CISA Warns: Linux CVE-2024-1086 Exploited in Ransomware The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning about CVE-2024-1086, a high-severity Linux kernel flaw. Attackers are now exploiting…
Linux 6.18-rc3 Released: A Calm Cycle with SMBDirect and Filesystem Fixes A Smoother Development Phase Linus Torvalds has officially announced the third release candidate (rc3) of the Linux 6.18 kernel,…
Qilin (aka Agenda): How a RaaS Group Weaponized Linux, RMM Tools and BYOVD in 2025 Qilin (also tracked as Agenda, Gold Feather, Water Galura) emerged around mid-2022 and grew into…
New LinkPro Rootkit Discovered After AWS Compromise Security firm Synacktiv discovered a new GNU/Linux rootkit, LinkPro, while investigating an AWS-hosted compromise. The attackers began with an exposed Jenkins server vulnerable…
Senator Cassidy Presses Cisco Over Zero-Day Firewall Vulnerabilities U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has demanded answers from Cisco Systems about…
Tails 7.1 Released: Key Updates for Privacy and Security Tails 7.1 has officially arrived as the first minor update in the Tails 7.x series. Built on Debian GNU/Linux, this portable…
Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” – All Official Flavors Updated with New Features Canonical has released Ubuntu 25.10, codenamed “Questing Quokka,” along with updates to all its official flavors. This release…
Sudo Vulnerability Grants Root Access via --chroot Option A critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-32463, has been identified in the sudo command-line utility, affecting versions 1.9.14 through 1.9.17. This flaw allows local attackers…
Kali Linux 2025.3 lands with 10 new tools, Nexmon support and NetHunter improvements Kali Linux 2025.3 — the third rolling update of 2025 — has arrived. This release adds ten…
Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) Beta is Here Canonical has officially released the beta version of Ubuntu 25.10, codenamed Questing Quokka, for public testing. This release comes packed with several notable…