Other attacks against open-source targets have slowed work at the Debian and Gentoo sites. There was even an attempt to compromise beta Linux kernel code.
With attacks becoming more sophisticated, Linux server operators will need to spend additional time hardening application code, type-checking data, comparing input strings with known-good templates and inspecting output strings for illicit data.
So far, only online-project servers, not the general population of open-source ones, have been adversely affected. Still, the latest open-source security breaches prove that no technology community or OS is immune from danger. For the foreseeable future, Linux users will have to take the kinds of precautions familiar to those who work in other operating environments.
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
