers who discovered it, the malware is delivered through a multistage infection… Read More: New Linux malware combines unusual stealth with a full suite… »

New ultra-stealthy Linux backdoor isn’t your everyday malware discovery

reader comments 31 with 24 posters participating Share this story Researchers have unearthed a discovery that doesn’t occur all that often in the realm of malware: a mature, never-before-seen Linux backdoor that uses novel evasion techniques to conceal its presence on infected servers, in some cases even with a forensic investigation. On Thursday, researchers from… Read More: New ultra-stealthy Linux backdoor isn’t your everyday malware discovery »

Microsoft finds Linux desktop flaw that gives root to untrusted users

Getty Images reader comments 51 with 39 posters participating Share this story Vulnerabilities recently discovered by Microsoft make it easy for people with a toehold on many Linux desktop systems to quickly gain root system rights— the latest elevation of privileges flaw to come to light in the open source OS. As operating systems have… Read More: Microsoft finds Linux desktop flaw that gives root to untrusted… »

Researcher uses Dirty Pipe exploit to fully root a Pixel 6 Pro and Samsung S22

reader comments 24 with 21 posters participating Share this story A researcher has successfully used the critical Dirty Pipe vulnerability in Linux to fully root two models of Android phones—a Pixel 6 Pro and Samsung S22—in a hack that demonstrates the power of exploiting the newly discovered OS flaw. The researcher chose those two handset… Read More: Researcher uses Dirty Pipe exploit to fully root a Pixel… »

Linux has been bitten by its most high-severity vulnerability in years

reader comments 52 with 45 posters participating Share this story Linux has yet another high-severity vulnerability that makes it easy for untrusted users to execute code capable of carrying out a host of malicious actions including installing backdoors, creating unauthorized user accounts, and modifying scripts or binaries used by privileged services or apps. Dirty Pipe,… Read More: Linux has been bitten by its most high-severity vulnerability in… »

Linux Foundation says companies are desperate for open source talent

Enlarge / It probably shouldn’t be considered “surprising” when a Linux certification entity reports that Linux certifications are highly desirable. reader comments 37 with 29 posters participating, including story author Share this story The Linux Foundation released its 2021 Open Source Jobs Report this month, which aims to inform both sides of the IT hiring… Read More: Linux Foundation says companies are desperate for open source talent »