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Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2014
Mac OS X is no longer immune, reveals Kaspersky’s 2014 Malware countdown

Apple’s Mac OS X is no longer immune to malware and bugs says Kaspersky Security Lab.A survey of 2014 reveals that more malware attacks targeted Mac. For years, Mac OS X has been flaunted as the most immune OS to malwares and bugs. Well, the reign of Mac might end in 2014, with users’ on […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2014
Experts warn on Mayhem shellshock attacks worldwide

The experts at The Malware Must Die detected numerous attack worldwide exploiting the Bash Bug flaw to spread the Mayhem botnet. The researchers at Malware Must Die published a report warning of Mayhem Shellshock attack, the experts explained to have detected a significant number of Linux and UNIX systems infected by several IP addresses belonging to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2014
The majority Mac users safe from Bash Bug while Oracle warns its customers

Apple says users of its OS X are “safe by default” from the Bash Bug, meanwhile Oracle warns its customers that 32 products are affected by the flaw. The recently discovered Bash Bug vulnerability is menacing billions of devices that could be exposed to cyber attacks which exploit the flaw, the situation appears to be critical […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2014
Flaws in php5 could cause crash or run programs on Ubuntu

Ubuntu has issued a security notice to inform users about flaws in php5 exploitable to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. According to the recent Ubuntu Security Notice php5 could be made to crash or run arbitrary code if it received specially crafted network traffic. “Summary -php5 could be made […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2014
The case of Linux DDoS Trojan ported to Windows

Experts at Dr.Web detected a Linux DDoS Trojan designed to infect also Windows OS, the circumstance is considered rare in the criminal ecosystem. The Russian antivirus company Dr. Web discovered that a Chinese DDoS Trojan written for Linux operating system seems have jumped to Windows, an event considered rare. “Cases of Linux malware being tailored by […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2014
Mayhem Malware is targeting Linux and FreeBSD servers

A security team at Russian Internet firm Yandex has identified a botnet based on a malware dubbed Mayhem which is targeting Linux and FreeBSD web servers. Security experts at Russian Internet company Yandex have detected a new strain of malware dubbed Mayhem which is targeting server based on Linux and FreeBSD OSs.  Yandex is a Russian company which operates the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2014
Serious vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, upgrade it now!

A new series of vulnerabilities in Linux Kernel allows an attacker to lead DoS and privilege escalation attack, Debian urges upgrades for Linux users. Numerous security flaws have been discovered and fixed in the Linux kernel, patch management for these vulnerabilities is critical to avoid that attackers could have led to a denial of service […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2014
Linux Operation Windigo hit 500000 PC and 25000 dedicated servers

Antivirus Firm ESET has been tracking and investigating the operation behind Linux_Ebury uncovering a sophisticated campaign called Operation Windigo. Operation Windigo is the name of a sophisticated malware-based campaign uncovered by security Experts at ESET, that exploiting the Linux/Ebury backdoor has impacted more 500,000 computers and 25,000 dedicated servers. ESET Researchers collaborated with CERT-Bund, the European Organization […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2014
GnuTLS flaw in certificate verification exposes Linux world to attacks

A serious flaw in the certificate verification process of GnuTLS exposes Linux distros, apps to attack. Another flaw exploitable for surveillance purposes. GnuTLS is an open source secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS and DTLS protocols, it is used in hundreds of software packages including Red Hat desktop,  all Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions and many […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2013
Internet of Things – Symantec has discovered a new Linux worm

Symantec security experts have discovered a new Linux worm that was designed to target the “Internet of things” infecting Intel x86-powered Linux devices. Symantec security experts have detected across a worm that exploits various vulnerabilities in PHP to infect Intel x86-powered Linux devices. Home internet kits with x86 chips are exposed to the risk of […]