Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Linux.
Linux 5.17 is available. The kernel strengthens support for RISC-V, AMD and Intel CPUs. 5.17 was delayed at the last minute due to the discovery of Spectre vulnerabilities in Intel and AMD processors. Lead developer Linus Torvalds pushed the deadline back by a week. The past few days were used t... Read more
2 years ago
The malware uses DNS tunneling for communications A recently discovered botnet under active development targets Linux systems, attempting to ensnare them into an army of bots ready to steal sensitive info, installing rootkits, creating reverse shells, and acting as web traffic proxies. The ne... Read more
2 years ago
The vulnerability affects most of the company's NAS devices. Taiwan-based hardware vendor QNAP warns most of its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices are impacted by a high severity Linux vulnerability dubbed 'Dirty Pipe' that allows attackers with local access to gain root privileges. The&... Read more
2 years ago
The Linux 5.17 kernel was scheduled for last week, but has been held up by embargoed patches for Spectre vulnerabilities in AMD processors. The final release of the 5.17 Linux kernel has been delayed due to the late release of patches for Spectre vulnerabilities in AMD processors. Linux chief Li... Read more
2 years ago
Once Fujistu’s main squeezes, Unix and mainframe systems will be ditched by 2030, with support and services lasting till 2035. Fujitsu’s new hybrid tech roadmap Fujitsu – the Japanese worldwide tech giant – has affirmed the cessation of their famous Unix and mainframe server systems. ... Read more
2 years ago
According to The Register, Linux 5.18 will be the first version to support software-defined silicon (SDSI). Intel is developing SDSI to enable and disable features in existing processors. The organization first used the term in October 2021. Intel confirmed that SDSI is being developed, but rema... Read more
2 years ago
A serious vulnerability in network protocol Samba makes Linux servers vulnerable to RCE attacks (remote code execution). Samba is incorporated into Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux and Ubuntu. Servers with outdated distros are at risk. Network protocol Samba is used by various platforms for file sharin... Read more
2 years ago
Security researchers have found vulnerabilities in Linux PolicyKit (also known as Polkit). The vulnerabilities allow hackers to gain complete access to affected machines and upload malicious code. The issue has since been patched. According to Qualys researchers, the so-called PwnKit exploit man... Read more
2 years ago
William Liu, one of the developers of Linux, found a bug in the Linux kernel. All kernel versions since February 2019 have been vulnerable to buffer overflows. Bugs in the Linux kernel are rare, but conceivable nonetheless. William Liu (Linux kernel developer) found a vulnerability in fs/fs_cont... Read more
2 years ago
Programming language Rust was updated to version 1.58, bringing new functionality and improved accessibility. The release also contributes to the increasing support of the programming language by the Linux kernel. Rust received improvements and functionality with the release of stable version 1.... Read more
2 years ago
