Linux and BSD variants that employ the popular X.Org Server package –almost all do– are vulnerable to a new vulnerability disclosed on Thursday. More security news This is how government spyware StrongPity uses security researchers’ work against them Facebook approaches major cybersecurity firms, acquisition goals in mind Startup boasts unhackable email protection for the rest of us Microsoft Windows zero-day disclosed on Twitter, again The vulnerability allows an attacker with limited access to a system, either via a terminal or SSH session, to elevate privileges and gain root access.

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