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Security Alerts ⏱️ 3 min read

Critical Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu’s needrestart Utility Expose Servers to Root Access

The needrestart utility, a critical component of Ubuntu Server systems, has been found to contain multiple severe Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities. Identified by the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU), these vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-48990, CVE-2024-48991, CVE-2024-48992, CVE-2024-10224, and CVE-2024-11003) allow unprivileged users to gain full root access without user interaction. Notably, these vulnerabilities have been present […]

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Security researchers hack Windows 11, Tesla, and Ubuntu

At the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023 event, security researchers were able to hack Windows 11, Tesla, and Ubuntu Linux operating systems. The Pwn2Own Vancouver event is held annually in Vancouver, Canada, and brings together security researchers from around the world to compete in hacking various operating systems and software. The goal is to uncover security vulnerabilities […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 Support is near to End

Ubuntu 18.04 was released in April 2018, and according to the announced support plan, the system has received support for 5 years, and its support will end on May 31, 2023, after which it will not receive security updates. Therefore, users are advised to migrate to newer versions of the system to ensure that they […]

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