Posts in 2024
  • Kairos Joins the CNCF as a Sandbox Project

    Tuesday, October 08, 2024 in Blog

    We’re thrilled to announce that since April 2024, Kairos has been officially part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as a Sandbox Project. This marks an important milestone for Kairos and, more importantly, for our entire community of …

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  • Hacktoberfest 2024

    Monday, October 07, 2024 in Blog

    I can’t believe it’s already October. I’ve been so busy following up on different events where we’ve brought some of the Kairos love that I forgot about Hacktoberfest. Thankfully, the month isn’t over so let’s get …

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  • Enhancing Kairos Documentation with a Customizable Flavor Menu

    Wednesday, August 14, 2024 in Blog

    Kairos is versatile, supporting various Linux distributions such as openSUSE Leap, Ubuntu 24.04, and more. Our primary objective is to empower users to continue working with their preferred Linux distribution seamlessly. However, our previous …

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  • Our First Hackweek

    Tuesday, August 13, 2024 in Blog

    Last week was a special week. We had our first hackweek! With everyone in the team connecting from their own corners of the world, Belgium, Greece, Italy and Spain, we came together not in person, but through a shared passion for hacking. Unlike …

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  • Adding Analytics to Kairos.io

    Thursday, August 01, 2024 in Blog

    We recently added analytics to our website. We were hesitant about this before because we are committed to your privacy and didn’t like the idea of setting up Google Analytics. Thankfully, we’ve found a good open-source solution that is …

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  • The Importance of Resilient Infrastructure: How Kairos Could Have Mitigated the CrowdStrike Outage

    Monday, July 22, 2024 in Blog

    The recent CrowdStrike update fiasco that wreaked havoc across industries, causing BSODs and crippling critical systems, starkly highlights the need for resilient and immutable infrastructure. If affected organizations had adopted an immutable OS …

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  • Kairos release v3.1.1

    Friday, July 19, 2024 in Blog

    We are thrilled to announce the release of Kairos v3.1.1! This patch release is a bugfix and security release. Key Features and Updates All binaries built with latest go version (1.22.5) To enhance security and address existing CVEs, we updated the …

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  • Kairos release v3.1

    Thursday, July 11, 2024 in Blog

    We are thrilled to announce the release of Kairos v3.1.0! This update brings a host of significant enhancements to further secure and streamline your edge computing environment. Key Features and Updates Unified Kernel Images (UKI) Measured …

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  • Unlocking the Mysteries of Trusted Boot: A Deep Dive into Secure System Boot Processes

    Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in Blog

    In the evolving landscape of cybersecurity, protecting the integrity of computing systems from the moment they power on has become very important. As threats become more sophisticated, understanding and implementing advanced boot security mechanisms …

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  • xz Utils Backdoor

    Tuesday, April 02, 2024 in Blog

    It’s all over the tech news. Someone managed to put a backdoor on xz Utils, a very common package on Linux systems. In this post I want to share with you about what happened, how it impacted Kairos images, and what you should do in case you …

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