Security News

KeRanger Mac ransomware is a rewrite of Linux Encoder (Help Net Security)
2016-03-09 17:34

KeRanger, the recently discovered first functional Mac ransomware, is a copy of Linux Encoder, the crypto-ransomware first unearthed and analyzed in November 2015 by Dr. Web researchers. “The...

OS X Ransomware KeRanger Based on Linux.Encoder (SecurityWeek)
2016-03-09 13:57

New Mac ransomware was ported from Linux (ZDNet)
2016-03-08 20:27

Week in review: Linux Mint hack, crypto ransomware hits hospitals, and educating policymakers on cybersecurity (Help Net Security)
2016-02-29 13:45

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Can poorly designed embedded devices kill? The industry is not taking safety and security seriously enough, according...

Protecting enterprise data centers from threats that target Linux servers (Help Net Security)
2016-02-29 11:30

Today’s internet is largely powered by Linux servers, many of which have become the target of attackers looking to utilize this vast pool of resources for much larger and more aggressive...

Why the Linux Mint hack is an indicator of a larger problem (TechRepublic)
2016-02-24 18:40

Linux Mint website hacked (IT Toolbox Blogs)
2016-02-24 10:10

Has your Linux Mint desktop been backdoored? (ZDNet)
2016-02-23 03:55

Linux Mint Website Hacked, ISOs Replaced with Backdoored Versions (Threatpost)
2016-02-22 17:00

Attackers managed to hijack the website of Linux Mint to push a backdoored ISO version of the software to users over the weekend.

Linux Mint hack: Backdoored ISOs, stolen forums database (Help Net Security)
2016-02-22 16:49

The web properties of the project developing Linux Mint have been compromised, and the attacker managed to put up a backdoored version of the distro for download for a little while. The breach was...