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Patches pending for distros to deal with threat of local privilege escalation to root Security biz Qualys has revealed three vulnerabilities in a component of systemd, a system and service manager...

And he did it without swearing... folks with broken programs may act otherwise The Linux kernel will be tweaked to mitigate data-stealing attacks that exploit system page caches.…

A new assessment of 28 popular models for home users failed to find a single one with firmware that had fully enabled underlying security hardening features offered by Linux.

Administrators lost control of the domain for several hours in a DNS hijacking incident.

The Linux.org community website was defaced last week after someone gained access to its associated registrar account and modified DNS settings. read more

Web admin blames public Whois and lack of 2FA Linux.org was hacked on Friday morning, with the hacker plastering the message "G3T 0WNED L1NUX N3RDZ" complete with expletives and a very NSFW image...

OpenSSH, a suite of networking software that allows secure communications over an unsecured network, is the most common tool for system administrators to manage rented Linux servers. And given...

Hold tight, this may blow your mind… A low-privileged user account on most Linux operating systems with UID value anything greater than 2147483647 can execute any systemctl command...

Siemens informed customers on Tuesday that some of the Linux and GNU components of a multifunctional platform for its SIMATIC S7-1500 industrial automation controllers are affected by over 20...

Then took her employers to the Employment Tribunal An NCC Group graduate trainee who emailed 300 coworkers to ask for help with what she deemed to be "unusual" behaviour from her Kali Linux VM;...