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!['Mutagen Astronomy' Linux kernel vulnerability sighted](/static/build/img/news/alt/password-statistics-small.jpg)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS users at risk A new Linux kernel vulnerability that can only be locally exploited is nonetheless proving a bit of a nuisance.…
![New Linux Kernel Bug Affects Red Hat, CentOS, and Debian Distributions](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
Security researchers have published the details and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits of an integer overflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel that could allow an unprivileged user to gain superuser...
![Linux Kernel Vulnerability Affects Red Hat, CentOS, Debian](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyber-threat-stats-small.jpg)
Qualys has disclosed the details of an integer overflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by a local attacker for privilege escalation. The flaw, dubbed “Mutagen Astronomy,”...
![Kernel sanders: Webroot vuln creates route to root Macs](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Patched flaw hard to exploit, but serious once you get there, warn infoseccers Details of a locally exploitable but kernel-level flaw in Webroot's SecureAnywhere macOS security software were...
![SUSE and Microsoft collaborate to deliver enterprise Linux kernel optimized for Azure](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyber-threat-stats-small.jpg)
SUSE announced the availability of the enterprise Linux kernel tailored for Microsoft Azure. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 on-demand instances now run on a custom-tuned kernel for workloads on...
![Black Hat 2018: Stealthy Kernel Attack Flies Under Windows Mitigation Radar](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberthreat-stats-small.jpg)
Researchers create PoC of a post-exploitation kernel-mode fileless attack technique.
![Linux kernel bug: TCP flaw lets remote attackers stall devices with tiny DoS attack](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-stats-2-small.jpg)
'SegmentSmack' Linux bug gives a remote attacker the means to knock out a system with minimal traffic.
!['SegmentSmack' Flaw in Linux Kernel Allows Remote DoS Attacks](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-stats-2-small.jpg)
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel can allow a remote attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by sending specially crafted packets to the targeted system. The flaw could impact...
![Drink this potion, Linux kernel, and tomorrow you'll wake up with a WireGuard VPN driver](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Secure tunneling tech hopes to move from module to resident The developer of WireGuard has laid the groundwork for pouring his open-source privacy tool directly into the Linux kernel in hope of...
![Intel chip flaw: Math unit potentially spills kernel crypto secrets to apps – modern Linux, Windows, OpenBSD immune](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
Malware on Core, Xeon computers may lift data, mitigations in place or coming A security flaw within Intel Core and Xeon processors can be potentially exploited to swipe sensitive data from the...