Tag: Linux

Bootkitty Bootkit Discovered in the Wild, Targeting Linux

Cybersecurity researchers have reported the creation of a first-of-its-kind UEFI bootkit for…

Stephanie Adlam Stephanie Adlam

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Linux CUPS Discovered, Allows for RCE

In a recent release, the developers of Linux printing system CUPS disclosed…

Stephanie Adlam Stephanie Adlam

XZ Utils Backdoor Discovered, Threating Linux Servers

A backdoor in liblzma library, a part of XZ data compression tool…

Stephanie Adlam Stephanie Adlam

Vmmem High Memory and CPU Usage

Vmmem, short for "Virtual Machine Memory", is a process that indicates the…

Stephanie Adlam Stephanie Adlam

Shim Bootloader Vulnerability Affects Linux Systems

Researchers have identified a critical vulnerability in Shim, a widely-used Linux bootloader.…

Stephanie Adlam Stephanie Adlam

Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability Exploited In The Wild

Recent Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability, that allows for remote code execution, is reportedly…

Stephanie Adlam Stephanie Adlam

GameOver(lay) Vulnerabilities Endanger 40% of Ubuntu Users

Cloud security researchers have discovered two easily exploitable privilege escalation vulnerabilities called…

Stephanie Adlam Stephanie Adlam

Information Security Experts Told About The Linux Malware Symbiote That Is Almost Undetectable

BlackBerry and Intezer specialists spoke about the new Symbiote Linux malware that…

Vladimir Krasnogolovy Vladimir Krasnogolovy

Vulnerabilities in Linux Allow Gaining Superuser Rights

A Microsoft specialist has discovered vulnerabilities in Linux systems, the exploitation of…

Vladimir Krasnogolovy Vladimir Krasnogolovy

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

Google has almost doubled its rewards for vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel,…

Vladimir Krasnogolovy Vladimir Krasnogolovy

Google analysts noticed that software vendors began to fix Zero-day vulnerabilities faster

Google Project Zero specialists presented a report according to which software vendors…

Vladimir Krasnogolovy Vladimir Krasnogolovy

Atlassian Confluence vulnerability was exploited to install miners

In late August, Atlassian released a hotfix for a Confluence Remote Code…

Vladimir Krasnogolovy Vladimir Krasnogolovy