New Privilege Escalation Flaw Affects Most Linux Distributions

The Hacker News Daily Updates Why Digital Trust Should be a Critical Component of Your Company's Cybersecurity Model There is no longer a comfortable wait-and-see middle ground when it comes to digital business: every business is now a digital business. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Oct 26, 2018 New Privilege Escalation Flaw Affects Most Linux Distributions An Indian security researcher has discovered a highly critical flaw in X.Org Server package that impacts OpenBSD and most Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, and Fedora. Xorg X server is a popular open-source implementation of the X11 system (display server) that offers ... Read More Facebook Fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal Facebook has finally been slapped with its first fine of £500,000 for allowing political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly gather and misuse data of 87 million users. The fine has been imposed by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and was calculated using the UK's ... Read More Google Makes 2 Years of Android Security Updates Mandatory for Device Makers When it comes to security updates, Android is a real mess. Even after Google timely rolls out security patches for its Android platform, a major part of the Android ecosystem remains exposed to hackers because device manufacturers do not deliver patches regularly and on a timely basis to their ... Read More FireEye: Russian Research Lab Aided the Development of TRITON Industrial Malware Cybersecurity firm FireEye claims to have discovered evidence that proves the involvement of a Russian-owned research institute in the development of the TRITON malware that caused some industrial systems to unexpectedly shut down last year, including a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia. TRITON, ... Read More Hacker Discloses New Windows Zero-Day Exploit On Twitter A security researcher with Twitter alias SandboxEscaper—who two months ago publicly dropped a zero-day exploit for Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler—has yesterday released another proof-of-concept exploit for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability. SandboxEscaper posted a link to a Github page ... Read More Why Digital Trust Should be a Critical Component of Your Company's Cybersecurity Model There is no longer a comfortable wait-and-see middle ground when it comes to digital business: every business is now a digital business. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India