DH2i DxEnterprise 20 improves performance and resilience of transaction processing workloads
DH2i announced the general availability of DxEnterprise version 20, engineered to improve the performance and resilience of transaction processing workloads found in financial …
Now-fixed Linux kernel vulnerabilities enabled local privilege escalation (CVE-2021-26708)
Security researcher Alexander Popov has discovered and fixed five similar issues in the virtual socket implementation of the Linux kernel. The vulnerabilities could be …
IPCDump: Open-source tool for tracing interprocess communication on Linux
Guardicore released IPCDump, a new open source tool for tracing interprocess communication on Linux. The tool covers most interprocess communication (IPC) mechanisms, …
Linux malware backdoors supercomputers
ESET researchers discovered Kobalos, a malware that has been attacking supercomputers – high performance computer (HPC) clusters – as well as other targets such as a …
AlmaLinux Beta released, the CentOS replacement is ready for testing
AlmaLinux, the open source enterprise-level Linux distribution created as an alternative to CentOS, is released in beta with most RHEL packages and is ready for community …
“Serious” vulnerability found in Libgcrypt, GnuPG’s cryptographic library
Libgcrypt 1.9.0, the newest version of a cryptographic library integrated in the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) free encryption software, has a “severe” security …
Sudo vulnerability allows attackers to gain root privileges on Linux systems (CVE-2021-3156)
A vulnerability (CVE-2021-3156) in sudo, a powerful and near-ubiquitous open-source utility used on major Linux and Unix-like operating systems, could allow any unprivileged …
CloudLinux expands its Extended Lifecycle Support services for Linux distributions
CloudLinux announces the expansion of its affordable Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) services for Linux distributions, by providing its own updates and security patches for …
Dnsmasq vulnerabilities open networking devices, Linux distros to DNS cache poisoning
Seven vulnerabilities affecting Dnsmasq, a caching DNS and DHCP server used in a variety of networking devices and Linux distributions, could be leveraged to mount DNS cache …
Kali Linux 2020.4 released: New default shell, fresh tools, and more!
Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2020.4, the latest version of its popular open source penetration testing platform. You can download it or upgrade to it. Kali Linux …
Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0
Over a year has passed since Nmap had last been updated, but this weekend Gordon “Fyodor” Lyon announced Nmap 7.90. About Nmap Nmap is a widely used free and …
Offensive Security releases Win-KeX 2.0, packed with new features
Win-KeX provides a Kali Desktop Experience for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2), and version 2.0 comes with useful features. Win-KeX 2.0 features Win-KeX SL (Seamless …
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