GitHub has confirmed that roughly 3,800 internal repositories were breached after one of its employees installed a malicious VS Code extension.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-confirms-breach-of-3-800-repos-via-malicious-vscode-extension/

We are pleased to announce the release of #OpenZFS 2.4.2 with support for #Linux kernels 4.18 - 7.0 and #FreeBSD 13.3+

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/tree/zfs-2.4.2

Thank you everyone who contributed to this release!

Early Bird Registration for #BSDCan2026 Ends April 30

If you’re planning to attend BSDCan 2026, be sure to register by April 30 to secure early bird pricing and complimentary admission to the closing party.

The FreeBSD Developer Summit will also be co-located with BSDCan, offering additional opportunities for focused discussion and collaboration.

Tutorials: June 17–18
Conference: June 19–20
University of Ottawa | Ottawa, Canada

Register by April 30:
https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/

#BSDCan2026

Sylve 0.3.0 (pre-release on github) adds a lightweight PF-based firewall + a seriously capable WireGuard manager.

Set up a deployment today for a client with multiple VoIP endpoints behind CGNAT (providing them with public IPs), and a tiny FreeBSD box (<1GB RAM, 1 Shared vCPU) is handling all traffic flawlessly. It’s honestly the kind of setup you forget even exists.

Before Sylve, we were hand-managing WireGuard configs for setups like this... not something I'm going to miss!

The asymmetry in vulnerability reporting/assessment is fatal.

ISC reports about 90% rejection rate on "about as many reports in three months as we might normally see in ten years":

https://www.isc.org/blogs/2026-04-16-How-to-report-a-vulnerability/

But it's not just slop, even if a larger number of AI reported vulnerabilities is valid, the time it takes to analyze and validate (difficult and exhausting work) them means you can't do much else.

Nice to see the mosshogs coming out now spring is here 🦔

#sillyScribbles #lichenSubscribe #mosstodon

Something I've been most surprised by while trying NetBSD is how much thought has been put into creating a high-quality TTY experience.

On Linux, trying to create a functional TTY work environment feels like a a hack. Things often don't work right or require lots of tinkering.

Here, everything just works. Straight out of the installer, I have 256 colour support, audio functionality, and the brightness/volume control keys just... work. No configuration. It's fantastic

#NetBSD #BSD #OpenSource

Blogged how I converted my #TrueNAS Core 13.3 to plain #FreeBSD 15 + #Sylve while keeping all the drives and data intact.

https://blog.klop.ws/2026/03/migrate-truenas-core-to-sylve.html

BSDCan 2026 Travel Grant Applications Are Now Open

The FreeBSD Foundation is now accepting travel grant applications for BSDCan 2026 / FreeBSD Dev Summit, taking place June 17–20, 2026, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

📅 Application deadline: April 23, 2026

We encourage eligible community members to apply.

Learn more about eligibility requirements and how to submit your application:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/grants/travel-grants/

#FreeBSD #BSDCan2026 #OpenSource #FreeBSDFoundation #CommunitySupport