#virtual-machine — Public Fediverse posts

Due to recent reports about “AI”/LLM/“agent” tools and services, I have growing concerns that the #security properties of the open web are changing, or have already changed, in practice, to a degree that we haven’t seen in many years.

This past week’s articles / reports on further investigations and details of the OpenAI Hugging Face intrusion / incident:  
* OpenAI report: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/67869394-cb91-4c12-888c-5cbd85c7814c/OpenAI-Hugging-Face%20Incident-Technical-Report.pdf
* 2026-08-26 https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/
* 2026-08-28 https://www.planned-obsolescence.org/p/the-hugging-face-attack-surprised
and articles like:
* 2026-08-26 https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/08/26/vms-wont-contain-cyber-capable-agents/

Previously I wrote about an instance of (presumably) unintentional subversion of site security by someone making mostly reasonable requests of a software “agent”:
* 2026-08-24 http://tantek.com/2026/226/t1/cybersecurity-friday-small-business

Combining those data points, it seems reasonable to conclude both that existing sites are in practice more vulnerable now, and as more advanced LLM models are available for use, as open models advance further, more sites will be vulnerable to more attacks, by a broader set of attackers, using fewer resources than were required in the past.

One implication of these growing vulnerabilities in practice is a growing need to reduce one’s personal exposure to such sites and services. Exposures as “small” as merely having an account on such sites, all the way to depending on such sites for critical home or transport needs.

For example, as vulnerable as various “internet of things” or “web of things” devices and services were in the past, we should expect they are or will shortly become even more vulnerable, and it would be reasonable to disconnect or otherwise take offline any such internet connected devices in your home.

Similarly, if you happen to be driving a vehicle that is either “always connected” (e.g. built-in WiFi or cell connectivity), or frequently connected to the internet (e.g. joins your home WiFi when parked in the garage), you may want to investigate if it is possible for you to disconnect it from the internet and be certain of its disconnection (like hardware disabling), or at least manually choose when to connect it.

Personally I do not have any “internet connected” home appliances (not counting a router or video streaming devices, home computers) or vehicles and even before this, never planned to get any for both security and privacy reasons.

Even if you “only” have an internet connected robot vacuum or lightbulbs that depend on an internet connected “app” in order to change their colors, might be worth taking steps to disconnect them and figure out how to use them offline. And if they fail to function when disconnected, might be a good idea to invest in offline-only (local-only), offline-first, or at least offline-capable replacements.

This is merely scratching the surface. I believe the larger implication of what this past week’s investigations have revealed is that we likely have to re-assess the security considerations/profiles of every website and web service we regularly depend on, especially those with account logins, profile information, and access to other parts of our lives.

Previously:
* http://tantek.com/2026/226/t1/cybersecurity-friday-small-business

#AI #AIs #LLM #LLMs #agent #agents #AIagent #AIagents #OpenAI #HuggingFace #VM #VirtualMachine #cyberSecurity #openWeb #IoT #internetOfThings #WoT #WebOfThings #disconnect #offline #offlineOnly #localOnly #offlineFirst #offlineCapable
#Blaugust #Blaugust2026

If you tested something, hit a problem and don't know where to put the issue, please add a comment to https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/meta-phosh/-/work_items/39 .

Reports of successful tests are super useful too as they give us confidence in the release.

To try out things without installing anything on your device: Grab our BengalOS virtual machine images from https://bengalos.phosh.mobi/

#phosh #VirtualMachine #BengalOS #ReleaseTesting

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘅𝗺𝗼𝘅:

#Manager #VirtualMachine #Proxmox

https://thewhale.cc/posts/proxmox

Secure, flexible, and reliable open-source enterprise solutions. For the highest demands and tight budgets in professional IT environments.

Testing #memo #compiler and #virtualmachine on #openbsd has allowed me to find more bugs. Now it compiles and runs happily both on linux and openbsd.

I continue working on #memo #compiler and #virtualmachine. After a couple of weeks of cleaning, reorganizing and bug fixing I'm ready to continue with the next feature. Time to pick one from the list.

#noai

Shout out to anyone that ever had anything to do with Wild Tech Garden and then also wayback machine for being able to access some technical help on a niche thing that I rabbit holed the weekend but now there is some light at the end of the tunnel and I might be able to do the thing that I thought was super important to a creative project. #virtualmachine #wildtechgarden #waybackmachine #fedithanks

#Bytecode is so fascinating. I'm making up a machine code for a machine that doesn't exist, and then making a software to emulate that machine so it can run the code. So incredible!

#programminglanguage #virtualmachine #programming #c

Live coding Zen an Uxntal testing library:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEp6Vhtfta0

#uxn #uxntal #varvara #TDD #virtualmachine #fantasycomputer #assemblylanguage

I feel like the film Inception is less complicated for me than importing a virtual hard drive from an old windows 7 tough book into hyper v to make a virtual machine that I can edit my retro beats #inception #virtualmachine #hyperv #reason #musicproduction

It's way too long since I mentioned how much I hate #windows. It's smart enough to understand that's in a virtual machine. It even offers you options to create new virtual disks from inside the Windows #virtualmachine (creepy!). It also gobbles your disk space like it's candy for no reason. If you try to "fix" that by giving it more space it's too stupid to expand the partition by itself because of course the damned "Recovery" partition must sit at the end of the drive instead of somewhere where it doesn't get in the way. Who came up with that crap layout? Btw. never in my life did I successfully use the Recovery partition. 🫠

🔒 Katakate/k7

Manages lightweight VM sandboxes for executing untrusted code at scale using Kubernetes and Firecracker

⭐ Stars: 784
📅 Last Update: Jul 08, 2026

https://github.com/Katakate/k7

#selfhosted #homelab #selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #virtualmachine

ZimaBoard2: The Full Review

The ZimaBoard 2 is a great, low power NAS for enthusiasts, DIYers, hobbyists,

#Review #Self-Hosted #NAS #Zima #CasaOS #Linux #EthicalTech #Homeassistant #JellyFinMediaServer #Virtualmachine #BitTorrent #Guides #BryantReview

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ZimaBoard2: The Full Review

ZimaBoard2: The Full Review

> The ZimaBoard 2 is a great, low power NAS for enthusiasts, DIYers, hobbyists, and folks looking to start dabbling with self-hosted at home. I've been playing around with it for quite some time (thanks to IceWhale for sending it over to me to review) and I'm happy...

#Review #Self-Hosted #NAS #Zima #CasaOS #Linux #EthicalTech #Homeassistant #JellyFinMediaServer #Virtualmachine #BitTorrent #Guides #BryantReview

https://gardinerbryant.com/zimaboard2-the-full-review/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_source=mastodon

My #memo #compiler and #virtualmachine is now able to calculate a factorial using a recursive function!!!! 🥳 Lots of tests, fixes and refactorization ahead before I can continue with the planned features.

You can also grab a virtual machine image to try some things: https://bengalos.phosh.mobi/

#phosh #VirtualMachine #BengalOS

I've achieved a milestone: #memo #compiler and #virtualmachine can compile and run a factorial calculation program.

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Godot Engine 4.7 is out bringing a new Asset Store, HDR support, Steam Frame support:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/godot-engine-4-7-is-out-bringing-a-new-asset-store-hdr-support-steam-frame-support/

Epic Games Built Its Own Git Alternative For Handling Large Files:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17363408/lore-launched

Qt Creator 20 Open-Source IDE Released with AI Support, New Zen Mode:
https://9to5linux.com/qt-creator-20-open-source-ide-released-with-ai-support-new-zen-mode

Zed 1.7.2 Brings Smarter Agent Context and Better Git Workflow to Your Codebase:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/zed-editor-172-update-cuts-ai-context-bloat-and-tightens-git-workflow-for-faster-editing/

GCC 17 Lands Initial Infrastructure For C++29:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-17-std-CPP29-Experimental

MariaDB 13.1 Preview: What the Rolling Release Actually Changes for Your Database:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/mariadb-131-preview-rolling-release-features-and-production-risks-explained/

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.10 Improves Wi-Fi SSID Handling and Accessibility:
https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-10-improves-wi-fi-ssid-handling-and-accessibility

Rufus 4.15 BETA fixes silent install errors and UEFI:NTFS crash:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/rufus-4-15-beta-fixes-silent-install-errors-and-uefi-ntfs-crash/

VirtualBox 7.2.10 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 7.1:
https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-2-10-released-with-initial-support-for-linux-kernel-7-1

Privacy-focused Android operating system GrapheneOS has fully been ported to Android 17:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/privacy-focused-android-operating-system-grapheneos-has-fully-been-ported-to-android-17/

FreeBSD 15.1 released with updated Wi-Fi drivers, improved C23 support, and Unicode 17.0:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/freebsd-15-1-released-with-updated-wi-fi-drivers-improved-c23-support-and-unicode-17-0/

Bcachefs Tools 1.38.6 - the performance release:
https://www.patreon.com/bcachefs/posts/1-38-6-release-161366372

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #News #Godot #GodotEngine #GameDev #GameDevelopment #QtCreator #Zed #IDE #GCC #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MariaDB #DBMS #Database #DatabaseManagement #RaspberryPIImager #Rufus #OS #OperatingSystem #VirtualBox #VM #VirtualMachine #GrapheneOS #CustomROM #FreeBSD #BSD #Bcachefs #BcachefsTools #Dev #Programming #Coding #Development #VCS #Compiler #VersionControl #FosseryTech

I'm writing a compiler! In fact, a whole computer system. I have no idea of what I'm doing and I'm just starting to do it, but I'm having lots of fun. This is my living frog. :)

https://codeberg.org/lcamus/memo

#memo #virtualmachine #stackmachine #compiler

I am constantly pleasantly surprised. Since #Nextcloud flagged that PHP 8.2 would soon be too old, I just upgraded the server from 12 to #Debian13 #Trixie. Aside from changing to php8.4-fpm in the Nginx config and installing a few additional PHP modules, it was an incredibly smooth process. Kudos to the maintainers!
#WebServer #VirtualMachine #Proxmox

The Virtual OS Museum

This is a virtual museum of operating systems (and standalone applications) running under emulation, implemented as a Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM.

💻 https://virtualosmuseum.org

#operatingsystem #hystorical #museum #virtualmachine #vm #qemu #virtual #os #VirtualPC #it #app #application #hystorical #history #screenshotsaturday #emulation #emu #retrocomputing

#ProxmoxVE 9.2 has been released ( #Proxmox / #VirtualEnvironment / #Virtualization / #VirtualMachine / #VM / #Linux / #Debian / #Trixie / #DebianTrixie / #QEMU / #LXC / #KVM / #ZFS / #OpenZFS / #Ceph ) https://proxmox.com/