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SpeakUp – A New Undetected Backdoor Exploiting Six Linux Distributions With Known Vulnerabilities

5th February 2019GURUBARAN S

A new trojan dubbed SpeakUp exploiting six different Linux distributions with know vulnerabilities. The campaign primarily targeting East Asia and Latin America, including [...]

Vuln: Linux Kernel CVE-2019-3819 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

25th January 2019CW Enterprises

Linux Kernel CVE-2019-3819 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability Source: Security Focus – Vuln: Linux Kernel CVE-2019-3819 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability [...]

Vuln: Linux Kernel 'drivers/vhost/net.c' Memory Corruption Vulnerability

25th January 2019CW Enterprises

Linux Kernel ‘drivers/vhost/net.c’ Memory Corruption Vulnerability Source: Security Focus – Vuln: Linux Kernel ‘drivers/vhost/net.c’ Memory Corruption Vulnerability [...]

Parrot 4.5 Released With Linux 4.19, Metasploit 5.0 and More Dev Tools

22nd January 2019GURUBARAN S

Parrot 4.5 Released with major changes with new Linux kernel version, includes support for Metasploit 5.0 and more dev tools come pre-installed. The [...]

Vuln: Linux Kernel 'kernel/events/core.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

18th January 2019CW Enterprises

Linux Kernel ‘kernel/events/core.c’ Local Denial of Service Vulnerability Source: Security Focus – Vuln: Linux Kernel ‘kernel/events/core.c’ Local Denial of Service Vulnerability [...]

Vuln: Linux Kernel 'drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c ' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

27th December 2018CW Enterprises

Linux Kernel ‘drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c ‘ Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability Source: Security Focus – Vuln: Linux Kernel ‘drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c ‘ Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability [...]

Vuln: Linux Kernel CVE-2018-16885 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

21st December 2018CW Enterprises

Linux Kernel CVE-2018-16885 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability Source: Security Focus – Vuln: Linux Kernel CVE-2018-16885 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability [...]

Linux.org Redirected to NSFW Page Spewing Racial Epithets

11th December 2018Tara Seals

Administrators lost control of the domain for several hours in a DNS hijacking incident. Source: Threat Post – Web Security – Linux.org [...]

Someone messed with Linux.org's DNS to deface the website's homepage

11th December 2018CW Enterprises

Some people do have a lot of time on their hands Source: The Inquirer – Someone messed with Linux.org’s DNS to [...]

Vuln: Linux Kernel CVE-2018-10840 Local Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

7th December 2018CW Enterprises

Linux Kernel CVE-2018-10840 Local Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Source: Security Focus – Vuln: Linux Kernel CVE-2018-10840 Local Heap Based Buffer Overflow [...]