Year of Linux News 2017
389Looking back at news stories for Linux and Security for 2017
Sources:
Usage at 3%: https://youtu.be/FseYORNQ9I8
http://www.zdnet.com/article/developer-claims-linux-forced-microsoft-to-up-its-windows-game-support/
Mongo DB: http://www.zdnet.com/article/mongodb-ransacked-now-27000-databases-hit-in-mass-ransom-attacks/
Mongo DB Again: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-wave-of-mongodb-ransom-attacks-makes-26-000-new-victims/
Inkscape Upgrade: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/article396/new-inkscape-0-92-breaks-your-previous-works-done-with-inkscape
Heartbleed: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/23/heartbleed_2017/
Wannacry http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/18/politics/white-house-tom-bossert-north-korea-wannacry/index.html
Systmed: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/4
Kernel Bug: http://www.zdnet.com/article/linuxs-decade-old-flaw-major-distros-move-to-patch-serious-kernel-bug/
Out of office patent: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/02/stupid-patent-month-ibm-patents-out-office-email
Stupid dev: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/developer-complains-firefox-labels-his-site-as-insecure-hilarity-ensues/
Libpng: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3232-1/
Ebury botnet: https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/linux-botnet-ebury.html
Verizon killing privacy: https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/verizon-appflash-evie.html
Android most popular OS: http://www.zdnet.com/article/sorry-windows-android-is-now-the-most-popular-end-user-operating-system/
Bodhi Linux: http://www.bodhilinux.com/2017/05/31/bodhi-linux-4-2-0-released/
Sudo bug: https://www.cyberciti.biz/security/linux-security-alert-bug-in-sudos-get_process_ttyname-cve-2017-1000367/
End of Unity: https://youtu.be/ZOtAYfHszsc
End of Ubuntu Gnome: http://ubuntugnome.org/ubuntu-gnome-17-04-released/
Ubuntu MATE Unity: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/109167721776905031830/+MartinWimpress/posts/7EzEUQuFdQL
Jane Silber leaves Canonical: https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/12/a-new-vantage-point/
KDE Petition: https://www.change.org/p/canonical-ltd-make-kde-plasma-the-default-desktop-for-ubuntu-18-04-instead-of-gnome-shell
Snappy on Raspbian: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snapd-on-raspbian-jessie/458
Sambacry: https://thehackernews.com/2017/06/linux-samba-vulnerability.html
Sambacry Nas: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/07/18/sambacry-flaw-nas-devices/
CryptoCoin mining on Pi: http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-malware-enslaves-raspberry-pi-to-mine-cryptocurrency/
Sudo Satarical: https://www.sudosatirical.com/articles/abused-battered-usb-flash-drive-dreading-distro-hoppers-next-foray/
Pop! OS: https://fossbytes.com/pop-os-linux-distro-system76/
Extern OS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvvd6CXYvNU
SystemD Again: https://ma.ttias.be/giving-perspective-systemds-usernames-start-digit-get-root-privileges-bug/
Good riddance Adobe Flash: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/25/flash_nahuh_internets_screen_door_gone_for_good_by_2020/
Kubuntu Upgrade: https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-16-04-3-lts-update-available/
Redhat BTRFS: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/16/red_hat_banishes_btrfs_from_rhel/
Purism Librem 5: https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
Exposed SSH Server: https://youtu.be/vnH_mvliORs
DVR Torture: https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/An+Update+On+DVR+Malware+A+DVR+Torture+Chamber/22762/
Equifax: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/massive-equifax-hack-reportedly-started-4-months-before-it-was-detected/
KRACK Attack: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/how-the-krack-attack-destroys-nearly-all-wi-fi-security/
Munich: https://youtu.be/ItnYTzoU1iY