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Hackers are using fake job interviews to load applicants' PCs with a password-stealing Trojan

By James Bentley Published

News No job and a new virus. What a nightmare.

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Origami Linux on a Dell XPS 13 laptop
A killswitch has been pitched for the Linux kernel that could shut down vulnerable functions while users wait for patches

By James Bentley Published

News Is the 'nuclear option' sometimes the best one?

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Ubuntu servers restored after DDoS attack sends services down for days

By Jacob Ridley Published

News Who has a gripe with Ubuntu?

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A view of a gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) penguin at the Paradise Bay in the Gerlache Strait -which separates the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula, on January 20, 2024. Scientists and researchers from various countries are collaborating on projects during the X Antarctic Expedition aboard the Colombian research vessel 'ARC Simon Bolivar,' designed exclusively to develop scientific projects. These initiatives involve analyzing the current condition of the Antarctic sea, studying atmospheric pressure, and monitoring the species inhabiting this region of the planet.
'A single 732-byte Python script can be used to obtain root on essentially all Linux distributions shipped since 2017': Time to update your kernel

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Batten down the distros.

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Canonical, the company that makes Ubuntu Linux, says its web infrastructure is under a 'sustained, cross-border attack'

By Jacob Fox Last updated

News A whole range of Ubuntu sites and services seem to be affected.

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A photo showing a top-down view of a TP-Link Archer BE9700 Wi-Fi 7 router.
State cybersecurity agencies around the world are advising extra care over home routers as they could be used in 'China-nexus' covert networks

By Jacob Fox Published

News Though at least one security company thinks there are more important measures to take than those CISA suggests.

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Someone has apparently snaffled up 31 WordPress plugins and wedged a backdoor in each one

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Don't blog without the proper protections in place, folks.

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'Defenders finally have a chance to win, decisively': Firefox CTO raves about Claude Mythos' bug hunting capabilities after it finds 271 vulnerabilities

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News That's one heck of a fly swatter, Anthropic.

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Fallout hacking minigame
A 17-year-old Excel vulnerability is currently being exploited by threat actors, and it's been flagged by the US' cyber defence agency

By James Bentley Published

News The little exploit that could.

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Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Pavan Davuluri speaks about Recall during the Microsoft May 20 Briefing event at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Microsoft unveiled a new category of PC on Monday that features generative artificial intelligence tools built directly into Windows, the company's world leading operating system. The tech giant estimates that more than 50 million "AI PCs" will be sold over the next 12 months, given the appetite for devices powered by ChatGPT-style technology. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Cybersecurity experts raise the alarm over Windows Recall again: 'The vault door is titanium. The wall next to it is drywall'

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Hacking tool supposedly creates "precisely the scenario Microsoft’s architecture is supposed to restrict."

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