Hi, Nikolai Khechumov is here. We all use software and hardware with many security mechanisms inside and don't notice them. But these mechanisms are not magical: they still live somewhere in code or ...

Kali Linux and Parrot OS are geared toward penetration testing. Only Parrot OS has an option for general-purpose use. You can download and install each of these ...

The Linux security landscape just reached an important milestone. Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG) has officially hit version 1.0, marking its transition from a long-running experimental project into ...

As attacks on the operating system grow more serious, the company is teasing a plan to bring “verifiable integrity” to Linux. If there’s one thing guaranteed to grab attention in the computer security ...

A botnet known as GoBruteforcer has been actively targeting Linux servers exposed to the internet, using large-scale brute-force attacks against common services such as FTP, MySQL, PostgreSQL and ...

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Earlier this month, open-source security innovator TuxCare launched an in-memory vulnerability scanner for Linux-native environments. TuxCare Radar is a Linux-first vulnerability scanner that cuts ...

In the realm of cybersecurity, the notion that Linux systems are entirely immune to attacks is a widespread misconception. While Linux distributions offer robust foundational security measures, they ...

Linux server administrators, it's time to get your patch on. The boffins at Qualys, a security firm well known for its excellent SSL configuration tester, found a pair of security vulnerabilities that ...