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Sovereign Tech Agency Providing Massive Investment Into Flatpak

The latest beneficiary of Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency is Flatpak where more than half a million Euros will be invested over the next two years to help with app sandboxing and other functionality...

We haven't written up this one. Phoronix has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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The Growing Threat: Attackers Using GitHub Repositories as Malware Staging Mechanisms

This blog was originally published by Brian Tant on the Raxis blog January 21, 2026 GitHub has become the backbone of modern software development, hosting over 100 million repositories and serving…

  • Cybercriminals use GitHub repositories to stage malware, targeting over 100 million repositories
  • Storm-0409 campaign infected nearly one million devices worldwide using GitHub
  • GitHub's trust, accessibility, and technical features make it attractive for attackers

Security Notice: @bananacool467/ui-tools — Use 0.1.9-beta or Newer

Published : August 27, 2026 Package : @bananacool467/ui-tools I want to clarify a security issue affecting earlier versions of @bananacool467/ui-tools .

  • Versions 0.1.0-beta through 0.1.7-beta contain security vulnerability
  • Unauthenticated WebSocket endpoint allows server PTY interaction
  • Update to 0.1.9-beta or newer to resolve vulnerability

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