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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 28, 2023

Videos/Shows: MakuluLinux and BSD Now

New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients with Oaken, The Black Pepper Crew, and Mr Run and Jump

↺ Galaxy Z foldable

Lilbits: Samsung’s new foldables and AMD’s new security vulnerability

↺ Lilbits: Samsung’s new foldables and AMD’s new security vulnerability

> Samsung's newest Galaxy Z foldable phones are up for pre-order. Prices start at about $1000 for the Galaxy Z Flip5 and $1800 for the Galaxy Z Fold5, although various retailers are offering free storage upgrades, gift cards, or other perks to sweeten the deal before the phones are generally available on August 11.

Ubuntu fixes privilege escalation issues in kernel found by Wiz

↺ Ubuntu fixes privilege escalation issues in kernel found by Wiz

> Other Linux distributions do not use the Overlay filesystem module and are hence not affected.

> In a blog post, the company's researchers Sagi Tzadik and Shir Tamari wrote that OverlayFS had become popular along with the rise in the use of containers.

↺ a blog post

> "...its features enable the deployment of dynamic filesystems based on pre-built images," they explained.

↺ a blog post

The banking trojan malware Qakbot is surging again. Here’s what it means for defenders

↺ The banking trojan malware Qakbot is surging again. Here’s what it means for defenders

> The banking trojan Qakbot has once again risen in popularity, because you just can’t keep well-designed and effective malware down. A new report from Zscaler Inc.’s threat labs provides new details about the trojan virus that has been around since 2007 stealing banking credentials from around the world.>

QSB-091: Windows PV drivers potentially compromised

↺ QSB-091: Windows PV drivers potentially compromised

> We have published Qubes Security Bulletin 091: Windows PV drivers potentially compromised. The text of this QSB and its accompanying cryptographic signatures are reproduced below. For an explanation of this announcement and instructions for authenticating this QSB, please see the end of this announcement.

↺ Qubes Security Bulletin 091: Windows PV drivers potentially compromised

↺ Qubes Security Bulletin 091: Windows PV drivers potentially compromised

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