[skeeba]

Attackers are exploiting a Linux Exim critical flaw to execute remote commands, download crypto miners and sniff out other vulnerable servers.

A widespread campaign is exploiting a vulnerability in the Exim mail transport agent (MTA) to gain remote command-execution on victims’ Linux systems. Researchers say that currently more than 3.5 million servers are at risk from the attacks, which are using a wormable exploit.

Specifically under attack is a flaw in Exim-based mail servers, which run almost 57 percent of the internet’s email servers. Attackers are exploiting the flaw, discovered last week, to take control of the victim machines, search the internet for other machines to infect, and to initiate a cryptominer infection.

Ouch. Not good news.

Link: https://threatpost.com/linux-servers-wor...aw/145698/

[Drako]

Well that sort of screws me. I just got my Kali live boot two days ago. Now I'll have to take even more time to make a partition for the updates to stay on my USB. Although the only thing I download is stuff off of GItHub so I'll probably be fine. Good luck to all o the developers to find a fix for their flavors!

[mothered]

Very Interesting read.

And a lot of users are pinpointing the Insecurities of the Windows platform.
Think again.