The insertion of a backdoor into code used by most Linux distributions was discovered and fixed ‘before it posed a significant risk to the broader Linux community,’ says Red Hat’s Vincent Danen. The ...

Generally, mainstream malware attacks tend to focus on consumer-oriented operating systems like Windows. It’s rare that Linux is specifically targeted which makes this discovery concerning. Linux ...

On the first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024, contestants demoed 19 zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows 11, Tesla, Ubuntu Linux and other devices and software to win $732,500 and a Tesla Model 3 car.

Linux SCTP flaw CVE-2026-64564 dates back to 2008 and Tencent researchers say it could escape containers and gain host root.

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CVE-2026-64531 lets local users exploit Open vSwitch kernel memory corruption to gain root, with a public PoC covering ...

As attacks on the operating system grow more serious, the company is teasing a plan to bring “verifiable integrity” to Linux. If there’s one thing guaranteed to grab attention in the computer security ...

A major Linux package scare just exposed how dangerous trust-based software ecosystems can get when abandoned packages fall into the wrong hands. This video breaks down the AUR malware wave, how ...