dirty_sock: Linux Privilege Escalation (via snapd)
In January 2019, current versions of Ubuntu Linux were found to be vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to a...
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CVE-2019-8912 | Use After Free Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability for many Linux Kernels
Linux Kernel is prone to an arbitrary code-execution vulnerability.An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the...
Kali Linux 2019.1 – Updates…updates….updates
Everyone likes a new Kali update!The big marquee update of this release is the update of Metasploit to version 5.0,...
Kali Linux 2018.3 Increase TxPower
Increasing the TXpower above what is allowed in your country can be illegal. If you decide to make these changes...
How to Recove Data from a bit-lockered drive that is dying
So today i go home and fired up the Windows 10 PC with all of my drives Bitlockered. Long story...
Testing for the dirty cow CVE-2016-5195?
On october 19 2016, the Dirty Cow vulnerability went public (which is kernel privilege escalation vulnerability) . From what I...
Potential Ransomware Hits Linux Servers
Linux running web servers appear to be at risk of a new strain of ransomware called FairWare. Three Linux administrators,...
Kali Linux – Rolling Edition Released
Welcome back to the RedPacket Security website. An important milestone for Offensive Security has come with the first public release of...
Kippo Honeypot Attack – Linux XorDDOS malware
So I have had my kippo honeypot running for a while and got some pretty good statistics from it. But...
Linux.Wifatch ‘malware’ may be patching up security flaws
SYMANTEC is reporting about Linux.Wifatch They are suggesting that it might be a good guy type of internet threat that wants to...
Linux botnet is launching crippling DDoS attacks at more than 150Gbps
The XOR DDoS botnet can generate attacks more powerful than most businesses can withstand A Linux botnet has grown so powerful...
Kali Linux 2.0 upgrade to Sana now available
We’re still buzzing and recovering from the Black Hat and DEF CON conferences where we finished presenting our new Kali...
Kali Linux 2.0 (Sana) Release Day Scheduled
The Team behind Kali Linux have been awfully quiet lately, which usually means something is brewing below the surface. In the...
