Category: Open Source Software

Open Source Software

Red Hat Gets Buy Rating As It Ascends In The Cloud

1 provider of Linux-based open-source operating-system software as it moves deeper into fast-growing areas such as the cloud. So concludes Brian White, an analyst for Cantor Fitzgerald, who initiated coverage on the enterprise software company on Tuesday with a buy rating and a price target of 81. Red Hat stock inched up a fraction, near…

Four Flaws Expose Critical Network Time-Keeping Servers to Attack

Flaws in a popular program implementing the Network Time Protocol, the software used to synchronize servers across the Internet, has administrators scrambling. Four security vulnerabilities in a popular program for synchronizing time on Internet-connected computers could be used to compromise tens of thousands – and possibly millions – of servers, according to security experts. Source:…

This Linux grinch could put a hole in your security stocking

A grinch may be snatching away some year-end holiday time, forcing Linux system administrators to fill a gaping security hole in their systems. Named after the proverbially grumpy Dr. Seuss character, the grinch vulnerability could affect all Linux systems, potentially providing attackers with unfettered root access, according to security service provider Alert Logic, which introduced…

Snappy Ubuntu for Docker Containers Comes to Google's Cloud

Canonical , the company behind Ubuntu , one of the most popular Linux distributions, has made snappy Ubuntu Core, a version of the operating system designed for cloud infrastructure and optimized for running Docker containers, available on Google ‘s cloud. Canonical first announced snappy Ubuntu Core earlier this month and made it available on Microsoft…