Attackers Hijack Linux Sudo Prompts to Steal Government Credentials
A campaign targeting government and state-linked infrastructure altered Linux shell profiles to capture sudo passwords while commands continued to work normally. The activity also deployed SysGoRAT, web shells...
Public Exploit for Linux Kernel ‘Vghost’ Bug Shows Route From Local Access to Root, and Possibly VM Escape
Researchers have released a working proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2026-74580, a high-severity Linux kernel flaw in the vhost networking subsystem that can let a local user escalate to root,...
Public AnyDesk Exploit Puts Unpatched Linux Hosts at Risk of Root Takeover
Public exploit code for the AnyPwn flaw can target AnyDesk 8.0.2 on Linux before authentication and execute commands with root privileges. Administrators should install version 8.0.3 or later,...
Researchers Turn Everyday File-Change Alerts Into a Silent Spy Tool on Every Major OS
Academic researchers have shown that the routine file-notification systems built into Linux, Windows, and macOS can be abused to track keystrokes, browsing habits, and more — with no...
Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Race Condition Enables Root and Container Escape
A race condition in Linux’s AF_ALG cryptographic interface can give an unprivileged local attacker root access and may support Docker container escape. CISA lists CVE-2025-39964 as exploited in...
Linux KVM/arm64 Flaw Breaks VM Isolation and Exposes Host Memory
CVE-2026-89775 can leave stale writable mappings available to an ARM64 guest when KVM nested virtualization is enabled, creating a path to host-memory access and VM escape. Operators should...
CISA Orders Forensic Checks as Three Linux Kernel Flaws Face Active Exploitation
CISA has added three Linux kernel vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and ordered covered agencies to patch and investigate exposed systems. The flaws affect kernel TLS,...
North Korean Hackers Hide ‘Ted’ Backdoor Inside Trojanized HAProxy to Spy on South Korean Firms
Rapid7 researchers have uncovered a DPRK-linked Linux intrusion toolkit — built around a modified HAProxy binary dubbed Ted and a companion remote access tool called CurlRAT — that...