Security: Cryptomining, Catalin Cimpanu's Latest Scaremongering, and Tegra Flaw Helps Linux
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Cryptomining Supply Chain Attack Hits Government Websites
In the past 24 hours, Security researcher Scott Helme discovered that a third party accessibility plugin called ‘Browsealoud’ had their servers compromised. The plugin relies on a website including Javascript in their content in order to work. This compromise resulted in over 4,000 websites serving up cryptomining malware.
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It's 2018 and You Can Still p0wn Your Linux Box by Plugging in a USB Stick [Ed: Catalin Cimpanu is at it again. Physical access to a box lets you do pretty much anything you want.]
Linux users running KDE Plasma desktop environments need to apply patches to fix a bug that can lead to malicious code execution every time a user mounts a USB thumb drive on his computer.
The KDE Plasma team has released versions 5.8.9 and 5.12.0 to address the issue, tracked as CVE-2018-6791 and categorized as an "arbitrary command execution" vulnerability.
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Hackers get the Nintendo Switch to run Linux thanks to Tegra X1 flaw
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Nintendo Switch Hackers Manage To Load Linux On The Hybrid Console, And It 'Can't Be Patched'
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Nintendo Switch Hacked To Run Linux
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Linux hacked on to the Nintendo Switch thanks to CPU flaw
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Nintendo Switch hacked to run Debian Linux
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More drama. Meanwhile, Windows has designed remote back doors.
Until last week, you could pwn KDE Linux desktop with a USB stick
Uh-oh. How just inserting a USB drive can pwn a Linux box