Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2021
Experts found five vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, tracked as CVE-2021-26708, that could lead to local privilege escalation. Positive Technologies researcher Alexander Popov found five high severity vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that could lead to local privilege escalation. The Linux kernel vulnerabilities are race conditions that reside in AF_VSOCK implementation, they were implicitly introduced in November […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2021
Now maintainers at the GRUB project have released security updates to address more than 100 vulnerabilities. GRUB2 (the GRand Unified Bootloader version 2) is a replacement for the original GRUB Legacy boot loader, which is now referred to as âGRUB Legacyâ. The mechanism is designed to protect the boot process from attacks. In July 2020, researchers at the cybersecurity firmware Eclypsium disclosed a buffer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2021
Experts warn that the recently discovered heap-based buffer overflow bug in Linux SUDO also impacts the latest version of Apple macOS Big Sur. Recently Qualys researchers found a Sudo vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3156, that has allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without authentication. Sudo is one of the most important, powerful, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2021
ESET experts uncovered a previously undocumented piece of malware that had been observed targeting high-performance computing clusters (HPC). ESET analyzed a new piece of malware, dubbed Kobalos, that was employed in attacks against high-performance computing clusters (HPC). The name Kobalos comes from a small sprite from Greek mythology, a mischievous creature fond of tricking and frightening mortals. Kobalos is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2021
CVE-2021-3156 Sudo vulnerability has allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without authentication. Sudo is one of the most important, powerful, and commonly used utilities that comes as a core command pre-installed on macOS and almost every UNIX or Linux-based operating system. sudo is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that allows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2021
Zscalerâs research team recently spotted a Linux-based malware family, tracked as DreamBus botnet, targeting Linux servers. Researchers at Zscalerâs ThreatLabZ research team recently analyzed a Linux-based malware family, tracked as DreamBus Botnet, which is a variant of SystemdMiner. The bot is composed of a series of Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) binaries and Unix shell scripts. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 16, 2021
The development team behind the Linux Mint distro has fixed a security flaw that could have allowed users to bypass the OS screensaver. The maintainers of the Linux Mint project have addressed a security bug that could have allowed attackers to bypass the OS screensaver. The curious aspect of this vulnerability is related to its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2020
Researchers have discovered a botnet dubbed PgMiner that targets PostgreSQL databases running on Linux servers to install a cryptocurrency miner. Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new botnet, tracked as PgMiner, that targets PostgreSQL databases running on Linux servers to install a cryptocurrency miner. PostgreSQL, also known as Postgres, is one of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 24, 2020
Researchers spotted a new variant of an adware and coin-miner botnet operated by Stantinko threat actors that now targets Linux servers. Researchers from Intezer have spotted a new variant of an adware and coin-miner botnet that is operated by Stantinko threat actors since 2012. The Stantinko botnet was first spotted by ESET in 2017, at the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2020
The RansomExx Ransomware gang is expanding its operations by creating a new version that is able to infect Linux machines. RansomExx ransomware operators are expanding their operations by developing a Linux version of their malware. Kaspersky researchers have analyzed the Linux version of the RansomExx ransomware, also tracked as Defray777. This week the RansomExx ransomware has been […]
