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Security and Windows TCO Leftovers

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 22, 2024

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Krebs On Security ☛ Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

=> ↺ Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass, MailChimp, Okta, T-Mobile and Twilio.

Canonical ☛ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS end of life: standard support is coming to an end. Here’s how to prepare.

=> ↺ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS end of life: standard support is coming to an end. Here’s how to prepare.

In 2025, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) will reach the end of its standard five-year support window. It’s time to start thinking about your options for upgrading. What is an Ubuntu long-term support (LTS) release?  Ubuntu long-term support releases (LTS) are released every 2 years by Canonical.

Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS end of life: standard support is coming to an end. Here’s how to prepare.

=> ↺ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS end of life: standard support is coming to an end. Here’s how to prepare.

LWN ☛ Security updates for Thursday

=> ↺ Security updates for Thursday

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel, NetworkManager-libreswan, and openssl), Fedora (chromium and llvm-test-suite), Mageia (thunderbird), and Ubuntu (linux-aws-6.8, linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-oracle-6.8,, linux-azure, and ruby2.7).

Windows TCO

The Register UK ☛ Win10 users treated to more full-screen ads for Windows 11

=> ↺ Win10 users treated to more full-screen ads for Windows 11

Microsoft is encouraging Windows 10 users to move to Windows 11 with more full-screen ads in the doomed operating system that urge users to buy a new Windows 11 PC.

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