by do son · Published November 20, 2024
Qualys Threat Research Unit uncovers five local privilege escalation flaws, enabling unprivileged users to gain root access. The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) has disclosed five critical vulnerabilities in the...
The KDE community, renowned for its innovative and user-friendly Plasma desktop environment, has dropped an announcement at this year’s Akademy conference: the development of a fully-fledged, independent Linux distribution codenamed...
The BackBox Team has just unleashed the latest iteration of their popular penetration testing and security auditing platform, BackBox Linux 9, codenamed “Noble Numbat.” This release is packed with updates...
The Linux kernel community is buzzing with controversy following the removal of 11 developers, primarily associated with Russian companies, from the list of subsystem maintainers. Greg Kroah-Hartman, the stable branch...
by do son · Published October 22, 2024
A newly discovered vulnerability in the libreswan client plugin for NetworkManager could allow attackers to gain root access on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 systems. Red Hat has issued a...
by do son · Published October 22, 2024 · Last modified November 4, 2024
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in the widely-used Guix system, particularly affecting the guix-daemon. This flaw could allow local users to escalate privileges, potentially tampering with the builds’...
Security researchers have unveiled a novel technique that allows attackers to bypass the ‘noexec’ flag in Linux systems, potentially enabling the execution of malicious code even on partitions specifically configured...
Security researcher HaxRob has uncovered a new Linux variant of the notorious FASTCash malware, attributed to North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups. This malware targets financial institutions by manipulating payment systems...
Cybersecurity analysts at Doctor Web have identified a new modification of the notorious Skidmap mining trojan targeting Linux machines. This advanced rootkit operates as a malicious kernel module, adeptly concealing...
Gen Threat Labs has issued an alert about a newly discovered rootkit named Snapekit, which poses a significant threat to Arch Linux systems running kernel version 6.10.2-arch1-1 x86_64. This sophisticated...
In a recent report by Aqua Nautilus researchers Assaf Morag and Idan Revivo, the Linux server community has been alerted to the presence of a particularly stealthy and dangerous malware:...
by do son · Published September 29, 2024
In a significant development for the cybersecurity community, researchers have published technical details and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a newly identified vulnerability in the Linux kernel, designated as CVE-2024-26808....
by do son · Published September 23, 2024 · Last modified September 27, 2024
A critical security vulnerability affecting all GNU/Linux systems—and potentially others—has been identified by renowned security researcher Simone Margaritelli. The vulnerability, which allows for unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), has been...
by do son · Published September 5, 2024
The security researchers have publicly disclosed technical details and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a CVE-2024-26581 (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability within the Linux kernel. The flaw poses a serious risk, allowing...
In July, a Red Hat engineer developed an option for the Linux Kernel to display a QR code after a crash, inspired by the feature in systemd 255+ that shows...
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