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US Govt Warns Critical Linux Security Flaw
US government warns on critical Linux security flaw, urges users to patch immediately. Federal agencies have until June 20 to apply Linux patch. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a new flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, signaling in-the-wild abuse, and giving federal agencies a patching deadline. The vulnerability Read more
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Malware Variant Targets ESXi Environments
In this blog entry, our researchers provide an analysis of TargetCompany ransomware’s Linux variant and how it targets VMware ESXi environments using new methods for payload delivery and execution. Discovered in June 2021, The TargetCompany ransomware is tracked by Trend Micro as “Water Gatpanapun” and has a leak site under the name “Mallox.” We have Read more
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NethSecurity: Open-source Linux firewall
NethSecurity is a free, open-source Linux firewall that simplifies network security deployment. It integrates various security features into one platform, including firewalling, intrusion detection and prevention, antivirus, multi-WAN, DNS, and content filtering. NethSecurity has an intuitive interface that delivers real-time insights and control over network security. It is a centralized hub for monitoring and managing Read more
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Mint 22 Hides Unverified Flatpak Apps
The Software Manager app in Linux Mint 22 will deliver faster start-up times and introduce a significant security safeguard for search results. As you may know (and if you don’t, what’s living on Mars like? ;P), the Linux Mint Software Manager (package name mintinstall) allows users to install DEB packages from the Ubuntu/Linux Mint repositories Read more
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CSSP Calls for Proposals
The Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP) is a federally-funded program that supports federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, and Indigenous governments in the development of innovative science and technology advancements that contribute to the safety and security of Canadians. Projects funded by CSSP strengthen Canada’s ability to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover Read more
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Linux 6.10-rc2 Will Fix Booting Intel Quark CPUs
Ahead of today’s Linux 6.10-rc2 kerne weekly test release a few “x86/urgent” patches were submitted for addressing some fallout on Intel and AMD processors. One of the x86 urgent fixes this week is to restore support for booting Linux on the Intel Quark SoCs… The 32-bit SoCs that held the distinction of being even slower Read more
