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Blog posts tagged
"Security"

eslerm
19 November 2024

Needrestart local privilege escalation vulnerability fixes available

Ubuntu Article

Qualys discovered vulnerabilities which allow a local attacker to gain root privileges in the needrestart package (CVE-2024-48990, CVE-2024-48991, CVE-2024-48992, and CVE-2024-11003) and a related issue in libmodule-scandeps-perl (CVE-2024-10224). The vulnerabilities affect Debian, Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. Canonical’s securit ...

Luci Stanescu
28 October 2024

Imagining the future of Cybersecurity

Ubuntu Security

October 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu. The cybersecurity landscape has significantly shifted since 2004. If you have been following the Ubuntu Security Team’s special three-part series podcast that we put out to mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month, you will have listened to us talk about significant moments that have shaped the ...

Lech Sandecki
23 October 2024

6 facts for CentOS users who are holding on

Cloud and server Article

Considering migrating to Ubuntu from other Linux platforms, such as CentOS? Find six useful facts to get started! ...

Kris Sharma
17 October 2024

Why is Ubuntu Linux the leading choice to replace CentOS for financial services?

Financial Services Article

Financial services are powered by technology. The customer experience is increasingly driven by data, with tailoring of products and services to reflect individual behaviors and preferences. All of this rests on a foundation of secure, stable technology that can support agility and flexibility to adapt to customer needs, whilst at the sam ...

Luci Stanescu
26 September 2024

CUPS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Fix Available

Ubuntu Article

Four CVE IDs have been assigned that together form an high-impact exploit chain surrounding CUPS: CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, CVE-2024-47176 and CVE-2024-47177. Canonical’s security team has released updates for the cups-browsed, cups-filters, libcupsfilters and libppd packages for all supported Ubuntu LTS releases. The updates remedi ...

Aaron Whitehouse
30 August 2024

Integrating the Ubuntu Snapshot Service into systems management and update tools

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu recently released a snapshot service to use the archive as it was at a point in history. This article explains how to integrate this into systems management or update tools. ...

Diogo Sousa
21 August 2024

How Ubuntu keeps you secure with KEV prioritisation

Security Article

The Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (KEV) is a database published by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that serves as a reference to help organisations better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity.By having a commitment to prioritise vulnerabilities contained in the KEV, Ubuntu is p ...

Henry Coggill
2 August 2024

How Canonical enables PCI-DSS compliance

Security Article

Anyone who deals with online payments will have heard of PCI-DSS. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is a comprehensive security control framework that is designed to keep payment card data safe from hackers and misuse. Merchants who accept debit or credit card payments (and service providers who process this information) wi ...

Luci Stanescu
3 July 2024

What you need to know about regreSSHion: an OpenSSH server remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-6387)

Security Security

Details about the high-impact CVE-2024-6387 vulnerability, nicknamed regreSSHion, and the Ubuntu fix released on the CRD. ...

Andreea Munteanu
10 May 2024

An overview of machine learning security risks

AI Article

Data is at the heart of all machine learning (ML) initiatives – and bad actors know it. As AI continues to occupy the limelight of modern tech discourse, ML systems are becoming increasingly attractive targets for attack. With the Identity Theft Resource Center reporting a 72% spike in data breaches in 2023, it’s critical to ...

Alex Murray
24 April 2024

What’s new in security for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS?

Confidential computing Security

We’re excited about the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release, Noble Numbat. Like all Ubuntu releases, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS comes with 5 years of free security maintenance for the main repository. Support can be expanded for an extra 5 years, and to include the universe repository, via Ubuntu Pro.  Organisations looking to keep their systems secu ...

Anastasia Kritskaya
4 April 2024

Canonical at America Digital Congress in Chile

AI Article

Canonical participates in America Digital Congress in Santiago, Chile. Learn how Canonical can support your digital transformation journey. ...

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