Threat prevention for protecting production environments
Capsule8 launched the beta version of Capsule8 Protect, a threat prevention and response platform purpose-built for cloud-native environments. Organizations are rapidly …
Linux
Attackers are taking over NAS devices via SambaCry flaw
A Samba remote code execution flaw patched in May is being exploited to compromise IoT devices running on different architectures (MIPS, ARM, PowerPC, etc.), Trend Micro …
Open Security Controller: Security service orchestration for multi-cloud environments
The Linux Foundation launched the Open Security Controller project, an open source project focused on centralizing security services orchestration for multi-cloud …
Cybersecurity battleground shifting to Linux and web servers
Despite an overall drop in general malware detection for the quarter, Linux malware made up more than 36 percent of the top threats identified in Q1 2017. This attack pattern …
Stack Clash bug could give root privileges to attackers on Unix, Linux systems
Qualys researchers have unearthed a serious privilege escalation bug affecting a wide variety of Unix and Unix-based operating systems, and has been working with vendors to …
Hackers extorted a cool $1 million from South Korean web hosting provider
Whether through ransomware, or simply by breaking into computer systems and exfiltrating and deleting the data found on them with other means, cyber extortionists are going …
Critical Samba code execution hole plugged, patch ASAP!
The developers of Samba have plugged a critical remote code execution flaw that could allow a malicious client to upload a shared library to a writable share, and then cause …
Container Health Index: Red Hat’s standard for trusted containers
Red Hat introduced the Container Health Index, which provides a comprehensive image detail of any enterprise container service. The index grades all of Red Hat’s containerized …
IoT devices under attack: Amnesia hijacks, BrickerBot destroys
Every hour of every day, computer systems and IoT devices are under attack by bots trying to recruit them into growing botnets. Security researchers have recently highlighted …
Capsule8: Container-aware real-time threat protection
Despite massive adoption of Linux in the enterprise, there has been no world-class security offering for Linux infrastructure — until now. In this podcast recorded at RSA …
