An attentive Ubuntu user has spotted today a cryptocurrency miner hidden in the source code of…
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OpenSnitch Is a Host-Based Firewall for Linux Desktops
Simone Margaritelli, the VP of Research at Zimperium, has created a Linux port of Little Snitch,…
Linux: Beep Command Can Be Used to Probe for the Presence of Sensitive Files
A vulnerability in the "beep" package that comes pre-installed with Debian and Ubuntu distros allows an…
Linux 4.16 Released. Kernel Release Was "Small and Calm"
Yesterday Linus Torvalds officially released Linux 4.16.  In an announcement to the Linux Kernel Mailing List, Linus announced that…
Hackers Infect Linux Servers With Monero Miner via 5-Year-Old Vulnerability
A hacker group has made nearly $75,000 by installing a Monero miner on Linux servers after…
Debian GNU/Linux Now Available for WSL In The Windows Store
Lately Microsoft has been pushing out new Linux distributions for the Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSL)…
Project Crostini: Chrome OS to Support Containerized Linux Apps
Google is in the process of adding support to Chrome OS for running containerized Linux applications,…
PSA: Improperly Secured Linux Servers Targeted with Chaos Backdoor
Hackers are using SSH brute-force attacks to take over Linux systems secured with weak passwords and…