ZDNet

Shim vulnerability exposes most Linux systems to attack

Another day, another potential Linux security problem. This time around, it's a critical vulnerability in shim -- the key link between Linux and your computer's firmware during boot. Left unrepaired, ...
ZDNet

Patch now: This serious Linux vulnerability affects nearly all distributions

As security holes go, CVE-2023-4911, aka "Looney Tunables," isn't horrid. It has a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score of 7.8, which is ranked as important, not critical. On the other ...
Business Wire

Vulnerability Management Solution Tripwire IP360 Now Discovers More Than 200,000 Conditions

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organizations, today announced that vulnerability ...
Linux Journal

Vulnerability Detection and Patching: A Survey Of The Enterprise Environment

Detecting vulnerabilities and managing the associated patching is challenging even in a small-scale Linux environment. Scale things up and the challenge becomes almost unsurmountable. There are ...
Security

Seal Security launches Seal OS to target and repair Linux vulnerabilities

Seal Security, a leader in open source vulnerability remediation, today announced the launch of Seal OS, the first holistic solution designed to automatically fix vulnerabilities in both Linux ...
SiliconANGLE

CISA adds new Linux vulnerabilities to catalog, warns they’re being actively exploited

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added seven new Linux-related vulnerabilities to its catalog and warned that they’re being actively exploited. The vulnerabilities are ...
Forbes

EBPF-Based Security Solutions: Exploring Weaknesses And Mitigation Techniques.

Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) is a new technology shaking up the cloud security industry. eBPF is a capability in Linux that enables security and other introspection products to gather deep ...
Bleeping Computer

Dozens of VNC Vulnerabilities Found in Linux, Windows Solutions

Researchers found a total of 37 security vulnerabilities impacting four open-source Virtual Network Computing (VNC) implementations and present for the last 20 years, since 1999. The flaws were found ...
Forbes

The High Cost Of Security Vulnerabilities: Why Observability Is The Solution

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As the risks of cyberattacks that are related to security vulnerabilities continuously grow ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference in Security Between Virtual Machines and Containers?

Comparison of security postures for containers and different types of hypervisors. Key measures of software security. Security certifications for virtualization solutions. How to improve the security ...
Business Wire

Red Hat Achieves Common Criteria Security Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 has been awarded the Common Criteria ...