Researchers uncover SSHStalker, an IRC botnet exploiting legacy Linux flaws and SSH servers to build persistent covert access.

A newly discovered botnet is compromising poorly-protected Linux servers by brute-forcing weak SSH password login authentication. Researchers at Canada-based Flare Systems, who discovered the botnet, ...

The SSHStalker Linux botnet has ensnared 7,000 systems, deploying various scanners and malware, an IRC bot, and multiple kernel exploits.

Exploit code will soon become available for a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that a security researcher discovered and reported to Linux administrators in mid-June. The bug, which the ...

LKRG is a loadable kernel module designed to protect the Linux kernel at runtime. Instead of relying solely on compile-time ...

LKRG (short for Linux Kernel Runtime Guard) is a loadable kernel module that continuously monitors the health and integrity ...

North Korean hackers have exploited a recently patched Google Chrome zero-day (CVE-2024-7971) to deploy the FudModule rootkit after gaining SYSTEM privileges using a Windows Kernel exploit. "We assess ...

A lot of talk and discussion happens anytime a hardware manufacturer releases a new line of faster, more powerful, or more efficient computers. It’s easy to see better and better specifications and ...

A recent Linux security hole allows local users to seize the power of root. We show the Linux bugs that came together to let it happen. Once all this has happened, control returns to vmsplice_to_pipe( ...