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by Ashish Khaitan A newly disclosed local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability known as Dirty Frag is raising serious concerns across the Linux ecosystem after researchers revealed that the flaw can grant root access to most major Linux […]
A new Linux vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” could impact most open-source distributions released since 2017, security researchers warn. The flaw enables attackers who have already gained code execution on a system to escalate privileges to […]
Microsoft Defender has warned that CVE-2026-31431, also known as ‘Copy Fail‘, is a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel and a wide range of major distributions, including Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, Amazon […]
By Marcus Nestor Wireshark 4.6.4 has been released today as a minor update in the Wireshark 4.6 series of this popular open-source, free, and cross-platform network protocol analyzer. Wireshark 4.6.4 is here to update support […]
A sophisticated surveillance and attack framework dubbed “DKnife” has recently emerged, posing a significant threat to network security. Attributed to China-nexus threat actors, this malicious toolset specifically targets Linux-based routers and edge devices. By compromising […]
Hundreds of millions of PCs are still running Windows 10, and even with extended security updates, the population of unpatched PCs will spike over the next few years. How bad can it get? Written by […]
Written by Michael Larabel in Apple on 19 August 2025 While the Linux v6.17 merge window only wrapped up earlier this month, Apple Silicon DeviceTree “DT” updates have already begun queuing for the Linux 6.18 […]
By Aman Mishra August 19, 2025 A recent reverse engineering analysis of a Lockbit ransomware variant targeting Linux-based ESXi servers has uncovered several sophisticated evasion techniques and operational details. The malware, first documented in 2022, […]
By Jack M. Germain. August 18, 2025 The Linux server operating system, used globally to power the internet, along with cloud storage, back-end business operations, embedded systems, and high-performance supercomputers, has a tarnished reputation for […]