📰 SSHStalker Botnet Uses IRC C2 to Control Linux Systems via Legacy Kernel Exploits

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet operation called SSHStalker that relies on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) purposes."The toolset blends stealth helpers with legacy-era Linux exploitation: Alongside log cleaners (utmp/wtmp/lastlog tampering) and rootkit-class artifacts, the actor keeps a large back-catalog of.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/sshstalker-botnet-uses-irc-c2-to.html

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📰 OpenVPN 2.7 Released With Multi-Socket Server & DCO Linux Kernel Driver Support

For those using the open-source OpenVPN for your virtual private networking (VPN) needs, OpenVPN 2.7 is out today with some notable improvements...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenVPN-2.7-Released

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📰 Tails 7.4.2 Released with Emergency Kernel Fix

Tails 7.4.2 is an emergency release that patches Linux kernel security flaws that could be chained to gain administrative access.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-4-2-released-with-emergency-kernel-fix/

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📰 Linux 7.0 Graphics Drivers See New AMD Hardware, Intel Xe SR-IOV + Multi-Device SVM

The massive set of Linux kernel graphics/display driver Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) updates were sent out and merged today for the Linux 7.0 kernel. This also includes the growing work around accelerator "accel" drivers for AI NPUs and the like...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Graphics-Drivers

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📰 Media Driver Updates Merged For Linux 7.0 - Still Without The AMD ISP4 Driver

All of the media subsystem driver updates have been merged for the in-development Linux 7.0 kernel and brings some new work around AV1 acceleration as well as other driver updates...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Media

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📰 Media Driver Updates Merged For Linux 7.0 - Still Without The AMD ISP4 Driver

All of the media subsystem driver updates have been merged for the in-development Linux 7.0 kernel and brings some new work around AV1 acceleration as well as other driver updates...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Media

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📰 EXT4 In Linux 7.0 Improves Write Performance For Concurrent Direct I/O Writes

Sent out and already merged today for the Linux 7.0 kernel are the EXT4 file-system updates...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-EXT4

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📰 XFS Introducing Autonomous Self-Healing Capabilities With Linux 7.0

The XFS file-system has some interesting new feature work and performance tuning with the Linux 7.0 kernel that will be used by the likes of Fedora 44 and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS this spring...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/XFS-Linux-7.0

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📰 Haiku OS Lands Improved Touchpad Support, Still Working Toward Beta 6

The Haiku open-source operating system project inspired by BeOS kicked off 2026 by making many improvements to its kernel, device drivers, and user-space software...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-January-2026

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📰 Sheaves Ready To Play A Bigger Role In Linux 7.0

The slab memory allocator feature updates have been merged for the Linux 7.0 kernel. Most notable this cycle is expanded use of the recently-introduced Sheaves functionality...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Slab-Sheaves

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