SocGholish Malware Exploits BOINC Project for Covert Cyberattacks

The JavaScript downloader malware known as SocGholish aka FakeUpdates is being used to deliver a remote access trojan called AsyncRAT as well as a legitimate open-source project called BOINC. BOINC, short for Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client, is an open-source "volunteer...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: boinc-client-7.2.33-2.git1994cc8.fc19

The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing BOINC is an open- source software platform which supports distributed computing, primarily in the form of "volunteer" computing and "desktop Grid" computing. It is well suited for problems which are often described as "trivially parallel". BO...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: boinc-client-7.2.33-2.git1994cc8.fc20

The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing BOINC is an open- source software platform which supports distributed computing, primarily in the form of "volunteer" computing and "desktop Grid" computing. It is well suited for problems which are often described as "trivially parallel". BO...

[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: boinc-client-6.4.5-2.20081217svn.fc10

The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing BOINC is an open- source software platform which supports distributed computing, primarily in the form of "volunteer" computing and "desktop Grid" computing. It is well suited for problems which are often described as "trivially parallel". BO...

[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: boinc-client-6.4.5-2.20081217svn.fc9

The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing BOINC is an open- source software platform which supports distributed computing, primarily in the form of "volunteer" computing and "desktop Grid" computing. It is well suited for problems which are often described as "trivially parallel". BO...