Past months' Linux worms and the shell server compromise of sourceforge.net, leading to the crack of several open-source sites, have reminded us that not even Linux systems are invulnerable to ...

The software framework has become essential to developing almost all complex software these days. The Django Web framework, for instance, bundles all the libraries, image files, and other components ...

WikiLeaks' latest Vault7 release of leaked CIA documents detailing its hacking tools reveals malware called OutlawCountry that targets Linux systems. OutlawCountry is described in documents dated June ...

In the past few months, a small community has been budding around the Western Digital MyBook II, a popular paperback-sized external hard drive. It quickly was discovered that the Ethernet-capable ...

A Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project called “Imperial” included three hacking tools for infiltrating the Mac and Linux operating systems, according to the latest “Vault 7” leaks. The documents ...

The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) announced on the 25th that it has released a new version of the hacking diagnosis tool that allows private corporations to check for hacking incidents with ...

If you talk to as many hackers as I do, ethical hackers that is, you quickly get used to one thing: the popularity of one particular operating system. You would probably guess that it's going to be a ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. A pair of security researchers from the Cybersecurity Group at the Polytechnic University of Valencia ...

WikiLeaks dumped today a manual describing a new CIA malware strain. Called OutlawCountry, this is malware designed for Linux operating systems. The leaked user manual — dated 04 June 2015 — details a ...

If you run a mainstream distribution of Linux on a desktop computer, there’s a good chance security researcher Chris Evans can hijack it when you do nothing more than open or even browse a specially ...