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The Hacker News - Cybersecurity News and Analysis: hacking linux
New Linux Bug Lets Attackers Hijack Encrypted VPN Connections
December 06, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
A team of cybersecurity researchers has disclosed a new severe vulnerability affecting most Linux and Unix-like operating systems, includ...
Your Linux Can Get Hacked Just by Opening a File in Vim or Neovim Editor
June 10, 2019
Mohit Kumar
Linux users, beware! If you haven't recently updated your Linux operating system, especially the command-line text editor utility, ...
Libssh Releases Update to Patch 9 New Security Vulnerabilities
March 19, 2019
Wang Wei
Libssh2, a popular open source client-side C library implementing the SSHv2 protocol, has released the latest version of its software to...
Malicious Software Packages Found On Arch Linux User Repository
July 11, 2018
Swati Khandelwal
Yet another incident which showcases that you should not explicitly trust user-controlled software repositories. One of the most popula...
2-Year-Old Linux Kernel Issue Resurfaces As High-Risk Flaw
September 28, 2017
Unknown
A bug in Linux kernel that was discovered two years ago, but was not considered a security threat at that time, has now been recognised a...
Linux Subsystem on Windows 10 Allows Malware to Become Fully Undetectable
September 13, 2017
Swati Khandelwal
Microsoft has been expressing its love for Linux for almost three years now, and this love costs Microsoft an arm and a leg. Last year,...
Beware of Windows/MacOS/Linux Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger
August 24, 2017
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If you came across any Facebook message with a video link sent by anyone, even your friend — just don't click on it. Security researche...
Your Linux Machine Can Be Hacked Remotely With Just A Malicious DNS Response
June 29, 2017
Swati Khandelwal
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Systemd , the popular init system and service manager for Linux operating systems, that c...
Hacker Who Used Linux Botnet to Send Millions of Spam Emails Pleads Guilty
March 29, 2017
Mohit Kumar
A Russian man accused of infecting tens of thousands of computer servers worldwide to generate millions in illicit profit has finally ent...
Dirty COW — Critical Linux Kernel Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild
October 21, 2016
Swati Khandelwal
A nine-year-old critical vulnerability has been discovered in virtually all versions of the Linux operating system and is actively being ...
Warning — Linux Mint Website Hacked and ISOs replaced with Backdoored Operating System
February 21, 2016
Swati Khandelwal
Are you also the one who downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th? You may have been Infected! Linux Mint is one of the best and popul...
PlayStation 4 Hacked to Run Linux
January 02, 2016
Swati Khandelwal
Hackers enjoy much playing with PlayStation and Xbox, rather than playing on them. And this time, they have done some crazy things with ...
You can Hack into a Linux Computer just by pressing 'Backspace' 28 times
December 17, 2015
Swati Khandelwal
So what would anyone need to bypass password protection on your computer? It just needs to hit the backspace key 28 times , for at l...
Kali Linux 2.0 Released — Download Most Powerful Penetration Testing Platform
August 11, 2015
Wang Wei
Offensive Security , the creators of Swiss army knife for Security researchers, Penetration testers and Hackers have finally released th...
New GPU-based Linux Rootkit and Keylogger with Excellent Stealth and Computing Power
May 09, 2015
Swati Khandelwal
The world of hacking has become more organized and reliable over recent years and so the techniques of hackers. Nowadays, attackers ...
How to Run Linux Kernel on Canon DSLRs Cameras
April 07, 2015
Swati Khandelwal
Last month, I Got a Canon's amazing and powerful video-capable DSLR Camera and was wondering if I could play a hack on it. Yes, Just l...
Samba Service Hit By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
February 24, 2015
Swati Khandelwal
A critical vulnerability has been fixed in Samba — Open Source standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix, ...
New BlackEnergy Crimeware Enhanced to Target Linux Systems and Cisco Routers
November 05, 2014
Swati Khandelwal
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have unearthed new capabilities in the BlackEnergy Crimeware weapon that has now ability to hack...
Operation Windigo: Linux malware campaign that infected 500,000 Computers Worldwide
March 18, 2014
Mohit Kumar
In late 2013, Security Researchers identified thousands of Linux systems around the world infected with the OpenSSH b ackdoor trojan a...
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