A critical bug in the Linux kernel was discovered.
It's called CVE-2026-98432. It is rated 9.8 out of 10. Anthropic just showed that it can be used to take over a server remotely.
If you have a VPS, you are most likely affected. Ubuntu hasn't released a fix yet. Make sure to update as soon as a fix is available.
Thanks for the heads up!
possible to mitigate via firewall right now
unclear how reliable it is over network + intrusion detection system by provider will detect
unrelated news: seems like one of their employees got hacked
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/10-30-2026-claude-code-vs-code-extension-2-1-313-found-with-ssh-backdoor-on-open-vsx-382784682398730