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Three Linux vulnerabilities provided root access to hackers since 2006

Three Linux vulnerabilities provided root access to hackers since 2006 in the iSCSI module used for getting to shared data storage. This flaw could allow root access to any hacker with a user account. The three vulnerabilities – CVE-2021-27363, CVE-2021-27364 and CVE-2021-27365 – were in the Linux code since 2006 going unnoticed until the researchers…

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Linux servers under worm attacks via latest Exim flaw

It didn’t take very long for Hackers to start exploiting this flaw, the recently revealed Exim vulnerability (CVE-2019-10149).   An initial wave of attacks on this vulnerability – which involved attackers pushing out exploits from a malicious command-and-control (C2) server – was first discovered June 9 by researcher Freddie Leeman. “Just detected the first attempts to exploit…

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