New Tengu botnet uses hardware watchdog for advanced persistence
A new Mirai-derived botnet, dubbed Tengu, was identified with advanced persistence and self-defense mechanisms, including the ability to use a compromised Li...
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Tengu botnet reboots Linux devices to survive removal
A new Mirai-derived IoT botnet can force an infected Linux device to reboot once its main process is killed, giving its persistence mechanisms another opport...
Tengu Botnet Reboots Compromised Linux Devices When Defenders Kill Its Process
A new Mirai-derived botnet called Tengu can use a compromised Linux device's hardware watchdog to trigger a reboot when defenders kill its main process. If t...
AI-Assisted Bug Hunt Uncovers Linux Kernel 0-Day in net/sched
AI-assisted research uncovered Linux kernel use-after-free allowing root escalation
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP
View CSAF Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in the additional GNU/Linux subsystem of the firmware version V3.1.
AI-Discovered Linux Kernel Zero-Day Enables Root Privilege Escalation
A researcher recently disclosed an AI-assisted Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53264, which allows local privilege escalation to roo...
Researcher Says AI Helped Develop Linux Traffic-Control Race Into Root Exploit
STAR Labs has published a Linux kernel exploit that turns an ordinary local user into root on the CentOS Stream 9 build it targeted. The flaw, tracked as CVE...
Tech giants form alliance to put open AI in cyber defenders’ hands
NVIDIA and a group of tech companies have formed an alliance to promote the use of open AI models in cybersecurity, days after OpenAI disclosed that one of i...
New RefluXFS Linux flaw lets attackers gain root privileges
A nine-year-old race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's XFS filesystem, tracked as CVE-2026-64600, allows local attackers to overwrite protected f...
Linux kernel security faces challenge with surge in CVEs
The sheer number of Linux kernel CVEs, published recently, has raised questions about effective vulnerability management.
Ubuntu snap-confine vulnerability grants root access
The vulnerability stems from a security hardening change made in July 2025, where snap-confine shifted to a set-capabilities model.
Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine that an unprivileged user can trigge...
New Ubuntu Desktop Vulnerability Turns Local Access Into Root Control
A vulnerability in snap-confine lets an unprivileged user gain root access on affected Ubuntu Desktop systems. Install the latest snapd update to fix the issue.
Ubuntu snap-confine Vulnerability Enables Local Root Access
New Ubuntu snap-confine race condition lets local users escalate to root on default installs
ZDI-26-443: Linux Kernel vmwgfx Integer Overflow Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Linux Kernel. An attacker must first obtain the ability to exec...
ZDI-26-442: Linux Kernel CAN ISO-TP Protocol Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Linux Kernel. An attacker must first obtain the ability to exec...
ABB Ability Edgenius
View CSAF Summary ABB is aware of public reports of a vulnerability CVE‑2026‑31431 (Copy Fail) in the product versions listed as affected in the advisory. An...
New Ransomware Exploits Malicious Driver to Remove Cybersecurity Protections
GodDamn ransomware uses remote desktop application to secretly move around networks and drop the malicious PoisonX kernel driver
ZDI-26-327: Docker Desktop grpcfuse Kernel Module Uncontrolled Recursion Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Docker Desktop. An attacker must first obtain ...
[local] Linux Kernel - Local Privilege Escalation
Linux Kernel - Local Privilege Escalation