Amazon ECS Anywhere enables customers to run Amazon ECS on any infrastructure

Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) Anywhere, a new capability for Amazon ECS that enables customers to run and manage container-based applications on-premises using the same APIs, cluster ma… Continue reading Amazon ECS Anywhere enables customers to run Amazon ECS on any infrastructure

SUSE contributes EiriniX to the Cloud Foundry Foundation

SUSE today announced that it has contributed EiriniX, a framework for building extensions for Eirini, a technology that brings support for Kubernetes-based container orchestration to the Cloud Foundry platform-as-a-service project. About a year ago, SUSE also contributed the KubeCF project to the foundation, which itself allows the Cloud Foundry Application Runtime — the core of […] Continue reading SUSE contributes EiriniX to the Cloud Foundry Foundation

Bug in widely used bootloader opens Windows, Linux devices to persistent compromise

A vulnerability (CVE-2020-10713) in the widely used GRUB2 bootloader opens most Linux and Windows systems in use today to persistent compromise, Eclypsium researchers have found. The list of affected systems includes servers and workstations, laptops a… Continue reading Bug in widely used bootloader opens Windows, Linux devices to persistent compromise

SUSE acquires Kubernetes management platform Rancher Labs

SUSE, which describes itself as ‘the world’s largest independent open source company,’ today announced that it has acquired Rancher Labs, a company that has long focused on making it easier for enterprises to make their container clusters. The two companies did not disclose the price of the acquisition, but Rancher was well funded, with a […] Continue reading SUSE acquires Kubernetes management platform Rancher Labs

Suse launches version 2.0 of its Cloud Foundry-based Cloud Application Platform

Suse, the well-known German open-source company that went through more corporate owners than anybody can remember until it finally became independent again in 2019, has long been a champion of Cloud Foundry, the open-source platform-as-a-service project. And while you may think of Suse as a Linux distribution, today’s company also offers a number of other […] Continue reading Suse launches version 2.0 of its Cloud Foundry-based Cloud Application Platform

Microsoft releases Defender ATP for Android and Linux

Microsoft has added support for Linux and Android to Microsoft Defender ATP, its unified enterprise endpoint security platform. Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection is designed to help enterprises prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to a… Continue reading Microsoft releases Defender ATP for Android and Linux

PPP Daemon flaw opens Linux distros, networking devices to takeover attacks

A vulnerability (CVE-2020-8597) in the Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon (pppd) software, which comes installed on many Linux-based and Unix-like operating systems and networking devices, can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to achieve code execu… Continue reading PPP Daemon flaw opens Linux distros, networking devices to takeover attacks