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Less than two weeks after the public disclosure of the Copy Fail vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431), another local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been revealed. Referred to as „Dirty Frag,“ this vulnerability was discovered and reported by Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel) [1]. In this diary, I will provide a brief background on Dirty Frag, […]

A new Linux zero-day exploit, named Dirty Frag, allows local attackers to gain root privileges on most major Linux distributions with a single command. […]

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The persistent, evasive implant provides remote access, surveillance, and credential exfiltration capabilities. The post Sophisticated Quasar Linux RAT Targets Software Developers appeared first on SecurityWeek.

A previously undocumented Linux implant named Quasar Linux (QLNX) is targeting developers‘ systems with a mix of rootkit, backdoor, and credential-stealing capabilities. […]

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An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed „Copy Fail“ that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root permissions. […]