400K Linux Servers Recruited by Resurrected Ebury Botnet
Cryptocurrency theft and financial fraud are the new M.O. of the 15-year-old malware operation that has hit organizations around the…
New Spectre v2 attack impacts Linux systems on Intel CPUs
Researchers have demonstrated the "first native Spectre v2 exploit" for a new speculative execution side-channel flaw that impacts Linux systems…
Ubuntu ‘command-not-found’ tool can be abused to spread malware
A logic flaw between Ubuntu's 'command-not-found' package suggestion system and the snap package repository could enable attackers to promote malicious…
Privilege elevation exploits used in over 50% of insider attacks
Elevation of privilege flaws are the most common vulnerability leveraged by corporate insiders when conducting unauthorized activities on networks, whether…
Krasue RAT malware hides on Linux servers using embedded rootkits
Security researchers discovered a remote access trojan they named Krasue that is targeting Linux systems of telecommunications companies and managed…
New SLAM attack steals sensitive data from AMD, future Intel CPUs
Academic researchers developed a new side-channel attack called SLAM that exploits hardware features designed to improve security in upcoming CPUs…
Rootkit Turns Kubernetes From Orchestration to Subversion
Kubernetes compromises have usually led to attackers creating cryptomining containers, but the outcomes could be much worse, say researchers presenting…
Jupyter Notebook Ripe for Cloud Credential Theft, Researchers Warn
If not correctly locked down, Jupyter Notebook offers a novel initial access vector that hackers can use to compromise enterprise…
Windows Subsystem for Linux gets new ‘mirrored’ network mode
Microsoft has released Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2.0.0 with a set of new opt-in experimental features, including a new network mode…
Fake Linux vulnerability exploit drops data-stealing malware
Cybersecurity researchers and threat actors are targeted by a fake proof of concept (PoC) CVE-2023-35829 exploit that installs a Linux…