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Read moreEven read-only files can be written to, leading to a dangerously general purpose elevation-of-privilege attack.
Read moreThis bug is fiendishly hard to exploit - but if you patch, it won't be there to exploit at all.
Read moreTwelve-Year-Old Linux Vulnerability Discovered and Patched
January 31 2022It’s a privilege escalation vulnerability:
Linux users on Tuesday got a major dose of bad news — a 12-year-old vulnerability in a system tool called Polkit gives attackers unfettered...
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An elevation of privilege bug that could let a "mostly harmless" user give themselves a instant root shell
Read moreAn elevation of privilege bug that could let a "mostly harmless" user give themselves a instant root shell
Read moreLinux-Targeted Malware Increased by 35%
January 24 2022Crowdstrike is reporting that malware targeting Linux has increased considerably in 2021:
Malware targeting Linux systems increased by 35% in 2021 compared to 2020.
XorDDoS, Mirai and Mozi malware families...
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S3 Ep66: Cybercrime busts, wormable Windows, and the crisis of featuritis [Podcast + Transcript]
January 20 2022Latest epsiode - listen now!
Read moreImagine if someone who didn't have your password could sneakily modify data that was encrypted with it.
Read moreMicrosoft Edge for Linux makes an Official landing.
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