Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Stung by last summer’s CrowdStrike meltdown, which crashed Windows PCs and servers worldwide, Microsoft is rolling out a wide range of security changes to Windows. Here’s what to expect over the next year

The Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework has joined the Linux Foundation as one of its projects, marking an important step for the cybersecurity community. This move aims to support OCSF’s mission of developing an open, extensible standard to tackle persistent issues of data normalization and interoperability in the industry.

Linux patriarch Linus Torvalds has released version 6.12 of the Linux kernel. This version has new capabilities to prioritize important processes over less important ones and offers more extensive hardware compatibility.

Over the past week, people on LinkedIn, X, and the Microsoft Answers forum reported receiving sextortion emails through the Microsoft 365 Message Center, allowing the scams to bypass spam filters and land in the inbox.

Microsoft is approaching AI tools ambitiously. It is working on making Copilot a central part of its major products to streamline workflow and improve user experience. The company’s efforts have landed it among the most valuable companies in the world, with a $3 trillion market capitalization. However, the rapid expansion approach is facing criticism from the tech community and internally.

Microsoft’s Copilot efforts are riddled with privacy and security issues, with a high-ranking employee referring to most Copilot-themed tools as “gimmicky.”

Elon Musk has updated his fraud, breach of contract, and racketeering lawsuit against OpenAI to make antitrust claims against Microsoft, accusing the two companies of attempting to “monopolize the generative AI market.” The amended complaint filed on Thursday names Microsoft as a new defendant, as well as LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Microsoft VP Dee Templeton, a former OpenAI board member.

The FTC is reportedly readying an investigation into whether Microsoft used anti-competitive tactics to maintain a dominant position in the cloud market.

A data exposure issue stemming from misconfigured access controls in Microsoft Power Pages has left several millions of records exposed to unauthorized users, new research reveals.

Earlier this year Microsoft’s Edge browser automatically started up on my PC and imported my Chrome tabs without consent. Microsoft refused to explain why this behavior had occurred, and then quietly addressed the problem in a Microsoft Edge update. Microsoft hasn’t given up on trying to get your Chrome data though, as a new update is rolling out that automatically starts Edge and offers to import your Chrome tabs.