today's leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 15, 2025

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • Fedora Family / IBM

    • Red Hat Official ☛ AI beyond the hype at Red Hat Summit: 7 key announcements [Ed: All about hype and upselling a scam]

      Models-as-a-Service (MaaS) focuses on making AI more efficient and usable. The fundamental idea of MaaS is that a small team of AI experts can provide AI models as consumable API endpoints, enabling everyone in your organization to harness the power of these AI models without needing to be an expert.

  • Canonical/Ubuntu Family

    • Ubuntu ☛ Let’s meet at AI4 and talk about AI infrastructure with open source

• Security

  • Krebs On Security ☛ DOGE Denizen Marko Elez Leaked API Key for xAI

    Marko Elez, a 25-year-old employee at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been granted access to sensitive databases at the U.S. Social Security Administration, the Treasury and Justice departments, and the Department of Homeland Security. So it should fill all Americans with a deep sense of confidence to learn that Mr. Elez over the weekend inadvertently published a private key that allowed anyone to interact directly with more than four dozen large language models (LLMs) developed by Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI.

  • Linux Is No Longer Immune: Why Ransomware Gangs Are Going All-In on Linux Targets [Ed: No, ransomware is still predominantly a Windows thing, based on surveys]

    With ransomware operators now eyeing Linux as fertile ground for disruption and financial gain, CISOs can no longer afford to treat Linux environments as inherently secure or low risk. As cloud adoption surges and Linux cements its place across critical workloads, attackers are adapting—and they’re hitting harder than ever.