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1. Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeks

   Production-version patches are coming online and should be installed pronto.

2. Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals

   Across the country, schools and colleges postpone year-end tests.

3. Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"

   The developer of Firefox says it has "completely bought in" on AI-assisted bug discovery.

4. Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!

   A celebration of the tweaks and customizations that make life easier at the CLI.

5. Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack

   Daemon Tools users: It's time to check your machines for stealthy infections, stat.

6. Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website

   Reddit REALLY wants you to use its app.

7. GameStop offers $56 billion for eBay, struggles to explain how it'll pay for it

   Amid falling revenue and store closures, GameStop wants to buy the much larger eBay.

8. Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day

   The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.

9. The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed

   CopyFail threatens multi-tenant servers, CI/CD work flows, Kubernetes containers, and more.

10. Why a recent supply-chain attack singled out security firms Checkmarx and Bitwarden

    Security firms find themselves especially exposed.