Month: March 2023

Btrfs, the short form for “B-Tree File System,” is a Linux kernel-based, state-of-the-art file system that seeks to replace the current standard ext4 file system for Linux distributions while simultaneously...

Reaching an acceptable level of cyber hygiene is a challenge for all healthcare providers, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies. Many security breaches occur with legacy systems and redundant processes that often...

Cybersecurity researchers from SentinelLabs discovered a new variant of the Icefire ransomware, with a specific focus on Linux enterprise systems. SentinelLabs was the first to detect the malware, which encrypts...

Vanilla OS 2.0 had been using Ubuntu from its early development stages, but now it is all set to shift to Debian Sid. Vanilla OS 2.0 is one of the...

The core reason why organizations utilize CI/CD is that they’re supremely beneficial for system administration, live patching, or patch management, as well as testing code changes through integration and continuous...

A former TikTok risk manager has met with congressional investigators to express his concerns that the company’s plan for protecting user data in the United States is deeply flawed, pointing...

In the current scenario where almost all software uses open-source code, at least one known open-source vulnerability was detected in 84% of them. The researchers at the application security company...

It’s been about a decade since the discovery of Heartbleed, a dangerous OpenSSL exploit that affected millions of systems – and a vulnerability that made its way into popular news...

Palo Alto Networks’ Unit42 researchers have discovered a new GoBruteforcer malware that targets phpMyAdmin, MySQL, FTP, and Postgres. The newly discovered Golang-based botnet malware seeks out and infects web servers...

Several critical vulnerabilities were detected in the Linux kernel that could cause a denial of service (DoS), possibly execute arbitrary code, and leak sensitive information. Additionally, important updates for PHP...

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities are still a common route by which cyber criminals get illegal access to computer systems. It’s a growing problem too as there is a steady year-on-year increase...

According to cybersecurity firm Mandiant, a North Korean espionage group known as UNC2970 has been carrying out spear-phishing attacks against media and technology organizations in the US and Europe since...