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A new campaign employing ClickFix attacks has been spotted targeting both Windows and Linux systems using instructions that make infections on either operating system possible. […]
Offensive Security warned Kali Linux users to manually install a new Kali repository signing key to avoid experiencing update failures. […]
A significant security gap in Linux runtime security caused by the ‘io_uring’ interface allows rootkits to operate undetected on systems while bypassing advanced Enterprise security software. […]
In a rather clever attack, hackers leveraged a weakness that allowed them to send a fake email that seemed delivered from Google’s systems, passing all verifications but pointing to a fraudulent page that collected logins. […]
Microsoft used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders. […]
Three security bypasses have been discovered in Ubuntu Linux’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions, which could be enable a local attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in kernel components. […]
Kali Linux has released version 2025.1a, the first version of 2025, with one new tool, desktop changes, and a theme refresh. […]
A previously undocumented Linux backdoor dubbed ‘Auto-Color’ was observed in attacks between November and December 2024, targeting universities and government organizations in North America and Asia. […]
Over 660,000 exposed Rsync servers are potentially vulnerable new to six new vulnerabilities, including a critical-severity heap-buffer overflow flaw that could lead to remote code execution. […]