UK-based software company Canonical recently announced the launch of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with updated features on cloud security, real-time kernel for industrial applications, and enterprise compliance. Ubuntu is the only Linux distribution supporting Microsoft Azure Confidential VMs. The last LTS update was released with Ubuntu 20.4 in April 2020. The "Pwn to Own" Hacking Contest held last week was a security battle amongst 3 major operating systems - MacOS X Leopard, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu Linux. First one to hack any of the laptops gets to bring it home: VAIO VGN-TZ37CN running Ubuntu 7.10 Fujitsu U810 running Vista Ultimate SP1 MacBook Air running OSX 10.5.2 The main purpose of this contest is to responsibly unearth new vulnerabilities within these systems so that the affected vendor(s) can address them. At the end of the 3 day competition, only the Ubuntu box remained untouched. Read more in our articles including "Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS released, supports confidential computing" and "MacBook Air cracked in 2 minutes at PWN to OWN Contest".
UK-based software company Canonical recently announced the launch of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with updated features on cloud security, real-time kernel for industrial applications, and enterprise compliance. Ubuntu is the only Linux distribution supporting Microsoft Azure Confidential VMs.
The last LTS update was released with Ubuntu 20.4 in April 2020. The "Pwn to Own" Hacking Contest held last week was a security battle amongst 3 major operating systems - MacOS X Leopard, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu Linux. First one to hack any of the laptops gets to bring it home: VAIO VGN-TZ37CN running Ubuntu 7.10 Fujitsu U810 running Vista Ultimate SP1 MacBook Air running OSX 10.5.2 The main purpose of this contest is to responsibly unearth new vulnerabilities within these systems so that the affected vendor(s) can address them.
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