It was found that jq, a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON parser, was vulnerable to multiple memory corruption attacks, which could lead to application crashes, denial-of-service conditions, and potentially arbitrary code execution through h...
Offensive Security just dropped Kali Linux 2026.2, and at first glance, it looks like a standard quarterly refresh. You’ve got the usual kernel bumps, desktop environment updates, and a handful of new utilities. But don't write this off as just anoth...
The Linux Foundation has officially launched Akrites, a coordinated industry initiative designed to improve how critical open source vulnerabilities are validated, coordinated, and disclosed before patches reach downstream users.
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Building effective behavioral detections starts with understanding how processes behave at runtime, rather than simply collecting more logs. eBPF gives Linux security teams the visibility needed to correlate those behaviors into meaningful detections...
When a security alert fires, the panic often sets in before the analysis. Many administrators instinctively reach for /var/log/auth.log or journalctl, but those logs tell only a partial story. They document successful logins and authentication attemp...
SELinux troubleshooting is a necessary skill for any system administrator. When a service fails despite correct file permissions and ownership, the immediate instinct is often to disable SELinux to confirm if the security policy is the bottleneck. Wh...
When a production server spikes at 99% CPU or the disk starts grinding, the knee-jerk reaction is usually to blame a bad code push or a runaway backup job. But if you’ve spent enough time in security incident response, you know that "performance issu...
Open ports have a way of accumulating over time. A test environment gets deployed and never removed. An administrative interface is exposed for troubleshooting and left in place. A database that was supposed to listen internally ends up reachable fro...