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An adware and coin-miner botnet targeting Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan at least since 2012 has now set its sights on Linux servers to fly under the radar. According to a new analysis published by Intezer today and shared with The Hacker News, the trojan masquerades as HTTPd, a commonly used program on Linux servers, and is a new version of the malware belonging to a threat actor tracked as Stantinko.
Kali Linux 2020.4 released: New default shell, fresh tools, and more!Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2020.4, the latest version of its popular open source penetration testing platform. Critical vulnerabilities in Cisco Security Manager fixed, researcher discloses PoCsCisco has patched two vulnerabilities in its Cisco Security Manager solution, both of which could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to gain access to sensitive information on an affected system.
Looking for an easy to use encryption tool to protect data on your Linux servers? Jack Wallen shows you how to install and use gocryptfs to serve that very purpose.
Kali Linux 2020.4 was released yesterday by Offensive Security, and it takes the big step of changing the default shell from Bash to ZSH. Kali Linux comes with numerous software packages and tools that allow cybersecurity professionals and ethical hackers to perform penetration testing and security audits. In August, we reported that Kali Linux was switching from Bash to ZSH so that users could benefit from the numerous plugins, themes, and new features, including path expansions, auto directory changing, and auto-suggestions.
Linux endpoint detection and response will help Microsoft Defender customers secure Linux servers and networks against security nasties. Linux EDR will help Defender for Endpoint customers better protect Linux servers and networks and quickly take action against threats, Microsoft said.
Microsoft has included support for the latest six most common Linux server distributions within Defender for Endpoint, namely RHEL 7.2+, CentOS Linux 7.2+, Ubuntu 16 LTS or higher LTS, SLES 12+, Debian 9+, and Oracle Linux 7.2. The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint public preview capabilities are available for customers with the preview features enabled in Defender Security Center.
Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2020.4, the latest version of its popular open source penetration testing platform. ZSH is now Kali's new default shell on desktop images and cloud, Bash remains the default shell for other platforms for the time being.
See what Jack Wallen considers to be the biggest issue for Linux in 2020. Enterprise-level companies embraced open source software even further, containers and the cloud became even more crucial to both businesses and consumers, the Linux community found a larger piece of the support pie from large manufacturers like Microsoft, and distributions continued to wow.
Microsoft has announced today the public preview of endpoint detection and response capabilities on Linux servers running Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection - now known as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. "This builds on the existing preventative antivirus capabilities and centralized reporting available via the Microsoft Defender Security Center," Microsoft Senior Product Manager Tomer Hevlin said.
One of the security bulletins released this week by Schneider Electric warns customers about Drovorub, a piece of Linux malware that was recently detailed by the NSA and the FBI. The U.S. agencies issued a joint advisory in mid-August to warn organizations that the cyber-espionage group known as APT28, which has been linked to Russia's General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate, has been using a piece of Linux malware named Drovorub. Schneider Electric has advised customers to implement defense-in-depth recommendations in order to protect their Trio Q Data Radio and Trio J Data Radio devices against the malware.