Threat actors exploited a recently patched remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-20352) in Cisco networking devices to deploy a rootkit and target unprotected Linux systems. The security issue ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. As if Windows users need any more bad news on the security ...

Hackers are relentless and it's unsurprising. One successful exploit can give them access to a fortune. Thankfully, security experts are mostly on our side. Just three months ago, Microsoft security ...

Apple patched a vulnerability that allows hackers to bypass a key security feature in macOS through third-party kernel extensions. Microsoft researchers uncovered the flaw tracked as CVE-2024-44243.

The defect lies within the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys), an essential interface between the Winsock protocol and the Windows Kernel. Gen Digital’s Luigino Camastra and ...

You cannot rely on kernel access to fight kernel rootkits. You'll have to rely on a higher level entity that can vouch for the security of the levels below. So even CrowdStrike wouldn't be able to ...

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a Windows product used for managing, deploying, and securing devices and applications across an enterprise, including tasks like endpoint ...

Sygnia discovered what it believes to be a variant of the GhostEmperor infection chain leading to the Demodex rootkit – which was first seen and described in 2021. GhostEmperor is a threat group first ...

Rootkits are a form of malicious software that can be very challenging to detect and remove from a computer system. These stealthy programs are designed to hide deep within the operating system, ...

In this post, we will see how to install PostgreSQL on your Windows client computer and how you can connect and use it. PostgreSQL, commonly called Postgres, is an open-source relational database ...