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Windows 10 Warning: 250M Account Trojan Can Disable Windows Defender

Trickbot is not a new threat, but it is an evolving one. The latest twist of the banking Trojan knife as far as Windows 10 users are concerned is the addition of new methods to not only evade but actually disable Windows Defender security protection. As  reported  on July 14 in  Forbes , Trickbot is a particularly stealthy banking Trojan that has been around since 2016. Since then, it was thought to have compromised no less than 250 million email accounts in an effort to distribute the malware payload. That payload includes the stealing of online banking credentials and cryptocurrency wallets. Microsoft has always been front and center as far as Trickbot attack campaigns are concerned, with weaponized Word and Excel files being a favored approach. The  latest campaign  is targeting Windows 10 users and implementing a highly detailed and convincing, but fake nonetheless, Office 365 page to prompt for browser updates that install the Trojan itself. Disab...
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4 Best Modern Open Source Code Editors For Linux

Best code editors for Linux
Brief: Looking for best programming editors in Linux? Here’s a list of best code editors for Linux. The best part is that all of them are open source code editors.
If you ask the old school Linux users, their answer would be Vi, Vim, Emacs, Nano etc. But I am not talking about them. I am going to talk about new age, cutting edge, great looking, sleek and yet powerful, feature-rich best open source code editors for Linux that would enhance your programming experience.

Best modern Open Source editors for Linux

I use Ubuntu as my main desktop and hence I have provided installation instructions for Ubuntu based distributions. But this doesn’t make this list as best code editors for Ubuntu because the list is apt for any Linux distribution. Just to add, the list is not in any particular priority order.

1. Brackets

Brackets is one of the best open source code editors
Brackets is an open source code editor from Adobe. Brackets focuses exclusively on the needs of web designers with built-in support for HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It is lightweight and yet powerful. It provides you with inline editing and live preview. There are plenty of plugins available to further enhance your experience with Brackets.
Some of the main features of Brackets code editor are:
  • Inline editing
  • Live preview
  • Preprocessor Support
  • Built-in extension manager
  • Cross-platform
You can get the source code as well as binaries for Linux, OS X and Windows on its website.

2. Atom

Atom is considered to be an excellent code editor for Linux
Atom is another modern and sleek looking open source editor for programmers. Atom is developed by Github and promoted as a “hackable text editor for the 21st century”. The looks of Atom resembles a lot like Sublime Text editor, a hugely popular but closed source text editors among programmers.
Some of the main features of Atom code editor are:
  • Easily extendible
  • Built-in package manager with a huge number of plugins available
  • Smart autocompletion
  • Split windows
  • Cross-platform
  • Embedded Git control
  • Command palette support
  • Looks customization
Atom has recently released .deb and .rpm packages so that one can easily install Atom in Debian and Fedora based Linux distributions. Of course, its source code is available as well.

3. Light Table

Light Table is the next generation open source code editor for Linux
Flaunted as “the next generation code editor”, Light Table is another modern looking, underrated yet feature-rich open source code editor which is more of an IDE than a mere text editor.
There are numerous extensions available to enhance its capabilities. Inline evaluation is what you would love in it. You have to use it to believe how useful Light Table actually is.
Some of the main features of Light Table are:
  • Built-in extension manager
  • Inline evaluation obviates the need for printing to screen as you can evaluate the code in the editor live
  • ‘Watches’ feature lets you see your code running live
  • Cross-platform
If you are using Ubuntu-based Linux distribution, then installing Light Table is easierfor you. However, officially, Light Table doesn’t provide any packages. You have to build it yourself.

4. Visual Studio Code

Microsoft Visual Studio Code has been deemed as the best code editor for web development
Visual Studio Code is a popular code editor from Microsoft. Now don’t push the panic button just yet. Visual Studio Code is completely open source.
In fact, Visual Studio Code was among the first few ‘peace offering’ from Microsoft to Linux and Open Source world. Microsoft has open sourced a number of its tools after that. Of course, that doesn’t include Microsoft Office.
Visual Studio Code is an excellent code editor, especially for web development. It is lightweight as well.  Some of the other main features are:
  • Intellisense provides useful hints and auto-completion features
  • Built-in Git support
  • Built-in extension manager with plenty of extensions available to download
  • Integrated terminal
  • Custom snippet support
  • Debugging tools
  • Support for a huge number of programming languages
  • Cross-platform
You can download packages for Ubuntu and Fedora from its website:

What’s your pick?

No, we are not limited to just four code editors in Linux. The list was about modern editors for programmers. Of course, you have plenty of other options such as Notepad++ alternative Notepadqq or SciTEand many more. So, among these four, which one is your favorite code editor for Linux?

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