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"Security"

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
9 July 2021

Linux kernel Livepatching

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu Livepatch is the service and the software that enables organizations to quickly patch vulnerabilities on the Ubuntu Linux kernels. Livepatch provides uninterrupted service while reducing fire drills during high and critical severity kernel vulnerabilities. ...

Holly Hall
17 June 2021

Two-factor authentication coming to Ubuntu One

Security Ubuntu tech blog

What is 2-factor authentication (2FA)? Two factor authentication (2FA) increases your account security further than just using a username and password. In addition to a password (the first factor), you need another factor to access your account. A great example to demonstrate this is when you withdraw money from an ATM. To access your ban ...

Igor Ljubuncic
4 June 2021

The magic behind snap interfaces

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Snaps are confined, self-contained applications, designed with portability and security in mind. By default, strictly confined snaps run in isolation, with minimal access to system resources. For instance, they cannot access home, network, audio, or display. To make their snaps usable, developers and publishers can declare a set of interf ...

Leia Ruffini
25 May 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 25th of May 2021

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. ...

Valentin Viennot
24 May 2021

Canonical’s first DockerCon

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

May 27th will be Canonical’s first time as a DockerCon sponsor. That’s exciting! Since our joint announcement back in November, the relationship between Canonical and Docker has become stronger as more projects arise. There’s still a lot to be done in a cloud-native world to make Open Source available to everyone in its purest form. ...

Alex Murray
19 May 2021

What’s new in security for Ubuntu 21.04?

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu 21.04 is the latest release of Ubuntu and comes at the mid-point between the most recent Long Term Supported (LTS) release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and the forthcoming 22.04 LTS release due in April 2022. This provides a good opportunity to take stock of some of the latest security features delivered in this release, ...

Canonical
3 May 2021

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS transitions to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM)

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

This article was updated in September 2021 to reflect the new lifecycle of 16.04. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ‘Xenial Xerus’ transitions into the extended security maintenance (ESM) support phase at the end of April 2021 from its standard, five-year maintenance window for Ubuntu long term support (LTS) releases. Xenial Xerus is still supported until ...

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
14 April 2021

DISA has released the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS STIG benchmark

Security Ubuntu tech blog

The Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) are developed by the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) for the U.S. Department of Defense. They are configuration guidelines for hardening systems to improve security. They contain technical guidance which when implemented, locks down software and systems to mitigate malicious att ...

Leia Ruffini
13 April 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 13th of April 2021

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. ...

anastasiavalti
13 April 2021

Security at the Edge: hardware accelerated AI-based cybersecurity with Canonical Ubuntu and the BlueField-2 DPU

AI Ubuntu tech blog

During GTC last fall, NVIDIA announced an increased focus on the enterprise datacenter, including their vision of the datacenter-on-a-chip. The three pillars of this new software-defined datacenter include the data processing unit (DPU) along with the CPU and GPU. The NVIDIA BlueField DPU advances SmartNIC technology, which NVIDIA acquire ...

Alex Murray
9 April 2021

Security podcast: March

Security Ubuntu tech blog

The Security Podcast covers the most interesting security fixes around Ubuntu, with in-depth discussions around the latest vulnerabilities and updates. ...

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