Unix command-line utility netcat gets called the "network swiss army knife" with good reason. Like the best UNIX utilities, it's very simple but can perform all sorts of useful tasks. It's also ...

Named NetCAT, this is a vulnerability in all Intel chips that support the Data-Direct I/O Technology (Intel DDIO) and Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) features. When these two features are enabled, ...

The netcat tool is quite popular among network administrators. However, it can also serve different purposes for you as a casual Linux user in your day-to-day life. While doing some research, I've ...

A new attack on Intel server-grade CPUs could allow the leakage of SSH passwords – but luckily it’s not easy to exploit. Researchers have identified a new side-channel attack impacting all modern ...

A new side-channel vulnerability it out, but this one comes with a twist: Rather than exploiting weaknesses in speculative execution routines within the CPU, the vulnerability — named NetCAT by the ...

The final part of this three-part series shows you not only how to disable the firewall using netcat and iperf, but how to test Apposite's new virtual WAN emulator. This is the third and final article ...

Is it possible to send an email from a host that has no email client software installed? As long as you have netcat, of course it is! Netcat (/usr/bin/nc on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems) is a ...

Security researchers have discovered a new chip-level vulnerability, dubbed NetCAT, affecting Intel's server-grade microprocessors, which could enable attackers to sniff potentially sensitive data ...

Netcat lets you read from and write to network connections using TCP or UDP, enabling simple tasks like checking if a specific port on a computer is open and reachable (port scanning), transferring ...