Here you will find all the articles with the tag: kernel.
Lazarus Group hackers broke into systems via a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows AppLocker driver and gained access at the kernel level. An enhanced version of their rootkit allowed them to disable security tools on affected systems. According to Avast research, a zero-day vulnerability in t... Read more
2 months ago
Hackers use open-source software to sneak in Windows malware and bypass Microsoft's driver restrictions. In addition, they are penetrating the most critical layer of the operating system: the Windows kernel. Hackers are abusing two software tools from GitHub to spread malware on Windows devices... Read more
10 months ago
Hey there, do you want to hear about our new no-code/low-code platform?! It’s already becoming an arguably fairly tired proposition that’s wearing pretty thin on many in the IT industry. So what should we look for among the upstart start-ups now vying for a share of voice in this increasingly c... Read more
1 year ago
Google plans to make the Kernel Flaws custom through 'Experimental Mitigations' that could make it difficult for hackers to breach. Google says it uses Linux for pretty much everything, from the cloud system to Chromebooks. Now, the company focuses on putting together a team of security research... Read more
2 years ago
Google has made its first moves to add support for Rust to the Linux kernel. The company sees the programming language as an opportunity to write better and more secure code for the kernel. Kernels have been written primarily in C for almost half a century. This programming language provides the... Read more
3 years ago
This month's security patch release addresses critical vulnerabilities including a Windows kernel flaw. It's that time of the month when Microsoft issues security patches, and the November 2020 release is a sizeable one. In all, Microsoft has released fixes for 112 newly discovered security vul... Read more
3 years ago
Security researchers found vulnerabilities in processors in early 2018, which were given the name Spectre. Various solutions have now been rolled out for this, but they also appear to result in significantly lower performance in Linux systems. Now an option to disable the solutions has been added, r... Read more
5 years ago
