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Researchers discovered two local privilege escalation flaws that could let attackers gain root access on systems running major Linux distributions. Qualys researchers discovered two local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities, an attacker can exploit them to gain root privileges on machines running major Linux distributions. The two vulnerabilities are: The first flaw (CVE-2025-6018) allows an unprivileged […]
Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) has earned FIPS 140-3 Level 1 validation for several of its cryptographic modules. This means it’s now approved for use in systems that need to meet U.S. and Canadian government standards for encryption. FIPS (Federal I…
Qualys has disclosed two Linux vulnerabilities that can be chained for full root access, and CISA added a flaw to its KEV catalog.
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U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Linux Kernel vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read and Write Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-0386, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability, CVE-2023-0386 (CVSS score: 7.8), is an improper ownership vulnerability in the Linux kernel that […]
Qualys researchers have unearthed two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-6018, CVE-2025-6019) that can be exploited in tandem to achieve root access on most Linux distributions “with minimal effort.” About the vulnerabilit…
Qilin ransomware has emerged as a formidable force, rapidly ascending to prominence amid the collapse of once-dominant groups like RansomHub and LockBit in 2025. Active since October 2022, Qilin has solidified its position through a sophisticated Ranso…
The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) has uncovered two interconnected local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities—CVE-2025-6018 and CVE-2025-6019—that together enable attackers to gain full root access on a wide range of Linux distributions with …
This article showcases free, open-source security tools that support your organization’s teams in red teaming, threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability scanning, and cloud security. Autorize: Burp Suite extension for automatic authorization enf…
The Acronis Threat Research Unit has identified new variants of Chaos RAT, a remote administration tool (RAT) that has evolved from an open-source project first observed in 2022 into a formidable multi-platform malware. These latest iterations of Chaos…
The BERT ransomware group, first detected in April 2025 but active since mid-March, has expanded its reach from targeting Windows environments to launching sophisticated attacks on Linux machines as of May 2025. Initially spotted through phishing campa…