Software patches issued to fix serious security flaws on Intel chips should no longer be applied, the company has said. The patches tried to tackle flaws called Meltdown and Spectre…
Tag: Linux
Don't worry about those 40 Linux USB security holes. That's not a typo
Move along. Nothing to see here. By the way, try this flash drive in your laptop, ta By Thomas Claburn The Linux kernel USB subsystem has more holes than a…
Suspect arrested in 5-year-old kernel.org breach
A computer programmer is accused of compromising several Linux Foundation servers in 2011. By Lucian Constantin Five years after a security breach forced the Linux Foundation to take kernel.org offline…
Linux Mint hacked: Malware-infected ISOs linked from official site
Downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th? Check for infection NOW. Tim Anderson If you downloaded and installed Linux Mint from the distribution’s website over the weekend, your machine has been…
Russian cyberspy group uses simple yet effective Linux Trojan
The Fysbis Trojan runs without root and has an extensible, modular architecture. By Lucian Constantin A cyberespionage group of Russian origin known as Pawn Storm is infecting Linux systems with…
Linux zero-day affects most Androids, millions of Linux PCs
Further woe for Linux and Android. By Maria Korolov A new zero-day vulnerability has been discovered that allows Android or Linux applications to escalate privileges and gain root access, according…