A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...

Dealing with text streams is a fundamental skill for the Linux power user. You can sort, merge, and search text files easily ...

The update will help developers and SREs investigate incidents faster and improve observability automation, while stopping short of replacing third-party SIEM platforms and offering direct cloud cost ...

A fix for the previous Linux kernel critical exploit has seemingly introduced another critical local privilege escalation exploit, a third in two weeks. Security professionals are now frustrated with ...

Details have emerged about a new variant of the recent Dirty Frag Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain root access, making it the third such bug to ...

Linux kernel maintainers are considering giving admins a giant red emergency button to smash the next time another nasty vulnerability drops before patches are ready. The proposed feature, named ...

Major Linux distributions are rushing to fix two new vulnerabilities after the disclosure embargo was broken. The vulnerability, comprised of two chained issues in subsystems of the Linux kernel and ...

Photographer and cinematographer Patrick Tomasso explores how FiLMiC Pro Log V2 expands dynamic range and gives mobile footage a more professional grading workflow. Clarence Thomas laments ...

Details have emerged about a new, unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting the Linux kernel. "Dirty Frag is a vulnerability (class) that achieves root privileges on most ...

(NEXSTAR) – When shopping, you, most likely, want to pay the same (hopefully low) prices as everyone else shopping at the same time for the same item or experience. Some, however, are concerned that, ...

A new high-security zero-day vulnerability that has lurked in the Linux kernel since 2017 has just been found with the help of AI. This nine-year-old flaw, dubbed ‘Copy Fail’, was discovered by ...