On or around August 12 the servers used to maintain and distribute the Linux operating system were compromised. No one noticed for over two weeks allowing malware to fill those servers accessed through kernel.org. Since then kernel.org has been down for maintenance as site administrators try to understand how the attack was possible and what […]

When I was a young girl, I’d continually remind my parents every year that my half-birthday was coming up. Sometimes they’d buy me a candy bar or something of the sort. Knowing the date of my half-birthday was just something fun that brightened my day every six months from my actual birthday. However, as I’ve […]