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New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutes

Sep 29, 2026 // 20:17

A new Spectre v2 attack variant called Branch Target Reuse (BTR) can recover root password hashes from Intel computers running Linux in just a few […]

New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Leaks Linux Memory Despite Existing Defenses

Sep 29, 2026 // 20:00

A group of academics from VUSec and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna have disclosed details of a new Spectre CPU vulnerability variant that affects Just-In-Time (JIT) engines […]

Exploit Released for Unpatched Ubuntu Linux Flaw Enabling Host-Root Container Escape

Sep 23, 2026 // 14:28

A use-after-free in the Linux kernel’s AF_UNIX socket subsystem can be used to escape a container and gain root on the host, security firm DepthFirst […]

Exploit Released for Unpatched Ubuntu Linux Flaw Enabling Host-Root Container Escape

Sep 23, 2026 // 14:17

A use-after-free in the Linux kernel’s AF_UNIX socket subsystem can be used to escape a container and gain root on the host, security firm DepthFirst […]

New Linux Kernel Flaw Gives ARM64 KVM Guests Read-Write Access to Host Memory

Sep 22, 2026 // 14:42

A new flaw in the Linux kernel’s KVM virtualization code for ARM64 processors can leave a freed piece of host memory exposed to a guest […]

CISA alerts of active exploitation of three Linux kernel flaws

Sep 22, 2026 // 00:16

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that hackers are exploiting three Linux kernel vulnerabilities, one of them rated critical. The three […]

CISA Flags Three Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

Sep 19, 2026 // 14:51

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added three security flaws impacting the Linux kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, […]

BambooToken Malware Uses MQTT to Control Windows and Linux Systems

Sep 15, 2026 // 18:30

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-platform campaign that uses the Message Queueing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol as a communication channel to control Windows […]

BambooToken malware controls Windows and Linux systems via MQTT

Sep 15, 2026 // 18:16

A previously unknown malware framework called BambooToken, active since at least 2023, is now using the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol to communicate with […]

Hackers breach F5 BIG-IP APM devices to deploy Linux rootkit

Sep 9, 2026 // 00:17

A Linux rootkit targeting devices in F5 BIG-IP APM environments can intercept PHP file loading and inject a fileless web shell directly into memory, avoiding […]

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