Security News

This new dual-platform malware targets both Windows and Linux systems
2018-07-09 13:37

The “security by minority” stance should come crashing down as cross-compiling makes multiplatform malware development easier.

Linux experts are crap at passwords!
2018-07-06 13:59

Last week's megastory was the Gentoo breach that saw an entire online Linux code repository hacked - now we know how it happened...

Password-Guessing Was Used to Hack Gentoo Linux Github Account
2018-07-05 10:33

Maintainers of the Gentoo Linux distribution have now revealed the impact and "root cause" of the attack that saw unknown hackers taking control of its GitHub account last week and modifying the...

SUSE Linux Has Been Sold For $2.5 Billion
2018-07-03 12:48

SUSE, the open source software company owned by British firm Micro Focus International, has been sold to a Swedish private equity firm. Yes, SUSE Linux and its associated software business has...

Linux distro hacked on GitHub, “all code considered compromised”
2018-06-29 11:09

Gentoo Linux has been hacked, with "all code considered compromised" on GitHub - fortunately, the master repository is safe.

Github Account of Gentoo Linux Hacked, Code Replaced With Malware
2018-06-29 09:03

Downloaded anything from Gentoo's GitHub account yesterday? Consider those files compromised and dump them now—as an unknown group of hackers or an individual managed to gain access to the GitHub...

Et tu, Gentoo? Horrible gits meddle with Linux distro's GitHub code
2018-06-28 23:58

If you downloaded anything from project's hub repos, consider it compromised If you have fetched anything from Gentoo's GitHub-hosted repositories today, dump those files – because hackers have...

How to ensure all new user home directories are created without world-readable permissions in Linux
2018-06-14 19:12

Out of the box, standard users can view other user's home directory. Here's an easy way to prevent this for newly-created users.

Intel chip flaw: Math unit may spill crypto secrets to apps – modern Linux, Windows, BSDs immune
2018-06-13 21:00

Malware on Cores, Xeons may lift computations, mitigations in place or coming Updated A security flaw within Intel Core and Xeon processors can be potentially exploited to swipe sensitive data...