After the CopyFail vulnerability gave root access from any user on almost all distributions last week, this week we’ve got DirtyFrag. This chains the vulnerability in CopyFail (xfrm-ESP) and ...
Be honest with me. How many of your passwords are still some version of your pet’s name followed by a number? Studies have shown that roughly 80% of data breaches involve weak or reused passwords.
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More than 1,600 malicious messages from the China-backed APT group deliver the previously undocumented ABCDoor backdoor and ...
Critical cPanel flaw under attack, Copy Fail Linux privilege escalation, TeamPCP supply chain campaign, GitHub RCE & major ...
Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) is a severe logic flaw in the Linux kernel affecting every distribution since 2017. Patch your ...
Malicious Lightning 2.6.2/2.6.3 released April 30 enable credential theft via hidden payload, leading to PyPI quarantine and ...
Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of ...
Copy Fail, a logic bug in the Linux kernel, allows users to write 4-byte code into other files’ page cache and achieve root ...
The critical "Copy Fail" bug (CVE-2026-31431) affects all Linux kernels since 2017, allowing unprivileged local users to gain ...
A logic flaw sitting undetected in the Linux kernel for nearly nine years lets any unprivileged local user gain root access ...
Experts say until the distros release patches, CSOs have to beware of unauthorized privilege escalation; Kubernetes container ...