'Linux' FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) and 'Linux' Foundation, Other Front Groups for Monopolies
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New variant of the IceFire ransomware targets Linux enterprise systems [Ed: But how does that get there in the first place? Not Linux.]
A novel Linux version of the IceFire ransomware that exploits a vulnerability in IBM's Aspera Faspex file-sharing software has been identified by SentinelLabs, a research division of cybersecurity company Sentinel One.
The exploit is for CVE-2022-47986, a recently patched Aspera Faspex vulnerability.
Known up to now to target only Windows systems, the IceFire malware detected by SentinelLabs uses an iFire extension, consistent with a February report from MalwareHunterTeam — a group of independent cybersecurity researchers analyzing and tracking threats — that IceFire is shifting focus to Linux enterprise systems.
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IceFire ransomware targets Linux, exploits IBM vulnerability [Ed: The issue is IBM, not "Linux"]
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welcomes member ‘commitments’ [Ed: OpenSSF is not for real security but for monopolies like Microsoft to call back doors "open"]
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Where is the ‘economic value’ of open source? [Ed: Linux Foundation removes freedom from the equation, focuses on openwashing instead]
The Linux Foundation has analysed the state of open source software value to specifically look at the ‘economic value’ of open source.
Its work may suggest that companies perceive the greatest benefits of open source software as cost savings, faster development, open standards and interoperability.
Almost two-thirds of the companies surveyed reported that the perceived benefits of open source clearly exceed the perceived costs.
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OpenForum Europe Mourns Passing of Co-Founder Basil Cousins at 91 [Ed: OpenForum Europe = voices of monopolies [1, 2]]
OpenUK announced on Wednesday in a post on its website that Basil Cousins, co-founder and director of OpenForum Europe, has died. Cousins was 91 years-old, and his death came about a year after the death of his wife, Trisha.
According to the post that was penned by Astor Nummelin Carlberg, OFE’s executive director, the death came after a long illness and will all members of his family present.
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It’s Board Election Time at Open Source Initiative Again [Ed: Open Source Initiative allowing corporate Microsoft shills to run for the board while bagging bribes from Microsoft]
If you’re a dues paying member of Open Source Initiative, you’ve probably already received an email from the organization telling you it’s time to vote in this year’s board of directors’ election. If the notice got lost in your inbox, or snagged by your spam filter, I’ll tell you for them: it’s time to vote for board members.
OSI is the non-profit organization that’s tasked with deciding what is or isn’t a valid open source license according to the “Open Source Definition,” a document that was adapted by Bruce Perens and others from Debian’s Free Software Guidelines in the late 1990s. Although anyone can market any license as open source (for some reason, the term “open source” was never copyrighted), unless a license is officially recognized as open source by OSI, it won’t be recognized as valid by open source advocates, nearly every enterprise user of open source, or just about anybody else.