The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has issued a warning for what it calls "active attacks" against Linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. The attack appears ...

OpenBSD has recently stressed to us the value of key rotation by their use of “Signify” distribution release signatures. We have realized that SSH keys should also rotate, to reduce the risk of ...

SSH, or Secure Shell, is an encrypted protocol (using SSL) to connect to another machine. SSH also supports X11 forwarding to get graphical programs running on one machine to display on another. It is ...

Using a set of public/private keys to allow you to log into a remote Linux system or run commands using ssh without a password can be very convenient, but setup is just tad tricky. Here's how and a ...

Security experts are warning of a new series of Linux attacks that use stolen Secure Shell (SSH) keys. The SSH protocol is used as a system for securely communicating between networked machines. The ...

Out of the box, secure shell is fairly secure. With the help of ssh key authentication, you can lock down secure shell so that only specific machines can log in. Here's how. If you’re a Linux ...

California advances AI safety with SB 53, requiring transparency and risk reporting. Anthropic backs the bill, calling it a “trust but verify” approach. AI-driven automation is the theme of this ...

According to US-CERT, phalanx2 bears certain similarities to an older rootkit called "phalanx," and is set up to steal SSH keys and send them to attackers, who then turn around and use them to break ...

Today's IAM solutions, warns enterprise cybersecurity expert SSH Communications Security, fail to address fully the requirements of trusted access. Organizations lack an efficient way to manage and ...

Linux users need to be watch out of a new peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that spreads between networks using stolen SSH keys and runs its crypto-mining malware in a device's memory. The Panchan P2P botnet ...