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 […]
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 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
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 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 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 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 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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OpenWrt One gains support for running Debian 2026-01-22 at 12:59 By Anamarija Pogorelec Debian now runs on the OpenWrt One hardware platform following recent engineering work by Collabora. OpenWrt One is a developer focused router designed to support embedded Linux work on standardized hardware. The platform serves as a reference device for the OpenWrt community
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Linux users targeted by crypto thieves via hijacked apps on Snap Store 2026-01-21 at 12:17 By Zeljka Zorz Cryptocurrency thieves have found a new way to turn trusted software packages for Linux on the Snap Store into crypto-stealing malware, Ubuntu contributor and former Canonical developer Alan Pope warned. SnapScope web app identifies malicious snaps (Source:
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Wine 11 brings major architectural work, synchronization changes, 600+ bug fixes 2026-01-14 at 02:03 By Anamarija Pogorelec Wine, originally short for “Wine Is Not an Emulator,” is a compatibility layer that allows Windows applications to run natively on POSIX-compliant operating systems, including Linux, macOS, and BSD. Rather than running a full copy of Windows or
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Parrot OS shares its 2026 plans for security tools and platform support 2026-01-13 at 11:15 By Anamarija Pogorelec Parrot OS is a Debian-based Linux distribution built for cybersecurity work. Security practitioners use it for penetration testing, digital forensics, malware analysis, and privacy-focused research. The operating system bundles security tools, development utilities, and privacy features into
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Debian 13.3 is now available with targeted corrections, updates 2026-01-12 at 11:41 By Anamarija Pogorelec Debian 13.3 is the third maintenance update for the stable Debian 13 distribution, codenamed “trixie”. It updates package content to address security and other issues reported since the last point update. This release includes more than 100 adjustments and multiple
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Debian seeks volunteers to rebuild its data protection team 2026-01-07 at 13:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec The Debian Project is asking for volunteers to step in after its Data Protection Team became inactive. All three members of the team stepped down at the same time, leaving no dedicated group to handle privacy and data protection work.
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Elementary OS 8.1 rolls out with a stronger focus on system security 2025-12-24 at 08:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec Elementary OS 8.1 is now available for download and shipping on select hardware from retailers such as Star Labs, Slimbook, and Laptop with Linux. The update arrives after more than a year of refinements based on community
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40 open-source tools redefining how security teams secure the stack 2025-12-11 at 09:07 By Anamarija Pogorelec Open source security software has become a key way for teams to get flexibility, transparency, and capability without licensing costs. The free tools in this roundup address problems security teams deal with, from managing large environments to catching misconfigurations
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Sprout: Open-source bootloader built for speed and security 2025-11-13 at 08:26 By Sinisa Markovic Sprout is an open-source bootloader that delivers sub-second boot times and uses a clean, data-driven configuration format that works across operating systems. “We built Sprout because we were frustrated by how fragile and slow traditional bootloaders are,” said Alex Zenla, CTO
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GNU Coreutils 9.9 brings fixes and updates across essential tools 2025-11-11 at 16:59 By Anamarija Pogorelec GNU Coreutils is the backbone of many enterprise Linux environments. It provides the basic file, shell, and text utilities that every GNU-based system depends on. The latest release, version 9.9, refines these tools with fixes and performance improvements. Several
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Critical Control Web Panel vulnerability is actively exploited (CVE-2025-48703) 2025-11-05 at 14:59 By Zeljka Zorz On Tuesday, CISA added two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: CVE-2025-11371, which affects Gladinet’s CentreStack and Triofox file-sharing and remote access platforms, and CVE-2025-48703, a vulnerability in Control Web Panel (CWP), a web hosting control panel designed for
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PortGPT: How researchers taught an AI to backport security patches automatically 2025-11-05 at 09:07 By Mirko Zorz Keeping older software versions secure often means backporting patches from newer releases. It is a routine but tedious job, especially for large open-source projects such as the Linux kernel. A new research effort has built a tool that
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