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Windows 11 22H2 adds kernel exploit protection to security baseline
Microsoft has released the final version of security configuration baseline settings for Windows 11, version 22H2, downloadable today using the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit.
- September 20, 2022
- 05:20 PM
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NVIDIA has open-sourced its Linux GPU kernel drivers
NVIDIA has published the source code of its kernel modules for the R515 driver, using a dual licensing model that combines the GPL and MIT licenses, making the modules legally re-distributable.
- May 12, 2022
- 10:31 AM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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HP fixes bug letting attackers overwrite firmware in over 200 models
HP has released BIOS updates today to fix two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of PC and notebook products, which might allow arbitrary code execution.
- May 11, 2022
- 11:53 AM
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Google almost doubles Linux Kernel, Kubernetes zero-day rewards
Google says it bumped up rewards for reports of Linux Kernel, Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), or kCTF vulnerabilities by adding bigger bonuses for zero-day bugs and exploits using unique exploitation techniques.
- February 15, 2022
- 03:38 PM
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Dell driver fix still allows Windows Kernel-level attacks
Dell's driver fix of the CVE-2021-21551 vulnerability leaves margin for catastrophic BYOVD attacks resulting in Windows kernel driver code execution.
- December 13, 2021
- 03:21 PM
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New Linux kernel bug lets you get root on most modern distros
Unprivileged attackers can gain root privileges by exploiting a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in default configurations of the Linux Kernel's filesystem layer on vulnerable devices.
- July 20, 2021
- 12:21 PM
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Microsoft's new project ports Linux eBPF to Windows 10, Server
Microsoft has launched a new open-source project that aims to add to Windows the benefits of eBPF, a technology first implemented in Linux that allows attaching programs in both kernel and user applications.
- May 12, 2021
- 11:09 AM
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Linux bans University of Minnesota for committing malicious code
Linux kernel project maintainers have imposed a ban on the University of Minnesota (UMN) from contributing to the open-source Linux project after a group of UMN researchers were caught submitting a series of malicious code commits, or patches that deliberately introduced security vulnerabilities in the official Linux project.
- April 21, 2021
- 01:08 PM
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Google funds Linux maintainers to boost Linux kernel security
Together with the Linux Foundation, Google announced today that they would fund two Linux kernel developers' efforts as full-time maintainers exclusively focused on improving Linux security.
- February 24, 2021
- 01:48 PM
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Microsoft fixes Windows zero-day disclosed by Google last month
Microsoft has fixed today a Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild as part of targeted attacks and publicly disclosed by Project Zero, Google's 0day bug-hunting team, last month.
- November 10, 2020
- 01:50 PM
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Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability used in targeted attacks
Project Zero, Google's 0day bug-hunting team, today disclosed a zero-day elevation of privileges (EoP) vulnerability found in the Windows kernel and actively exploited in targeted attacks.
- October 30, 2020
- 01:38 PM
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Microsoft testing new Windows 10 KDP anti-malware protection
Microsoft is testing a new Windows 10 security feature dubbed Kernel Data Protection (KDP) and designed to block malicious actors from altering Windows drivers and systems' protected kernel memory as part of their attacks.
- July 09, 2020
- 10:34 AM
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Windows 10 tests WSL2 Linux Kernel updates via Windows Update
In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has started to test the distribution of Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 kernels via Windows Update.
- June 11, 2020
- 04:04 PM
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Windows 10 2004 to Upgrade WSL2 Linux Kernels via Windows Update
Microsoft has announced that the upcoming Windows 10 2004 release will also include Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) whose Linux kernel will be kept updated via Windows Update.
- March 16, 2020
- 03:44 PM
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Linux Kernel 5.6 Source Tree Includes WireGuard VPN
The lean-coded, fast, modern, and secure WireGuard VPN protocol has made it into the Linux kernel as Linus Torvalds merged it into the git repository for version 5.6.
- January 30, 2020
- 03:34 AM
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Android Zero-Day Bug Does Not Make It on Google’s 'Fix' List
Google yesterday rolled out security patches for the Android mobile operating system but did not include the fix for at least one bug that enables increasing permissions to kernel level.
- September 04, 2019
- 08:15 PM
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Microsoft Wants exFAT in Linux Kernel, Opens File System Specs
Microsoft announced today that it supports the inclusion of its exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) file system for USB flash drives and SD cards in the Linux kernel through the Open Invention Network.
- August 28, 2019
- 07:05 PM
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Multiple Linux and FreeBSD DoS Vulnerabilities Found by Netflix
A denial of service flaw found in the way recent Linux and FreeBSD kernels handle TCP networking can be exploited by remote attackers to trigger a kernel panic in vulnerable systems.
- June 17, 2019
- 04:18 PM
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Linux Kernel Prior to 5.0.8 Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution
Linux machines running distributions powered by kernels prior to 5.0.8 are affected by a race condition vulnerability leading to a use after free, related to net namespace cleanup, exposing vulnerable systems to remote attacks.
- May 13, 2019
- 08:58 AM
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Microsoft to Ship a True Linux Kernel With Windows 10 WSL
Microsoft will begin to ship an in-house custom built Linux kernel starting with the Windows 10 Insider builds this summer. This kernel is to become the backbone for the new Windows Subsystem for Linux 2.0 or WSL2.
- May 06, 2019
- 05:23 PM
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