eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. As companies and software developers rush to patch ...

Reports of the first in-the-wild exploits targeting the Bash vulnerability have surfaced, as have complaints the first patches for the bug are incomplete. The urgency to patch systems against the Bash ...

Apple just released updates to squelch the bash UNIX shell exploit. The updates close a security hole that allowed hackers to remotely take over a computer using SSH (Secure Shell, a networking ...

Security researchers from Red Hat have uncovered a new exploit in the common "Bash" command shell found in OS X and Linux which can be used to deploy malicious code with minimal effort. Due to the ...

No, it's not the name of the bug itself nor is it a description of what you may do if you happen to be deeply affected by this security exploit. BASH, for Bourne Again SHell, is the most common ...

Security experts are issuing critical warnings to Linux, Unix and Mac OS X users over a new vulnerability called Shellshock that rivals the devastating Heartbleed bug. Shellshock allows attackers to ...

The vulnerability reported in the GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash) yesterday, dubbed “Shellshock,” may already have been exploited in the wild to take over Web servers as part of a botnet. More security ...

Credit: christin hume / Linux / Modified by IDG Comm. A remotely exploitable vulnerability has been discovered by Stephane Chazelas in bash on Linux and it is unpleasant. The vulnerability has the CVE ...