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The US-CERT today issued advisory warning users of a new dangerous 17-year-old remote code execution vulnerability affecting the PPP daemon (pppd) software that comes installed on almost all Linux based operating systems, as well as powers the firmware… Continue reading Critical PPP Daemon Flaw Opens Most Linux Systems to Remote Hackers
A team of cybersecurity researchers has disclosed a new severe vulnerability affecting most Linux and Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS, iOS, and Android, that could allow remote ‘network adjacent attackers’ to spy on and t… Continue reading New Linux Bug Lets Attackers Hijack Encrypted VPN Connections
Linux users, beware!
If you haven’t recently updated your Linux operating system, especially the command-line text editor utility, do not even try to view the content of a file using Vim or Neovim.
Security researcher Armin Razmjou recently discovere… Continue reading Your Linux Can Get Hacked Just by Opening a File in Vim or Neovim Editor
Libssh2, a popular open source client-side C library implementing the SSHv2 protocol, has released the latest version of its software to patch a total of nine security vulnerabilities.
The Libssh2 library is available for all major distributors of the… Continue reading Libssh Releases Update to Patch 9 New Security Vulnerabilities
Yet another incident which showcases that you should not explicitly trust user-controlled software repositories.
One of the most popular Linux distros Arch Linux has pulled as many as three user-maintained software repository AUR packages after it was… Continue reading Malicious Software Packages Found On Arch Linux User Repository
A bug in Linux kernel that was discovered two years ago, but was not considered a security threat at that time, has now been recognised as a potential local privilege escalation flaw.
Identified as CVE-2017-1000253, the bug was initially discovered by… Continue reading 2-Year-Old Linux Kernel Issue Resurfaces As High-Risk Flaw
Microsoft has been expressing its love for Linux for almost three years now, and this love costs Microsoft an arm and a leg.
Last year, Microsoft surprised everyone by announcing the arrival of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows 10, which br… Continue reading Linux Subsystem on Windows 10 Allows Malware to Become Fully Undetectable
If you came across any Facebook message with a video link sent by anyone, even your friend — just don’t click on it.
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted an ongoing cross-platform campaign on Facebook Messenger, where users receive a video link that redirects them to a fake website, luring them to install malicious software.
Although it is still unclear how the malware spreads
Continue reading Beware of Windows/MacOS/Linux Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Systemd, the popular init system and service manager for Linux operating systems, that could allow remote attackers to potentially trigger a buffer overflow to execute malicious code on the targeted machi… Continue reading Your Linux Machine Can Be Hacked Remotely With Just A Malicious DNS Response
A Russian man accused of infecting tens of thousands of computer servers worldwide to generate millions in illicit profit has finally entered a guilty plea in the United States and is going to face sentencing in August.
Maxim Senakh, 41, of Velikii No… Continue reading Hacker Who Used Linux Botnet to Send Millions of Spam Emails Pleads Guilty