Linux security patches released
LINUX SUPPLIERS Red Hat, Novell SuSE and Mandrakesoft have clubbed together to issue security patches against flaws in their Linux operating systems.
Red Hat has this week issued three patches, while Mandrakesoft has issued two patches, and Novell SuSE one, in response to various security threats to their operating systems.
According security outfit Secunia, these include openings for denial-of-service attacks, buffer overflow attacks, and the use of graphics and Adobe Acrobat documents to take over a user’s machine.
More popular versions of Linux have been targeted by hackers lately, which adds fuel to the argument that Microsoft is a target for hackers because of its popularity.
