today's leftovers
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Crypto-mining worm adds Linux password stealing capability [Ed: This totally and likely intentionally neglects to say that it's a problem on already-compromised machines]
The TeamTNT cybercrime group has recently updated its crypto-mining worm with password-stealing capabilities and with an additional network scanner to make it easier to spread to other vulnerable devices.
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Google vs Oracle tech dominance battle heads to US Supreme Court
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This week at the Supreme Court
Oral Argument set for October 7, 2020 in Google v. Oracle.
(1) Whether copyright protection extends to software code and the organizational structure of a programming language; and
(2) Whether, as the jury found, the petitioner’s use of a software interface in the context of creating a new computer program constitutes fair use.
What is the role of the Jury in deciding fair use? (Raised by the Court)
What is the role of patents in the protection of a software code? (Raised by Crouch) -
Vulkan 1.2.156 Released With Device Memory Report Extension
Vulkan 1.2.156 was released this morning and while it's a small revision to the API documentation it does come with a new extension.
Vulkan 1.2.156 adds one new extension and then has a fix for referring to memory import/export using the term payload rather than "the same underlying memory." The new extension is VK_EXT_device_memory_report.
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Easier CPU/GPU Comparisons On OpenBenchmarking.org, Other New Features
With the new OpenBenchmarking.org that's been out in public form since last month and being developed as part of the soon-to-be-released Phoronix Test Suite 10.0, here is the latest feature now enabled in making it much easier for quickly carrying out high-level processor (CPU) and graphics card (GPU) component comparisons along with other improvements.
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Developer brings mainline Linux Kernel support to the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua with unofficial Android 11 custom ROM
In the past few weeks, we’ve made a lot of posts about official Android 11 updates and Android 11-based custom ROMs. There is even a special custom Generic System Image (GSI) build through which anyone can get the taste of Android 11 on their Project Treble compatible devices. However, a similar achievement has yet to be made in the domain of generic kernel development. If every hardware component of a particular Android smartphone can be upstreamed to the mainline Linux kernel, the device should be able to boot any regular GNU/Linux distribution with no additional changes, which also makes it a lot easier to keep up with newer AOSP versions. Now, veteran kernel developer Pavel Dubrova, AKA XDA Member Cubbins has showed off a Sony Xperia M4 Aqua actually running the mainline Linux kernel under an AOSP 11.0 custom ROM.
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