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‘Copy Fail’ Logic Flaw in Linux Kernel Enables System Takeover

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‘Copy Fail’ Logic Flaw in Linux Kernel Enables System Takeover 2026-04-30 at 13:56 By Ionut Arghire Affecting the kernel’s authencesn cryptographic template, the vulnerability was introduced in 2017 and impacts all distributions. The post ‘Copy Fail’ Logic Flaw in Linux Kernel Enables System Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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Easily Exploitable ‘Pack2TheRoot’ Linux Vulnerability Leads to Root Access

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Easily Exploitable ‘Pack2TheRoot’ Linux Vulnerability Leads to Root Access 2026-04-27 at 13:18 By Ionut Arghire A race condition in PackageKit allows unprivileged users to escalate privileges when installing packages. The post Easily Exploitable ‘Pack2TheRoot’ Linux Vulnerability Leads to Root Access appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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25 open-source cybersecurity tools that don’t care about your budget

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25 open-source cybersecurity tools that don’t care about your budget 2026-04-27 at 10:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Regardless of the operating system you use, managing secrets, apps, cloud, compliance, and security operations can be overwhelming. The free, open-source tools presented in this article can help you detect threats, increase visibility, enforce controls, and investigate and respond

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS delivers memory-safe system tools and live patching for Arm servers

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS delivers memory-safe system tools and live patching for Arm servers 2026-04-24 at 11:27 By Mirko Zorz Linux distributions have spent the past few years absorbing GPU vendor toolchains, Rust-based system components, and more stringent encryption defaults. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed Resolute Raccoon, pulls most of those threads together into a single release

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Raspberry Pi OS 6.2 disables passwordless sudo by default

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Raspberry Pi OS 6.2 disables passwordless sudo by default 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Anamarija Pogorelec Raspberry Pi OS 6.2, based on the Trixie version, introduces small changes, bug fixes, and disables passwordless sudo by default for new installations. Screenshot of password prompt (Source: Raspberry Pi) “We continually review the security of Raspberry Pi OS to

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What changed in nginx 1.30.0 and what it means for your upstream config

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What changed in nginx 1.30.0 and what it means for your upstream config 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Anamarija Pogorelec nginx 1.30.0 brings together features accumulated across the 1.29.x mainline series. The release covers a broad range of changes, from protocol support additions to security-relevant fixes and new configuration options. Keepalive to upstreams is now on

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The fully free Linux OS Trisquel gets a major update with version 12.0 Ecne

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The fully free Linux OS Trisquel gets a major update with version 12.0 Ecne 2026-04-13 at 02:01 By Anamarija Pogorelec Trisquel GNU/Linux, a free operating system aimed at home users, small enterprises, and educational centers, released version 12.0. The release, codenamed Ecne, is declared production-ready and builds on the previous version, Aramo, with changes to

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Little Snitch for Linux shows what your apps are connecting to

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Little Snitch for Linux shows what your apps are connecting to 2026-04-10 at 11:48 By Mirko Zorz Network monitoring on Linux has long been a gap for users who want per-process visibility into outbound connections. Existing tools either operate at the command line or were designed for server security rather than desktop privacy. Objective Development,

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Chaos malware expands from routers to Linux cloud servers

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Chaos malware expands from routers to Linux cloud servers 2026-04-08 at 12:47 By Mirko Zorz Chaos, Go-based malware first documented by Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, has historically targeted routers and edge devices. A new variant observed in March 2026 shows the malware operating against misconfigured Linux cloud servers, a category of infrastructure the botnet had

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Flatpak 1.16.4 fixes sandbox escape and three other security flaws

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Flatpak 1.16.4 fixes sandbox escape and three other security flaws 2026-04-08 at 12:16 By Anamarija Pogorelec Flatpak, a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework, released version 1.16.4, patching four security vulnerabilities. The most severe fix addresses a complete sandbox escape that leads to host file access and code execution in the host context, tracked as

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SystemRescue 13 updates its kernel to Linux 6.18 LTS, adds new recovery tools

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SystemRescue 13 updates its kernel to Linux 6.18 LTS, adds new recovery tools 2026-03-30 at 10:37 By Anamarija Pogorelec Bootable Linux recovery environments occupy a specific niche in the systems administration and incident response toolkit. SystemRescue, an Arch-based live distribution built for repairing unbootable systems and recovering data from damaged drives, has shipped version 13.00

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TeamPCP strikes again: Backdoored Telnyx PyPI package delivers malware

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TeamPCP strikes again: Backdoored Telnyx PyPI package delivers malware 2026-03-27 at 15:46 By Zeljka Zorz TeamPCP continues is supply chain compromise rampage, with telnyx on PyPI being the latest maliciously modified package. What happened? Telnyx is a widely used software development kit (SDK) for the Telnyx AI Voice Agent service. According to Endor Labs researchers,

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Researchers release tool to detect stealthy BPFDoor implants in critical infrastructure networks

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Researchers release tool to detect stealthy BPFDoor implants in critical infrastructure networks 2026-03-26 at 15:52 By Zeljka Zorz Telecommunications providers around the world have been dealing with the burrowing efforts of the China-linked APTs for many years now. To help them identify hard-to-detect implants used by the China-based group dubbed Red Menshen, Rapid7 researchers have

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Kali Linux 2026.1 ships BackTrack mode, eight new tools, and a kernel upgrade to 6.18

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Kali Linux 2026.1 ships BackTrack mode, eight new tools, and a kernel upgrade to 6.18 2026-03-25 at 08:07 By Anamarija Pogorelec Penetration testers running Kali Linux have a new release to work with. Version 2026.1 delivers the annual theme refresh, a new BackTrack-inspired mode in kali-undercover, eight tools added to the network repositories, a kernel

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Immutable Linux distribution Nitrux 6.0.0 adds GPU passthrough, boot-level recovery, C++ update system

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Immutable Linux distribution Nitrux 6.0.0 adds GPU passthrough, boot-level recovery, C++ update system 2026-03-04 at 09:38 By Anamarija Pogorelec Nitrux 6.0.0, released March 3, 2026, packages several components that security practitioners running Linux workstations will find worth examining: a new hypervisor orchestrator with IOMMU-enforced isolation, a rewritten update system with cryptographic verification, and a recovery

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mquire: Open-source Linux memory forensics tool

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mquire: Open-source Linux memory forensics tool 2026-03-04 at 08:22 By Anamarija Pogorelec Linux memory forensics has long depended on debug symbols tied to specific kernel versions. These symbols are not installed on production systems by default, and sourcing them from external repositories creates a recurring problem: repositories go stale, kernel builds diverge, and analysts working

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IPFire ships its 200th core update with a new domain blocklist and kernel upgrade

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IPFire ships its 200th core update with a new domain blocklist and kernel upgrade 2026-03-02 at 18:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec Network firewall distribution IPFire released Core Update 200, marking the 200th incremental update to the 2.29 branch. The release bundles a kernel upgrade, a beta domain blocklist service, security patches for OpenSSL and glibc, and

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Linux kernel 6.19 reaches stable release, kernel 7.0 work is already underway

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Linux kernel 6.19 reaches stable release, kernel 7.0 work is already underway 2026-02-09 at 13:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Development activity on the Linux kernel continues into early 2026 with the stable release of version 6.19. Kernel maintainers have completed the pre-release cycle and merged the final set of changes into the mainline tree. The release

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Organizations Warned of Exploited Linux Vulnerabilities

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Organizations Warned of Exploited Linux Vulnerabilities 2026-01-27 at 12:47 By Ionut Arghire The flaws allow threat actors to obtain root privileges or bypass authentication via Telnet and gain shell access as root. The post Organizations Warned of Exploited Linux Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Old Attack, New Speed: Researchers Optimize Page Cache Exploits

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Old Attack, New Speed: Researchers Optimize Page Cache Exploits 2026-01-22 at 17:22 By Eduard Kovacs A team of researchers from the Graz University of Technology in Austria has revived page Linux page cache attacks. The post Old Attack, New Speed: Researchers Optimize Page Cache Exploits appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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