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Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

Security Affairs

Such was related to a worldwide malware operation known as NullMixer, a controversial and widespread malware delivery maneuver based on SEO poisoning and social engineering technique to lure tech-savvy users, including IT personnel.

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Happy 10th anniversary & Kali's story.so far

Kali Linux

It was not until May 2011 that the next major version of BackTrack got released, which also happens to be the last, BackTrack 5. Being a system administrator, a patch could contain a security update to stop a vulnerability. Things were not as stable as when it was first released. This gave three years of support from upstream.

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