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Chinese Speaking APT Deploys TinyRCT Backdoor In Southeast Asia Government And Critical Infrastructure Attacks

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 has uncovered the TinyRCT backdoor used by Chinese speaking threat actor CL STA 1062 to target government organizations and critical infrastructure across Southeast Asia.

Linux Pedit COW Vulnerability Allows Local Users To Gain Root Access Through Cached Binary Poisoning

A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability tracked as CVE 2026 46331 allows local users to gain root privileges by poisoning cached binaries in memory, affecting multiple Linux distributions.

DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Allows Local Users To Gain Root Access Through Cloned Packets

Researchers have disclosed DirtyClone, a Linux kernel vulnerability tracked as CVE 2026 43503 that enables local privilege escalation by corrupting cached memory through cloned network packets.

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