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A Forged Kernel Key and a Rootful Helper: Inside the CIFSwitch Linux Privilege Escalation

A researcher disclosed CIFSwitch, a Linux local privilege escalation flaw present since 2007. Unprivileged users can exploit the CIFS Kerberos mount helper to gain root access... read more

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Intel: Our upcoming AI chip will be cheaper, run cooler than Nvidia, AMD options

Intel designed Crescent Island, an AI inference GPU, with lower-cost memory and air cooling, and plans to ship limited quantities this year... read more

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Top 15 DevOps Metrics and How to Read Them

DevOps metrics show how fast & reliable your team delivers software; valuable for saving money & building trust.DORA metricsonly part of the picture. Focus on key categories to understand if overall delivery is improving. Don't just measure, find the bottleneck for real improvement... read more

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Well-architected best practices for software supply chain security

AWS security teams define npm supply-chain defense as two tasks: limit credential blast radius and block unverified artifacts before production... read more

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AWS MCP Server: Complete Guide for Building AI Agents on AWS

Learn how to build powerful AI agents on AWS MCP Server. A complete guide covering setup, architecture, tools, and real-world use cases.

01-Guid to build AI Agent on AWS MCP Server

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Kata Containers is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project designed to close the security gap between traditional Linux containers and virtual machines. Instead of sharing a single host kernel like standard containers, Kata Containers launches each pod or container inside its own lightweight virtual machine using hardware virtualization.

This approach dramatically reduces the attack surface and prevents container escape vulnerabilities, making Kata ideal for multi-tenant, untrusted, or sensitive workloads. Despite using VMs under the hood, Kata is optimized for fast startup times and integrates seamlessly with Kubernetes through the Container Runtime Interface (CRI), allowing it to be used alongside runtimes like containerd and CRI-O.

Kata Containers is commonly used in scenarios such as multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters, confidential computing, sandboxed AI workloads, serverless platforms, and agent execution environments where strong isolation is mandatory. It supports multiple hypervisors, including QEMU, Firecracker, and Cloud Hypervisor, and continues to evolve toward faster boot times, lower memory overhead, and better hardware acceleration support.