Smashing Security podcast #466: Meta sees everything, Copy Fail, and a deepfake gets hired
Meta’s smart glasses promise privacy “designed for you” – but everything they record was being beamed off to workers in...
Linux
Quasar Linux RAT Steals Developer Credentials for Software Supply Chain Compromise
Ravie LakshmananMay 08, 2026Linux / DevOps A previously undocumented Linux implant codenamed Quasar Linux RAT (QLNX) is targeting developers' systems...
New Linux PamDOORa Backdoor Uses PAM Modules to Steal SSH Credentials
Ravie LakshmananMay 08, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux backdoor named PamDOORa that's...
CISA Warning: High-Severity Linux Flaw Puts Unpatched Systems at Risk
CISA warns that the nine-year-old Linux Copy Fail flaw is being actively exploited, allowing local attackers to gain root access...
New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions
Ravie LakshmananApr 30, 2026Linux / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that...
Introducing Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR) for Linux and macOS
The post Introducing Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR) for Linux and macOS appeared first on Business Insights. As...
Introducing Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR) for Linux and macOS
The post Introducing Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR) for Linux and macOS appeared first on Business Insights. As...
Unprivileged users could exploit AppArmor bugs to gain root access
Unprivileged users could exploit AppArmor bugs to gain root access Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2026 Researchers found nine “CrackArmor” flaws...
Malicious Go Crypto Module Steals Passwords, Deploys Rekoobe Backdoor
Ravie LakshmananFeb 27, 2026Malware / Linux Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious Go module that's designed to...
SSHStalker botnet targets Linux servers with legacy exploits and SSH scanning
SSHStalker botnet targets Linux servers with legacy exploits and SSH scanning Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2026 A new Linux botnet,...
DKnife toolkit abuses routers to spy and deliver malware since 2019
DKnife toolkit abuses routers to spy and deliver malware since 2019 Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2026 DKnife is a Linux...
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Office, GNU InetUtils, SmarterTools SmarterMail, and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Office, GNU InetUtils, SmarterTools SmarterMail, and Linux Kernel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Pierluigi Paganini...
11-Year-Old critical telnetd flaw found in GNU InetUtils (CVE-2026-24061)
11-Year-Old critical telnetd flaw found in GNU InetUtils (CVE-2026-24061) Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2026 Critical telnetd flaw CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS 9.8)...
VoidLink shows how one developer used AI to build a powerful Linux malware
VoidLink shows how one developer used AI to build a powerful Linux malware Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2026 VoidLink is...
VoidLink Linux Malware Framework Built with AI Assistance Reaches 88,000 Lines of Code
The recently discovered sophisticated Linux malware framework known as VoidLink is assessed to have been developed by a single person...
