A critical vulnerability in Linux KVM, named Januscape (CVE-2026-53359), has been discovered after lying dormant for 16 years. This flaw allows attackers with root access in a guest virtual machine to escape to the host…
The traditional 90-day vulnerability disclosure policy is deemed ineffective as AI accelerates bug detection and exploitation. Security expert Himanshu Anand highlights that AI tools can convert security patches into…
Recent security advisories have revealed multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel affecting various Ubuntu releases, including 22.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 25.10, and 24.04 LTS. These vulnerabilities are…
A newly disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 and named 'Copy Fail', allows unprivileged local users to gain root access on virtually all major Linux distributions released since 2017.…
An emergency update for Tails, the Linux distribution for anonymous browsing, has been released to fix a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel known as DirtyFrag (CVE-2026-43284). This vulnerability could allow…
A new proposal for a 'killswitch' feature in the Linux kernel aims to allow system administrators to disable vulnerable functions until patches are available. This comes in response to recent high-severity…
A cyberattack utilizing the Hermes AI agent targeted Thailand's Ministry of Finance between July 9 and July 13, 2026. Researchers from Hunt.io discovered exposed directories containing 585 files, including exploit code…
Several vulnerabilities were identified in the Linux kernel affecting various architectures and subsystems. These vulnerabilities could allow attackers to compromise systems running affected versions of the kernel.…
SUSE has released updates addressing a critical buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25506) in the munge package, affecting multiple SUSE Linux versions. The vulnerability, which was published on February 10, 2026,…
On June 29, 2026, Offensive Security released Kali Linux 2026.2, introducing nine new tools and significant improvements to VM boot times. The update includes enhancements to the GNOME 50 and KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop…