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NEWS
now, AMDGPU received a single
minor update, xf86-video-amdgpu
1 .0.1 , but today's release adds
multiple changes.
Release highlights of AMDGPU
1 .1 .0 include support for the
upcoming Polaris 1 0 and 1 1 family
of AMD GPUs, makes the OpenGL
and VDPAU (Video Decode and
Presentation API for Unix)
interoperation to work with DRI3
enabled, add the "TearFree" option
to prevent tearing with reflection
and rotation under X.Org Server
1 .1 6 or later.
Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/o
pen-source-amdgpu-linux-drivergets-major-update-with-morethan-50-improvements-
502700.shtml
DDOS ATTACKS WITH
BILLGATES LINUX MALWARE
INTENSIFY
Over the past six months,
security researchers from
Akamai's SIRT team have observed
a shift in the cyber-criminal
underground to using botnets
created via the BillGates malware
to launch massive 1 00+ Gbps DDoS
attacks.
The BillGates malware is a
relatively old malware family
aimed at Linux machines running in
server environments. Its primary
purpose is to infect servers, link
them together in a botnet
controlled via a central C&C server,
which instructs bots to launch
DDoS attacks at their targets.
The malware has been around
for some years, and due to its
(irony-filled) name is probably one
of the most well-known Linuxtargeting
malware families.
While not as powerful as the
XOR botnet, which was capable of
launching 1 50+ Gbps attacks,
BillGates attacks can go over 1 00
Gbps when needed.
Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/d
dos-attacks-with-billgates-linuxmalware-intensify-502697.shtml
ON-BOARD WI-FI,
BLUETOOTH SUPPORT IN
UBUNTU MATE 1 6.04 FOR
RASPBERRY PI 3
With the new move, users of
the Ubuntu MATE for
Raspberry Pi OS platform will now
receive access to the forthcoming
Ubuntu MATE 1 6.04 LTS (Xenial
Xerus) branch. The update is
expected to bring users a host of
new features including a new
Welcome screen built specifically
with Raspberry Pi-centric features
in mind, as well as many updated
components.
The most exciting addition to
Ubuntu MATE 1 6.04 for Raspberry
would be the new onboard Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth support made
possible by the BlueZ 5.37
component.
This new system is based on the
Linux Kernel 4.1 .1 9 LTS, and
includes Raspberry firmware
1 .201 6031 5-1 , wiringpi 2.32,
nuscratch 201 601 1 5, sonic-pi 2.9.0,
and omx-player
0.3.7~git201 60206~cb91 001 .
Source:
http://www.mobipicker.com/board
-wi-fi-bluetooth-support-ubuntumate-1
6-04-raspberry-pi-3/
RESEARCHERS HELP SHUT
DOWN SPAM BOTNET THAT
ENSLAVED 4,000 LINUX
MACHINES
A
botnet that enslaved about
4,000 Linux computers and
caused them to blast the Internet
with spam for more than a year has
finally been shut down.
Known as Mumblehard, the
botnet was the product of highly
skilled developers. It used a
custom "packer" to conceal the
Perl-based source code that made
it run, a backdoor that gave
attackers persistent access, and a
mail daemon that was able to send
large volumes of spam. Command
servers that coordinated the
compromised machines'
operations could also send
messages to Spamhaus requesting
the delisting of any Mumblehardbased
IP addresses that sneaked
into the real-time composite
blocking list, or CBL, maintained by
the anti-spam service.
Source:
http://arstechnica.com/security/20
1 6/04/researchers-help-shut-down-
spam-botnet-that-enslaved-4000-
linux-machines/
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