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New security advisory released for X.Org X server and Xwayland issues

By Liam Dawe,
Today, an X.Org Security Advisory was sent out that details multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland.

Xubuntu website hijacked to serve malware

By Liam Dawe,
Ouch, the Xubuntu website was recently hijacked and ended up serving Windows malware, and this isn't the first time the Xubuntu site was hit.
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Around 70,000 users affected in Discord related breach which includes some government ID images

By Liam Dawe,
Ouch. This whole ongoing online safety thing is going well isn't it? Who could have guessed that some personal data would end up leaking? Everyone with a brain.

NVIDIA reveal new driver security issues for October 2025

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA just revealed more GPU driver security issues and so you should make sure you’re up to date.

Unity devs are scrambling to update their games due to a recent security issue

By Liam Dawe,
The Unity team recently revealed a security issue in their game engine, with lots of developers scrambling to update their games.

NVIDIA say no to adding backdoors and killswitches in their GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have released a blog post from chief security officer, fighting back against attempts from pundits and policymakers in governments wanting backdoors.

NVIDIA reveal more GPU driver security issues for July 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Time to get updating your NVIDIA GPU driver, as more security issues have been revealed in their July 2025 Security Bulletin.

AMD CPU Transient Scheduler Attacks security flaw revealed

By Liam Dawe,
Made public today is a fresh round of security issues, this time for AMD CPUs with Transient Scheduler Attacks.

Sunshine game stream host for Moonlight gets security fixes, Linux improvements and more features

By Liam Dawe,
LizardByte released the latest major update to Sunshine, the game streaming host platform for Moonlight to stream games from one system to another.

Multiple security issues in the X.Org X server and Xwayland disclosed, new versions released

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Developer Olivier Fourdan announced multiple security issues in the X.Org X server and Xwayland, with new versions being released.

Microsoft finally solve the Linux dual-boot issue after 9 months

By Liam Dawe,
Back in August 2024, Microsoft released an update for various versions of Windows including Windows 10 and 11 that broke dual-booting with Linux on some setups. They've now finally solved it.

Here's a statement from Valve on the reported Steam data breach

By Liam Dawe,
There's been reports of a Steam data breach recently, and instead of jumping the gun I reached out to Valve first to see what was going on. Here's a statement from Valve.

More Intel CPU security flaws revealed with Branch Privilege Injection

By Liam Dawe,
We only just had the reveal of Training Solo from VUSec for Intel and Arm, and now we have another security flaw in Intel CPUs with Branch Privilege Injection.

VUSec reveal 'Training Solo', more security issues for Intel and Arm CPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Researchers at VUSec have revealed what they're calling "Training Solo", a set of security issues across Intel and Arm CPUs that sound pretty annoying and serious.

NVIDIA disclose new security flaw in their Linux GPU drivers

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA sent out a security bulletin today to reveal a fresh security flaw found in their Linux GPU drivers. So it’s time to get updating again to be safe.

X.Org X server and Xwayland have 8 more security vulnerabilities revealed

By Liam Dawe,
You should probably keep an eye on your software updater, as the X.Org X server and Xwayland have more security vulnerabilities that have been announced.

NVIDIA release new GPU driver updates for Linux and Windows after announcing security issues

By Liam Dawe,
Today, January 16th 2025, NVIDIA have revealed multiple security flaws in their GPU drivers, so it's time to get updating again.

NVIDIA detail new GPU driver vulnerabilities in their October 2024 Security Bulletin

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have released a security bulletin to detail new security issues, so it's time to update your GPU driver once again.

Internet Archive hit with DDoS attacks and hacked with 31 million accounts hit

By Liam Dawe,
A sad day for the internet, as it has been confirmed that the Internet Archive that hosts a massive amount of historical data has been hit by DDoS attacks, and unfortunately they've had a breach.

Major flaw found in CUPS - time to run Linux system updates

By Liam Dawe,
Yesterday details went public about a major security issue that was found in CUPS, the open source printing system.
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