Security News

Fairware Attacks Targeting Linux Servers (Threatpost)
2016-08-31 14:21

Linux admins are reporting attacks against webservers resulting in the deletion of web folders, reportedly by attackers using a ransomware variant called Fairware.

Linux servers hit with FairWare ransomware – or is it just a scam? (Help Net Security)
2016-08-30 18:00

Users posting on Bleeping Computer’s forums have alerted the world to a new threat targeting Linux server admins: the FairWare ransomware. Whether the ransomware actually exists or not is still up...

Linux kernel development: How fast it’s going and who is doing it (Help Net Security)
2016-08-23 17:08

The Linux Foundation analyzed the work done by over 13,500 developers over more than a decade, to provide insight into the Linux kernel development trends and methodologies used by thousands of...

Compromising Linux virtual machines via FFS Rowhammer attack (Help Net Security)
2016-08-18 21:19

A group of Dutch researchers have demonstrated a variant of the Rowhammer attack that can be used to successfully compromise Linux virtual machines on cloud servers. The Flip Feng Shui (FFS)...