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Fake Researcher Profiles Spread Malware through GitHub Repositories as PoC Exploits
At least half of dozen GitHub accounts from fake researchers associated with a fraudulent cybersecurity company have been observed pushing malicious repositori…
New Malware Campaign Leveraging Satacom Downloader to Steal Cryptocurrency
A recent malware campaign has been found to leverageSatacom downloaderas a conduit to deploy stealthy malware capable of siphoning cryptocurrency using a rogue…
Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for 80 New Security Flaws — Two Under Active Attack
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update for March 2023 is rolling out with remediations for a set of80 security flaws, two of which have come under active exploitatio…
Update Now: Microsoft Releases Patches for 3 Actively Exploited Windows Vulnerabilities
Microsoft on Tuesday releasedsecurity updatesto address 75 flaws spanning its product portfolio, three of which have come under active exploitation in the wild…
How to Check if Your Linux System is Infected with a Virus
Linux is undoubtedly the best open-source operating system, and is arguably the most secure OS by design . Most computers these days are Linux-based. Android O…
December 2022 Patch Tuesday: Get Latest Security Updates from Microsoft and More
Tech giant Microsoft released its last set of monthly security updates for 2022 withfixes for 49 vulnerabilitiesacross its software products.Of the 49 bugs, si…
Mageia 2022-0341: libxslt security update
Use after free in Blink XSLT in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.164 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. …
Mageia 2022-0271: firefox security update
When visiting directory listings for chrome:// URLs as source text, some parameters were reflected (CVE-2022-36318). When combining CSS properties for overflow…
The Story Behind Googles In-House Desktop Linux
If you look around Google's Mountain View, CA offices, you'll see Windows machines, Chromebooks, Macs '' and gLinux desktops. G what, you ask? Well, in additio…
Mageia 2022-0050: qtwebengine5 security upda
The qtwebengine5 package has been updated to version 5.15.8, fixing several security issues in the bundled chromium code. See the referenced package announceme…
Mageia 2021-0554: thunderbird security upda
Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScript execution context was limited to this area and did not receive chrome-level…
Debian LTS: DLA-2836-2: nss regression upda
DLA-2836-1 was rolled out, fixing CVE-2021-43527 in nss, but that lead to a regression, preventing SSL connections in Chromium. The complete bug report could b…
Microsoft Edge finally arrives on Linux à¢Â à¢ÂÂOfficialà¢Â build lands in rep
Microsoft Edge has finally arrived on Linux, with lots to love. It's fast; it looks good; it may work for you where Chrome builds won't; and it's really easy t…
Brave Rolls Out Its Own Search Engine By Default Ditching Google
The privacy-oriented Chrome browser alternative Brave has now announced another step to protect users' searches.…Brave Rolls Out Its Own Search Engine By Defau…
Mageia 2021-0458: sqlite security upda
The updated sqlite packages fix a security vulnerability: Use after free in sqlite in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed a remote attacker to potenti…
Mageia 2021-0455: icu security upda
Double free in ICU in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.77 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2021-3…
Lennart: Linux Comes Up Short Around Disk Encryption, Authenticated Boot Securi
Most Linux distros are currently coming up short from offering adequate security around full disk encryption and authenticated boot. Prominent Linux developer …
Mageia 2021-0406: qtwebengine5 security upda
Updated qtwebengine5 packages fix security vulnerabilities: The qtwebengine5 package has been updated to version 5.15.5, fixing several security issues in the …
SciLinux: SLSA-2021-2881-1 Important: thunderbird on SL7.x x86_
This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.12.0. * Mozilla: IMAP server responses sent by a MITM prior to STARTTLS could be processed (CVE-2021-29969) * Mo…
Malicious NPM Package Caught Stealing Users' Saved Passwords From Browsers
A software package available from the official NPM repository has been revealed to be actually a front for a tool that's designed to steal saved passwords from…
SciLinux: SLSA-2021-2741-1 Important: firefox on SL7.x x86_
This update upgrades Firefox to version 78.12.0 ESR. * Mozilla: Use-after-free in accessibility features of a document (CVE-2021-29970) * Mozilla: Memory safet…
Debian 10.10 released with latest security updat
Debian 10.10 has been released with the latest security updates. Some popular packages that have received updates in this update include the Linux Kernel, Nvid…
BRATA Malware Poses as Android Security Scanners on Google Play Store
A new set of malicious Android apps have been caught posing as app security scanners on the official Play Store to distribute a backdoor capable of gathering s…
Linux-based Windows makes perfect sen
Eric S. Raymond, one of open-source's founding fathers, thinks we're nearing the last phase of the desktop wars . The winner? Windows'Š running on Linux . "Go…