Cybersecurity
U.S. Warns of Bash Flaw Affecting Linux to Mac Systems
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The U.S. government has joined an array of researchers warning of a security flaw that could allow hackers to access devices ranging from computers to video cameras and steal data.
A vulnerability in some Unix-based systems, such as Linux and Mac OS X, “may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system,” the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team said in a statement on its website. Systems administrators can fix the flaw with a patch, it said.