Questions tagged [security]
Security covers a wide-ranging set of topics including Users, Permissions, Authentication, Authorisation, Upgrades, Firewalling, Hardening, etc.
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How do I fix CVE-2026-31431 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS?
We are running a bunch of containers for a cyber security teaching environment, where students can execute arbitrary commands (unprivileged).
Our system (Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS) is affected by the ...
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Does the recent attack on Ubuntu infrastructure put Ubuntu computers under security risk?
Is it known whether the recent attacks (see Ubuntu Infrastructure not responding, returning 503 or other errors) on the whole Ubuntu infrastructure (official Websites/snapcraft/Launchpad) cause any ...
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What are the security risks on a non-encrypted system? [closed]
I was installing Ubuntu and noticed the option to encrypt the system, which made me wonder what exactly the advantages of encryption are. I have very little technical knowledge and I wanted to know ...
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