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The approach makes Mirai executable on a wide variety of disparate IoT devices and platforms from a single server.

With an OS design based on a verified microkernel, researchers contend almost all Linux OS flaws could be mitigated to less than critical severity.

SUSE announced the availability of the enterprise Linux kernel tailored for Microsoft Azure. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 on-demand instances now run on a custom-tuned kernel for workloads on...

Patch wpa_supplicant and/or kill off key protocol, thanks It’s been a mildly rough week for Wi-Fi security: hard on the heels of a WPA2 weakness comes a programming cockup in the wpa_supplicant...

Patches incoming for kernel versions 4.9 and up A networking flaw has been discovered in the Linux kernel that could trigger a remote denial-of-service attack.…

'SegmentSmack' Linux bug gives a remote attacker the means to knock out a system with minimal traffic.

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel can allow a remote attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by sending specially crafted packets to the targeted system. The flaw could impact...

Secure tunneling tech hopes to move from module to resident The developer of WireGuard has laid the groundwork for pouring his open-source privacy tool directly into the Linux kernel in hope of...

Microsoft's love for Linux continues… Microsoft has released its command-line shell and scripting language PowerShell Core for Linux operating system as a Snap package, making it easier for Linux...
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We think Gentoo Linux did a good job in a bad situation following its recent malware invasion, and we can all learn something from that.