LINUX

Researchers published the PoC exploit code for Linux SystemD bugs

Security researchers at the security firm Capsule8 have published exploit code for the vulnerabilities in Linux systemD disclosed in January.Security…

7 years ago

Critical flaw in Linux APT package manager could allow remote hack

Expert discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in the APT package manager used by several Linux distributions, including Debian and…

7 years ago

Hackers defaced Linux.org with DNS hijack

The Linux.org website was defaced last week via DNS hijack, attackers breached into associated registrar account and changed the DNS settings.…

7 years ago

Linux Kernel is affected by two DoS vulnerabilities still unpatched

Linux Kernel is affected by two denial-of-service (DoS) flaws, both vulnerabilities are NULL pointer deference issues Linux Kernel is affected by…

7 years ago

Experts found a new powerful modular Linux cryptominer

Security experts from Russian antivirus firm Dr.Web have discovered a new strain of Linux cryptominer tracked as Linux.BtcMine.174. The Linux cryptominer…

7 years ago

Experts found first Mirai bot targeting Linux servers via Hadoop YARN flaw

Security experts from Netscout Asert discovered more than ten Mirai bot variants attempting to exploit a recently disclosed flaw in…

7 years ago

Linux Cryptocurrency miner leverages rootkit to avoid detection

Researchers from Trend Micro spotted a new cryptocurrency miner that leverages a rootkit component to hide its presence on the…

7 years ago

Shellbot Botnet Targets IoT devices and Linux servers

Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted an IRC bot dubbed Shellbot that was built using Perl Shellbot. The malware was distributed…

7 years ago

Systemd flaw could cause the crash or hijack of vulnerable Linux machines

Systemd is affected by a security vulnerability that can be exploited to crash a vulnerable Linux machine, and in the…

7 years ago

CVE-2018-14665 privilege escalation flaw affects popular Linux distros

Security researcher discovered a highly critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-14665) in X.Org Server package that affects major Linux distributions. The Indian security researcher Narendra…

7 years ago

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