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CUPS vulnerabilities affecting Linux, Unix systems can lead to RCE

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CUPS vulnerabilities affecting Linux, Unix systems can lead to RCE 2024-09-27 at 13:31 By Zeljka Zorz After much hyping and following prematurely leaked information by a third party, security researcher Simone Margaritelli has released details about four zero-day vulnerabilities in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) that can be abused by remote, unauthenticated attackers to […]

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Highly Anticipated Linux Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution, but Less Serious Than Expected

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Highly Anticipated Linux Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution, but Less Serious Than Expected 2024-09-27 at 13:31 By Eduard Kovacs A researcher has disclosed the details of an unpatched vulnerability that was expected to pose a serious threat to many Linux systems. The post Highly Anticipated Linux Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution, but Less Serious Than

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Kali Linux 2024.3 released: 11 new tools, Qualcomm Snapdragon SDM845 SoC support

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Kali Linux 2024.3 released: 11 new tools, Qualcomm Snapdragon SDM845 SoC support 2024-09-11 at 20:46 By Help Net Security Kali Linux 2024.3 is now available for download. Besides the new tools, this release mainly focuses on behind-the-scenes updates and optimization. New tools in Kali Linux 2024.3 This Kali release is about new tools and package

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33 open-source cybersecurity solutions you didn’t know you needed

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33 open-source cybersecurity solutions you didn’t know you needed 2024-09-10 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Open-source cybersecurity tools provide transparency and flexibility, allowing users to examine and customize the source code to fit specific security needs. These tools make cybersecurity accessible to a broader range of organizations and individuals. In this article, you will

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI extends innovation across the hybrid cloud

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI extends innovation across the hybrid cloud 2024-09-09 at 10:31 By Industry News Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AI is Red Hat’s foundation model platform, enabling users to develop, test, and run GenAI models to power enterprise applications. The platform brings together the open source-licensed Granite LLM family and InstructLab model

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PostgreSQL databases under attack

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PostgreSQL databases under attack 2024-08-21 at 16:16 By Zeljka Zorz Poorly protected PostgreSQL databases running on Linux machines are being compromised by cryptojacking attackers. The attack – observed by Aqua Security researchers on a honeypot system – starts with the threat actors brute-forcing access credentials. Once access is achieved, the threat actor: Creates a new

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“0.0.0.0-Day” vulnerability affects Chrome, Safari and Firefox

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“0.0.0.0-Day” vulnerability affects Chrome, Safari and Firefox 2024-08-09 at 13:01 By Zeljka Zorz A “0.0.0.0-Day” vulnerability affecting Chrome, Safari and Firefox can be – and has been – exploited by attackers to gain access to services on internal networks, Oligo Security researchers have revealed. The vulnerability stems from how those popular browsers handle network requests

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New SLUBStick Attack Makes Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities More Dangerous

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New SLUBStick Attack Makes Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities More Dangerous 2024-08-05 at 16:47 By Eduard Kovacs A new Linux kernel exploitation technique named SLUBStick makes heap vulnerabilities more dangerous.  The post New SLUBStick Attack Makes Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities More Dangerous appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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Kali Linux 2024.2 released: 18 new tools, countless updates

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Kali Linux 2024.2 released: 18 new tools, countless updates 2024-06-05 at 21:31 By Help Net Security Kali Linux 2024.2 is now available. It includes future package compatibility for 32-bit platforms, improvements to GNOME 46 and Xfce, and 18 new tools. Desktop changes Kali 2024.2 introduces GNOME 46, offering a refined experience that builds on the

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NethSecurity: Open-source Linux firewall

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NethSecurity: Open-source Linux firewall 2024-06-03 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz NethSecurity is a free, open-source Linux firewall that simplifies network security deployment. It integrates various security features into one platform, including firewalling, intrusion detection and prevention, antivirus, multi-WAN, DNS, and content filtering. NethSecurity has an intuitive interface that delivers real-time insights and control over network

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CISA Warns of Exploited Linux Kernel Vulnerability

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CISA Warns of Exploited Linux Kernel Vulnerability 2024-05-31 at 14:46 By Ionut Arghire CISA instructs federal agencies to mitigate CVE-2024-1086, a Linux kernel flaw leading to privilege escalation. The post CISA Warns of Exploited Linux Kernel Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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Fail2Ban: Ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors

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Fail2Ban: Ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors 2024-05-24 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz Fail2Ban is an open-source tool that monitors log files, such as /var/log/auth.log, and blocks IP addresses that exhibit repeated failed login attempts. It does this by updating system firewall rules to reject new connections from those IP addresses for a configurable

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Ebury botnet compromises 400,000+ Linux servers

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Ebury botnet compromises 400,000+ Linux servers 2024-05-16 at 07:31 By Help Net Security ESET researchers released its deep-dive investigation into one of the most advanced server-side malware campaigns. It is still growing and has seen hundreds of thousands of compromised servers in its at least 15-year-long operation. The Ebury group and botnet have been involved

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BLint: Open-source tool to check the security properties of your executables

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BLint: Open-source tool to check the security properties of your executables 2024-05-14 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz BLint is a Binary Linter designed to evaluate your executables’ security properties and capabilities, utilizing LIEF for its operations. From version 2, BLint can also produce Software Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) for compatible binaries. BLint features “Several source code analysis

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Nmap 7.95 released: New OS and service detection signatures

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Nmap 7.95 released: New OS and service detection signatures 2024-05-10 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Nmap is a free, open-source tool for network discovery and security auditing. It’s valued by systems and network administrators for network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. Nmap identifies available hosts on a network,

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Pktstat: Open-source ethernet interface traffic monitor

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Pktstat: Open-source ethernet interface traffic monitor 2024-05-08 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz Pktstat is an open-source tool that is a straightforward alternative to ncurses-based Pktstat. On Linux, it utilizes AF_PACKET, while on other platforms, it employs generic PCAP live wire capture. Pktstat is a versatile tool that doesn’t rely on advanced or recent Linux kernel

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Why financial infrastructure needs to be open-source — Hyperledger

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Why financial infrastructure needs to be open-source — Hyperledger 2024-04-19 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Gareth Jenkinson Governments and major financial institutions are actively building open-source blockchain solutions on the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger tools. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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XZ Utils backdoor: Detection tools, scripts, rules

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XZ Utils backdoor: Detection tools, scripts, rules 2024-04-08 at 16:31 By Zeljka Zorz As the analysis of the backdoor in XZ Utils continues, several security companies have provided tools and advice on how to detect its presence on Linux systems. What happened? The open-source XZ Utils compression utility has been backdoored by a skilled threat

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‘WallEscape’ Linux Vulnerability Leaks User Passwords

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‘WallEscape’ Linux Vulnerability Leaks User Passwords 2024-04-01 at 19:31 By Ionut Arghire A vulnerability in util-linux, a core utilities package in Linux systems, allows attackers to leak user passwords and modify the clipboard. The post ‘WallEscape’ Linux Vulnerability Leaks User Passwords appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View

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XZ Utils backdoor update: Which Linux distros are affected and what can you do?

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XZ Utils backdoor update: Which Linux distros are affected and what can you do? 2024-03-31 at 21:01 By Zeljka Zorz The news that XZ Utils, a compression utility present in most Linux distributions, has been backdoored by a supposedly trusted maintainer has rattled the open-source software community on Friday, mere hours until the beginning of

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