IBM Buys "Red Hat" Open-Source Software Company for $34 Billion

The Hacker News Daily Updates The Path to Cloud-Native Applications Learn the 8 steps to cloud-native success. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Oct 29, 2018 IBM Buys "Red Hat" Open-Source Software Company for $34 Billion It's been quite a year for the open source platforms. Earlier this year, Microsoft acquired popular code repository hosting service GitHub for $7.5 billion, and now IBM has just announced the biggest open-source business deal ever. IBM today confirmed that it would be acquiring open source Linux ... Read More New Privilege Escalation Flaw Affects Most Linux Distributions An Indian security researcher has discovered a highly critical flaw in X.Org Server package that impacts OpenBSD and most Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, and Fedora. Xorg X server is a popular open-source implementation of the X11 system (display server) that offers ... Read More Facebook Fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal Facebook has finally been slapped with its first fine of £500,000 for allowing political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly gather and misuse data of 87 million users. The fine has been imposed by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and was calculated using the UK's ... Read More Google Makes 2 Years of Android Security Updates Mandatory for Device Makers When it comes to security updates, Android is a real mess. Even after Google timely rolls out security patches for its Android platform, a major part of the Android ecosystem remains exposed to hackers because device manufacturers do not deliver patches regularly and on a timely basis to their ... Read More FireEye: Russian Research Lab Aided the Development of TRITON Industrial Malware Cybersecurity firm FireEye claims to have discovered evidence that proves the involvement of a Russian-owned research institute in the development of the TRITON malware that caused some industrial systems to unexpectedly shut down last year, including a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia. TRITON, ... Read More The Path to Cloud-Native Applications Learn the 8 steps to cloud-native success. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India