Hackers exploit critical telnetd auth bypass flaw to get root

A coordinated campaign has been observed targeting a recently disclosed critical-severity vulnerability that has been present ...
Bleeping Computer

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 password-stealing malware. Uptycs analysts discovered the ...
Neowin

Chinese hackers exploit Linux with new WolfsBane malware

ESET researchers have recently discovered a new Linux backdoor, named WolfsBane, that is being used by the China-aligned Gelsemium APT group. This is the first known instance of Gelsemium using Linux ...
TechSpot

New LogoFAIL exploit leaves Windows and Linux users vulnerable to remote attacks

What just happened? Researchers have detailed a proof-of-concept firmware attack that can affect almost every existing Windows and Linux device from virtually all hardware vendors. While the ...
Hackaday

A Potential Exploit With The Ext Filesystem

The extended filesystem, otherwise known as ext, has been a fundamental part of Linux since before the 1.0 release in 1994. Currently the filesystem is on its fourth major revision, in use since its ...
Dark Reading

One-Click 'Gnome' Exploit Is a Supply Chain Risk for Linux OSes

Researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in a library within the GNOME desktop environment for Linux systems. If embedded in a malicious link, it could enable attackers to perform machine takeover ...
HotHardware

Looney Tunables Exploit Gives Hackers Root Access To Linux, That's All Folks

If Marvin the Martian makes it onto your computer and does privilege escalation to take it over, we might now know just how they did it. A new Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed ...
Ars Technica

Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years

So, are the people downvoting you trying to bury their heads in the sand? You're spot on with this. Whenever there is a catastrophic bug/exploit in Linux...hiding in plain sight in many cases...people ...
Ars Technica

CD-indexing cue files are the core of a serious Linux remote code exploit

It has been a very long time since the average computer user thought about .cue files, or cue sheets, the metadata bits that describe the tracks of an optical disc, like a CD or DVD. But cue sheets ...
CSOonline

Remote code execution exploit for CUPS printing service puts Linux desktops at risk

Several vulnerabilities can be chained together to remotely register rogue printers and execute commands as root on many Linux systems. A security researcher has developed an exploit that leverages ...