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Devuan Users Are at Risk: Take Action to Protect Your System

A newly discovered security issue in Devuan’s default installation allows for obtaining root privileges without a password. Learn more here.
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GitHub Introduces Private Vulnerability Reporting for Open-Source Repositories

The private vulnerability reporting feature provides a direct collaboration channel for easier reporting and fixing of vulnerabilities.
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Public PoCs to Spread Malware and Steal Data

GitHub proofs of concept (PoCs) for known vulnerabilities could themselves contain malware as often as 10% of the time, security researchers have found. Learn what this means here.
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Time-Consuming Remediation: Assessing the Impact of Text4Shell

Text4Shell is one of the latest critical security vulnerabilities that the security community is buzzing about. Learn more in this assessment of Text4Shell.
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Apache Commons Text Flaw Not a Repeat of Log4Shell

A freshly fixed flaw (CVE-2022-42889) in the Apache Commons Text library has been getting attention from security researchers these last few days. Learn more here.
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Critical vm2 Sandbox Escape Vulnerability Uncovered

Oxeye researchers discovered a severe vm2 vulnerability (CVE-2022-36067) that has received the maximum CVSS score of 10.0. Learn more here.
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Protecting Against the Spring4Shell Vulnerability

Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965) is a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that affects Spring Core. Learn about protecting against Spring4Shell here.
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A Polkit Vulnerability Gives Root on All Major Linux Distros

A 12-year-old security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Linux’s system utility Polkit, which grants attackers root privileges. You should obtain and apply a patch ASAP. Learn more here.
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10-Year-Old PHP-FPM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Discovered

Security researchers are warning that a PHP-FPM local privilege escalation vulnerability impacting PHP could put millions of websites at risk. The vulnerability allows a low-privilege user to escalate his privileges to root using a bug in PHP-FPM.
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10-Year-Old PHP-FPM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Discovered

Security researchers are warning that a PHP-FPM local privilege escalation vulnerability impacting PHP could put millions of websites at risk. The vulnerability allows a low-privilege user to escalate his privileges to root using a bug in PHP-FPM.
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