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3rd party KDE Plasma Global Themes and Widgets can lead to data loss

By Liam Dawe,
Uh oh. Seems there's been an issue lately with Global Themes for KDE, which has ended up causing a total wipe of data.

Knock knock. Who's there? More scam apps on Canonical's Snap Store!

By Liam Dawe,
No this isn't a joke, sadly. Canonical once again have an issue with scam apps appearing on the Snap Store, which is becoming a repeating problem.

Apex Legends Global Series postponed due to mid-match hacks

By Liam Dawe,
Good Morning. Some interesting industry news for you here, as it seems Apex Legends has something of a hacker problem right now that has even messed up the Global Series esport tournament. Note: ARTICLE UPDATED.

NVIDIA disclose new driver security issues - Feb 28

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA has revealed new GPU driver security issues in their latest bulletin, so here's what you need to know if you're using an NVIDIA GPU on Linux.

Snap store from Canonical (Ubuntu) hit with another crypto scam app

By Liam Dawe,
Not the first time this has happened, but recently the Snap store from Canonical hosted a scam bitcoin app that claimed to be "Exodus wallet" that caused a user to lose money.

Qualys discovers glibc flaw that could enable attackers to gain full root access

By Liam Dawe,
Well, here's another reminder to keep your PC up to date. Despite Linux being known for security, it's not perfect (no software is) and researchers at Qualys have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library.

Framework email customers for data breach from accounting partner getting phished

By Liam Dawe,
No one is safe from data breaches, and at times it won't even be the company you've directly interacted and purchased from but their partners, like what recently happened to Framework.

X.Org and Xwayland get new releases due to security issues

By Liam Dawe,
Here's another reminder that checking regularly for updates is always a good thing, because there's new releases available for both the X.Org X and Xwayland due to multiple reported security issues.

NVIDIA driver 545.29.02 out for Linux plus other releases due to security issues

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA today launched four new stable Linux graphics drivers, yes four. 545.29.02 is the bigger one with all the new stuff, but they also launched 535.129.03, 525.147.05 and 470.223.02 due to newly disclosed security issues.

Snap store from Canonical hit with malicious apps

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical are currently dealing with a security incident with the Snap store, after users noticed multiple fake apps were uploaded so temporary limits have been put in place.

Linux kernel gets an AMD Zenbleed fix for the Steam Deck APU

By Liam Dawe,
One security issue I somehow missed back in July was Zenbleed, an issue with AMD CPUs that's getting patched up in the Linux kernel and now the Steam Deck is getting a kernel fix for it too.

Downfall is a new 'severe' flaw in Intel CPUs, while AMD deal with INCEPTION

By Liam Dawe,
Uh oh! Another rather serious security flaw has been found in Intel CPUs named Downfall, so here's a bit of info on it. Additionally, AMD are also dealing with INCEPTION.

CurseForge and Bukkit get hit with malware for Minecraft mods

By Liam Dawe,
Just a bit of a PSA here for anyone diving into Minecraft modding, as recently there's been a problem on both CurseForge and Bukkit with malware.

NVIDIA release details of security issues and release new drivers

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA issued a new Security Bulletin, to advise you to update your GPU drivers due to multiple security issues discovered.

You may want to run system updates, after a recent sudo security flaw

By Liam Dawe,
It was pointed out to me recently in the GamingOnLinux Discord, that the sudo package recently had a security flaw, so time to check for updates.

NVIDIA announce new security issues, make sure you have updated drivers

By Liam Dawe,
Here we are again. NVIDIA has today sent out a security bulletin to inform users on Linux and Windows to ensure your GPU drivers are up to date due to freshly revealed security problems.

Have a Dell desktop or laptop? You should upgrade your firmware now

By Liam Dawe,
Cloud security company Eclypsium has revealed that Dell desktops, laptops and tablets have multiple vulnerabilities.

Google detail 'Half-Double', a new Rowhammer vulnerability for DRAM

By Liam Dawe,
Is nothing sacred any more? Gosh, there's vulnerabilities everywhere. Just when you thought you were safe after updating to protect your CPU, now there's this. Thought RAM vendors had fixed Rowhammer from 2014? Think again, it's back with Half-Double.

Seems like we haven't seen the last of Spectre, UVA Engineering discover new CPU attacks

By Liam Dawe,
Spectre is one in a list of critical vulnerabilities in modern processors that was discovered over the last few years, and it seems it's not been solved yet.

Make sure your NVIDIA drivers are up to date, new security issues detailed

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA has today revealed a bunch of new vulnerabilities in the GPU drivers that affect both Linux and Windows.
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