The Hacker News Researchers from Qihoo 360’s Netlab security team have released details of a new evolving botnet called “Abcbot” that has been observed in the...
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thehackernews – New Malware Targets Windows Subsystem for Linux to Evade Detection
A number of malicious samples have been created for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with the goal of compromising Windows machines, highlighting a sneaky method...
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DARKreading – Attackers Increasingly Target Linux in the Cloud
Linux is widely used in containerized environments, giving rise to significant attention from attackers. Linux has been the favored operating system of system administrators and hackers,...
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The Register – Seven-year-old make-me-root bug in Linux service polkit patched
Error handling? Nah, let’s just unlock everything and be done with it Thomas Claburn in San FranciscoFri 11 Jun 2021 // 06:28 UTC A seven-year-old privilege escalation vulnerability that’s been lurking in...
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The Hacker News – 7-Year-Old Polkit Flaw Lets Unprivileged Linux Users Gain Root Access
7-Year-Old Polkit Flaw Lets Unprivileged Linux Users Gain Root Access A seven-year-old privilege escalation vulnerability discovered in the polkit system service could be exploited by a...