Security News

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...

Intel chip flaw: Math unit potentially spills kernel crypto secrets to apps – modern Linux, Windows, OpenBSD immune
2018-06-13 21:00

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

How to install and use the Titan text-based password manager on Linux
2018-05-24 16:29

If you're looking for a text-based password manager, Jack Wallen believes Titan is the way to go. Here's how to install and use this handy tool on Linux.

Critical Linux Flaw Opens the Door to Full Root Access
2018-05-16 21:05

The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute a malware or other payloads on a client machine by sending malicious messages from the DHCP server.