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Google Offers up to $91,000 for Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyFebruary 16, 2022

Google has almost doubled its rewards for vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and kCTF. The reward can now be up to $91,337. In November last year, Google already increased the size of payments: then the company tripled rewards

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New vulnerabilities help to bypass protection from Specter on Linux systems

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 29, 2021

On Monday, March 29th, security researchers uncovered two vulnerabilities in Linux distributions that help to bypass protection from speculative attacks like Specter and extract sensitive information from kernel memory. Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-27170 and CVE-2020-27171 (5.5

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Google and Intel experts warn of dangerous Bluetooth bugs in Linux

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyOctober 15, 2020

Google and Intel engineers warn of dangerous Bluetooth bugs that threaten all but the latest Linux kernel versions. The bugs are collectively known as BleedingTooth and are associated with the BlueZ stack, which is widely used in Linux distributions, as well as consumer and