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Copy.Fail Linux Vulnerability

This is the worst Linux vulnerability in years. TL;DR copy.fail is a Linux kernel local privilege escalation, not a browser or clipboard attack. Disclosed by Theori on 29 April 2026 with a working PoC. It abuses the kern…

Schneier on Security · May 12, 2026 High
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Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks

The U.S. Justice Department joined authorities in Canada and Germany in dismantling the online infrastructure behind four highly disruptive botnets that compromised more than three million hacked Internet of Things (IoT)…

Krebs on Security · Mar 20, 2026 High
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On the Effectiveness of Mutational Grammar Fuzzing

This blog post discusses the limitations of mutational grammar fuzzing, a technique used to find bugs in structured languages like XSLT. The primary issue is that while it increases coverage, it doesn't necessarily lead…

Google Project Zero · Mar 5, 2026 High
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Welcome to the new Project Zero Blog

Project Zero has revived older research to highlight the ongoing need for zero-day defenses. The blog post focuses on past exploitation techniques, specifically a 2016 article detailing race conditions in Windows path lo…

Google Project Zero · Dec 16, 2025 Medium