Linux

Offensive Security releases Win-KeX 2.0, packed with new features

September 21, 2020

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 …

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 achieves Common Criteria Certification and CSfC status

September 14, 2020

Red Hat Enterprise Linux has further solidified itself as a platform of choice for users requiring more secure computing, with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 achieving Common …

Bug in widely used bootloader opens Windows, Linux devices to persistent compromise

July 30, 2020

A vulnerability (CVE-2020-10713) in the widely used GRUB2 bootloader opens most Linux and Windows systems in use today to persistent compromise, Eclypsium researchers have …

REMnux toolkit for malware analysis version 7 released

July 23, 2020

REMnux is a popular Linux-based toolkit for reverse-engineering malicious software which malware analysts have been relying on for more than 10 years to help them quickly …

Acunetix now available on all major operating systems, including macOS

July 20, 2020

Acunetix is now available on macOS. Customers can now harness the full power of Acunetix using their operating system of choice –– Windows, Linux, macOS, or the cloud. …

Microsoft releases Defender ATP for Android and Linux

June 24, 2020

Microsoft has added support for Linux and Android to Microsoft Defender ATP, its unified enterprise endpoint security platform. Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection …

New fuzzing tool for USB drivers uncovers bugs in Linux, macOS, Windows

May 28, 2020

With a new fuzzing tool created specifically for testing the security of USB drivers, researchers have discovered more than two dozen vulnerabilities in a variety of operating …

IAR Systems’ build tools now support Linux

May 27, 2020

IAR Systems, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, announces that its extensive product portfolio of embedded development tools is …

CrowdStrike Falcon bolsters Linux protection with ML prevention, custom and dynamic IoAs

May 22, 2020

CrowdStrike, a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, announced the CrowdStrike Falcon platform is bolstering its Linux protection capabilities with additional …

Vulnerability in Qmail mail transport agent allows RCE

May 20, 2020

Qualys researchers have found a way to exploit an previously known (and very old) vulnerability in Qmail, a secure mail transport agent, to achieve both remote code execution …

Kali Linux 2020.2: New look, new packages, new installer options

May 13, 2020

Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2020.2, the latest iteration of the popular open source penetration testing platform. Kali Linux 2020.2 changes There are several …

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 adds evolved container tools to help fuel cloud-native development

April 21, 2020

Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, the foundation for Red Hat’s hybrid cloud portfolio. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, built for the …