Security News

Sacked NCC Group grad trainee emailed 300 coworkers about Kali Linux VM 'playing up'
2018-11-27 09:35

Then took her employers to the Employment Tribunal An NCC Group graduate trainee who emailed 300 coworkers to ask for help with what she deemed to be "unusual" behaviour from her Kali Linux VM;...

DoS Vulnerabilities Impact Linux Kernel
2018-11-26 16:17

Two recently disclosed Linux kernel vulnerabilities that remain unpatched could be exploited for local denial-of-service (DoS). The flaws, both which were made public last week, impact Linux...

Spectre mitigation guts Linux 4.20 performance
2018-11-26 11:43

One of Intel’s fixes for the Spectre variant 2 chip flaw appears to have taken a big bite out of the performance of the latest Linux kernel.

Malware scum want to build a Linux botnet using Mirai
2018-11-22 10:20

Hadoop YARN is the attack vector, so lock it away Diligent hackers have decided routers and cameras aren't enough, and have reportedly crafted Mirai variants targeting Linux servers.…

Critical Adobe Flash Bug Impacts Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS
2018-11-20 20:49

Adobe issues patch for a Flash Player vulnerability that could lead to an arbitrary code execution on targeted systems.

Linux kernel Spectre V2 defense fingered for massively slowing down unlucky apps on Intel Hyper-Thread CPUs
2018-11-20 01:34

This is on by default? 'Yikes' says Chipzilla techie Linux supremo Linus Torvalds has voiced support for a kernel patch that limits a previously deployed defense against Spectre Variant 2, a...

The Linux Foundation launches Ceph Foundation to advance open source storage
2018-11-12 16:05

The Linux Foundation and over 30 global technology leaders are forming a new foundation to support the Ceph open source project community. The Ceph project develops a unified distributed storage...

Shellbot Botnet Targets Linux, Android Devices
2018-11-05 21:00

An IRC bot built using Pearl is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices and Linux servers, but can also affect Windows systems and Android devices, Trend Micro warns. read more

X.Org Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation in Linux Systems
2018-10-29 16:13

The issue impacts many large distros with GUI interfaces.

The D in Systemd stands for 'Dammmmit!' A nasty DHCPv6 packet can root a vulnerable Linux box
2018-10-26 20:52

Hole opens up remote-code execution and admin access – or a crash, if you're lucky A security bug in Systemd can be exploited over the network to, at best, potentially crash a vulnerable Linux...