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Happy Birthday To Linux Turned 25 Today

Happy Birthday To Linux Turned 25 Today News Compressed : Linux operating system which is famous for their open source and also a largest shared mechanics technology of this world was developed on 25th 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Today it's been 25 years of Linux project which celebration is announced by it's programmer  Linus Torvalds. Linux which first started the open source technology revolution and it's programmer linus torvalds announced today that it's 25 august 2016 it's been 25th years of linux project so, it's time for celebration everyone. Linux foundation showen their report for last 25 years "that around 13,500 developers from 1,300 companies have contributed to the Linux kernel since the entire project gone live on Git in 2005." They say it through minix :- " I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since April, a

Over 1.4 Billion Android Devices Are Vulnerable Of Internet Traffic Hijacking : Linux Kernel Flaw

Linux kernel Flaw News Compressed : New flaw discovered in android linux kernel from which over 80% of an android device from kitkat and higher are vulnerable to this flaw said lookout , it's allow hackers to close the connection unencrypted traffic and degrade encrypted traffic to spy on victims. This flaw in linux kernel first spotted by University of California in TCP protocol of all linux os, that let hackers to remotely  Hijacking the Internet traffic.but this vulnerability is complicated and difficult to exploits,  this attack not needed man in the middle like traditional ways just need to know the source and user ip address than the attack successfully terminated This weakness in TCP utilized by Linux since 2012 may be accustomed deploy targeted attacks, track a user’s on-line activity and compromise the safety of unidentified networks like TOR. The Linux Foundation has already patched the Linux kernel Report from Lookout said the over 1.4 million of android