and more Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included Security EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppnen sees no end in sight On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career FOSS GNOME can look like Windows and Flashback can do it without extensions New 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32 New Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15 Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites Flaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide Frame: A new X11 server implemented directly in assembly Joins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre and outlier Arcan Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland if you want it Next version of Linux Mints desktop has both kinds of display server KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives 6.7 is now current, and in 6.8 you're getting Wayland whether you like it or not
You probably dont think that drugged driving is that common, but in 2017 a survey was done with people ages 16 and older
Banning e-cigarettes from checked bags is a prudent and important safety measure. The rule covers battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices including e-cigarettes, e-cigars and e-pipes, but does not prohibit passengers from transporting other devices containing batteries for personal use like laptop computers or cell phones
This year, all of that has basically held true, with some new quirks
