Canonical has launched Minimal Ubuntu Pro, enhancing cloud security with lightweight images and robust features. Available on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, it offers minimized attack surfaces and long-term support.

Pulumi added support for managing Terraform and OpenTofu state in Pulumi Cloud and introduced native HCL support in its infrastructure as code engine. These changes allow teams to use Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi languages, and HCL side by side, with shared state visibility, governance features, and AI-assisted operations available across tools.

Researchers pulled off a slick persistence trick usingAWS CLI aliases. They chained dynamic alias renaming with command execution to swipe credentials, without breaking expected CLI behavior. No red flags. Perfect fit forautomated environmentslike CI/CD pipelines. Backdoors, no AWS CLI tampering req.. read more  

Cloud-native breaches keep slipping through the cracks, not because no one’s watching, but because they’re watching the wrong things. Static checks and posture tools can’t catch what happens in motion. That’s where most attacks live now: at runtime. Think app-layer exploits, poisoned dependencies, s.. read more  

A seasoned Google engineer drops 21 sharp principles for scaling engineering beyond just writing code. Think:clarity beats cleverness,users over egos,alignment over being “right.”The core message? Build systems humans can work with - especially under stress. Favorites: kill pointless work, treat pro.. read more  

When managing infrastructure with Terraform, enforcing tagging standards, instance type restrictions, preventing public exposure, enforcing regions, and other best practices are essential with Open Policy Agent (OPA). OPA evaluates Terraform plans before apply to ensure compliance with organization'.. read more  

Azure just tightened the screws on Hybrid Benefit. Use it without the rightSoftware Assurance, botch yourlicense-to-core mapping, or skipdecommissioning proof, and you’re staring down $50K+ in penalties. To help dodge that landmine, Microsoft dropped a new guide. It covers pre-migration checks, audi.. read more  

Linus Torvalds argues that Linux kernel guidelines should treat AI like any other development tool, not as a special case, saying documentation cannot solve bad submissions. At the same time, he openly acknowledges using an AI coding tool in a personal project, signaling pragmatic acceptance of AI-assisted development outside core kernel policy.

The analysis of Linux kernel bugs shows that some bugs remain undiscovered for over 20 years, with an average lifespan of 2.1 years. The study examined 125,183 bug-fix pairs and found that certain subsystems have longer bug lifetimes. A tool developed for the research identified 92% of historical bugs, and findings indicate that bug discovery has improved over time.

A long AWS smackdown in US-EAST-1 traced back to a ticking time bomb inDynamoDB’s automated DNS system. The flaw torpedoed EC2 networking, hobbled Lambda and Fargate, and dragged down theNetwork Load Balancer. Endpoints ghosted. Configs stalled. Everything snowballed. AWS says they’ll upgrade EC2 th.. read more