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A new variant of Mirai — the botnet malware used to launch massive DDoS attacks —has been targeting 13 vulnerabilities in IoT devices connected to Linux servers, according to researchers at Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 cybersecurity team.
Warnings of a major globe-spanning ransomware attack began circulating on social media in early February, but at first there were few details save for reports of the occasional victim. It has now been established that the campaign targeted an old (and previously patched) vulnerability in VMware servers, and that it has grown to become the largest attack of its type in history not involving Windows machines.
Businesses have been urged to patch the two-year-old vulnerability amidst heightened ransomware threats. "The group has accelerated operations in recent months, focusing attacks on US-based healthcare organisations and specifically targeting Linux systems more recently.
Royal Ransomware is the latest ransomware operation to add support for encrypting Linux devices to its most recent malware variants, specifically targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines.
This flaw, which has been identified that affects the ksmbd NTLMv2 authentication in the Linux kernel, is known to quickly cause the operating system on Linux-based computers to crash. Namjae Jeon is the developer of KSMBD, which is an open-source In-kernel CIFS/SMB3 server designed for the Linux Kernel.
A new cross-platform malware botnet named 'MCCrash' is infecting Windows, Linux, and IoT devices to conduct distributed denial of service attacks on Minecraft servers.
Microsoft launched a preview of new server protection capabilities in its Defender for Business solution back in July. The company announced this week that this feature is now generally available to help small businesses protect Windows and Linux servers.
While Linux does have a variety of security features to help make it safer, it’s not impenetrable, which is why you need open-source tools to secure your Linux server.
Opting for the best Linux VPS UK Hosting for your online business enables you to implement high-security levels. With virtual private server web hosting, you can acquire everything you can need to securely host your website.
A large number of servers running the Kubernetes API have been left exposed to the internet, which is not great: they're potentially vulnerable to abuse.
Learn about 10 great open-source tools to improve the security of your Linux servers heading into 2022.
Learn about a unique and effective method of securing SSH to help lock down your Linux servers.
Worried that your Linux server might be infected with malware or rootkits? Here's 10 great security tools you can use to scan your Linux server for malware and security flaws.
Don't want to compromise on the security of your Linux server? Install these six must-have open-source tools to set up an impenetrable network.
Kernel developers have gracefully accepted suggestions concerning release signing process
Security teams running Linux servers now have access to UChecker, a new tool offered as part of CloudLinux’s TuxCare security services that runs scans on Linux servers to detect outdated shared libraries on both disk and in memory.
Three years after the first malware attacks targeting Docker, developers are still misconfiguring and exposing their Docker servers online. Docker malware is now common, making this lackadaisical attitude toward Docker security increasingly problematic.
Learn about SELinux types that improve container security in engines such as Podman and CRI-O.
Another dangerous strain of malware targeting Linux servers has been identified. Dubbed Kaiji, this variant was developed for the sole purpose of launching DDoS attacks.
A cybercrime group is enslaving Linux servers running vulnerable Webmin apps into a new botnet that security researchers are currently tracking under the name of Roboto. The botnet's main function is the ability to conduct DDoS attacks, a feature it has not used yet. Learn more: