cyber security
Earth Berberoka-Linked Hackers Target Brazil With Linux Malware and SEO Poisoning
A Chinese-speaking cybercrime cluster linked to the Earth Berberoka threat actor has compromised Brazilian government and educational web servers to conduct large-scale SEO poisoning...
Cyber Security News
Linux Turns 35 as Open-Source Kernel Powers Global Critical Infrastructure
Linux has now reached 35 years old, serving as a reminder of the modern world’s reliance on an open-source kernel. On August 25, 1991,...
AI
AI-Assisted ToxNetV2 Linux Botnet Uses LLM to Generate Shell and SSH Commands
ToxNetV2, an AArch64 Linux peer-to-peer botnet, integrates a large language model into its controller workflow to turn botnet and host telemetry into proposed operational...
cyber security
RedC2 Turns Compromised Linux Machines Into SOCKS5 Proxies for Internal Network Pivoting
A cluster of trojanized npm packages is delivering the RedC2 4.0 Linux implant, providing operators with a pathway from a seemingly harmless dependency import...
cyber security
Gunra Ransomware Uses Up to 100 ChaCha20 Threads to Rapidly Encrypt Linux Systems
Gunra ransomware has added a Linux encryptor to its arsenal, giving affiliates control over how they lock enterprise data.
The command-line payload can launch...
CVE/vulnerability
PoC Released for Linux Kernel STP Use-After-Free Vulnerability
A proof-of-concept (PoC) has been released for a use-after-free vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's software bridge implementation found in `net/bridge`.
This vulnerability occurs within...
CVE/vulnerability
OVSwrap Open vSwitch Flaw Lets Unprivileged Linux Users Gain Root Access
A recently disclosed Linux local privilege-escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-64531 and referred to as OVSwrap, affects the kernel's Open vSwitch (OVS) implementation.
This vulnerability...
APT
BlackTech APT Uses New BlueShell Linux Backdoor in Attacks on Japanese Organizations
BlackTech, a long-running China-aligned APT group, has adopted a new Linux backdoor built on the BlueShell open-source RAT to conduct post-intrusion operations against Japanese...