Linux

Critical Samba flaw allows unauthorized remote code execution

February 24, 2015

Samba, the popular free software that allows file and print sharing between computers running Windows and those running Unix or Linux, has been found sporting a critical flaw …

New multi-purpose backdoor targets Linux servers

February 9, 2015

A new multi-purpose Linux Trojan that opens a backdoor on the target machine and can make it participate in DDoS attacks has been discovered and analyzed by Dr. Web …

Reactions to the serious vulnerability found in Glibc

January 28, 2015

The Qualys security research team has found a critical vulnerability in the Linux GNU C Library (glibc), that allows attackers to remotely take control of an entire system …

High severity vulnerability found in Linux GNU C library

January 27, 2015

The Qualys security research team has found a critical vulnerability in the Linux GNU C Library (glibc), that allows attackers to remotely take control of an entire system …

Phish out WPA networks’ password with Wifiphisher

January 5, 2015

Greek computer geek George Chatzisofroniou has released a stable version of Wifiphisher, a tool aimed at automating phishing attacks against WPA networks in order to discover …

Linux backdoor used by Turla APT attackers discovered, analyzed

December 9, 2014

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a new piece of the puzzle called Turla (aka Snake, aka Uroburos): the malware used by attackers does not come only in the Windows …

Microsoft open sources .NET server stack

November 13, 2014

Microsoft open sourced the full server-side .NET stack and expanded .NET to run on the Linux and Mac OS platforms. The company also released Visual Studio Community 2013, a …

New SDK for Raspberry Pi protects embedded software

November 11, 2014

Wibu-Systems is about to introduce a Raspberry Pi version of its CodeMeter software protection platform called Compute Module. A CodeMeter SDK for the Raspberry Pi will enable …

Lessons learned developing Lynis, an open source security auditing tool

October 15, 2014

If you’ve been involved with information security for more than a decade, you’ve probably heard of Rootkit Hunter or rkhunter, a software whose primary goal is to …

How Shellshock can be exploited over DHCP

October 9, 2014

Attacks exploiting the Shellshock vulnerability (actually, vulnerabilities) are popping up daily, but while Shellshock attacks on web apps have been the most documented and …

Yahoo says its servers weren’t Shellshocked

October 7, 2014

After researcher Jonathan Hall’s claims that a group of hackers has been exploiting the Bash Shellshock vulnerability to compromise a number of servers belonging to …

Apple patches Shellshock bug in OS X

September 30, 2014

Apple has finally released a security update for OS X that will close up the critical remote code execution Shellshock bug found in the GNU Bash UNIX shell. The update …