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Paragon is working to get its ntfs3 filesystem into the Linux kernel

Enlarge / Your hard drives and SSDs aren’t any better than the filesystem you format them with. Paragon’s ntfs3 driver combines decent performance with a fully featured implementation—a combination that neither Linux in-kernel ntfs or FUSE-mounted ntfs-3g can claim both halves of. reader comments 4 with 4 posters participating Share this story In March of… Read More: Paragon is working to get its ntfs3 filesystem into the… »

Two-for-Tuesday vulnerabilities send Windows and Linux users scrambling

reader comments 116 with 71 posters participating Share this story The world woke up on Tuesday to two new vulnerabilities—one in Windows and the other in Linux—that allow hackers with a toehold in a vulnerable system to bypass OS security restrictions and access sensitive resources. As operating systems and applications become harder to hack, successful… Read More: Two-for-Tuesday vulnerabilities send Windows and Linux users scrambling »

Google and Intel warn of high-severity Bluetooth security bug in Linux

reader comments 41 with 26 posters participating, including story author Share this story Google and Intel are warning of a high-severity Bluetooth flaw in all but the most recent version of the Linux Kernel. While a Google researcher said the bug allows seamless code execution by attackers within Bluetooth range, Intel is characterizing the flaw… Read More: Google and Intel warn of high-severity Bluetooth security bug in… »