Tag: Unix
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Lynis: Open-source security auditing tool
Lynis is a comprehensive open-source security auditing tool for UNIX-based systems, including Linux, macOS, and BSD. Hardening with Lynis …
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Vim 9.1 released: New features and bug fixes
Vim, a highly adaptable text editor, is designed to efficiently create and modify all types of text. It comes included as vi in most UNIX …
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UAC: Live response collection script for incident response
Unix-like Artifacts Collector (UAC) is a live response collection script for incident response that makes use of native binaries and tools …
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New Unix rootkit used to steal ATM banking data
Threat analysts following the activity of LightBasin, a financially motivated group of hackers, report the discovery of a previously …
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Ransomware attack levels soaring, now accounting for 69% of all attacks involving malware
Ransomware attacks have reached ‘stratospheric’ levels in Q2 2021, now accounting for 69% of all attacks involving malware. That is …
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Serious sudo flaw could be exploited to gain root access to Linux systems
Details of a nine-year-old security vulnerability with the sudo utility found in numerous Unix and Linux based operating systems have been …
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Serious sudo flaw could be exploited to gain root access to systems
Details of a nine-year-old security vulnerability with the sudo utility found in numerous Unix and Linux based operating systems have been …
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Backdoor found in Webmin, a popular web-based utility for managing Unix servers
A backdoor mechanism was found in Webmin, a popular web-based application used by system administrators to manage remote Unix-based …
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Netflix researcher spots TCP SACK flaws in Linux and FreeBSD
Three vulnerabilities have been discovered in the FreeBSD and Linux kernels through which attackers could induce a denial-of-service by …
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SACK TCP flaws can crash, slow down Linux-based systems
An engineering manager at Netflix has unearthed several TCP networking vulnerabilities in Linux and FreeBSD kernels that could lead to …
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Netflix to Linux users: Patch SACK Panic kernel bug now to stop remote attacks
Organizations running large fleets of production Linux computers are being urged to apply new patches to stop remote attackers from …
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Multiple DoS vulnerabilities affect Linux and FreeBSD
Netflix researcher has identified several TCP networking vulnerabilities in FreeBSD and Linux kernels that could trigger a DoS condition. …
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