A major Linux package scare just exposed how dangerous trust-based software ecosystems can get when abandoned packages fall ...

CVE-2026-23111 is a Linux kernel nf_tables use-after-free that lets an unprivileged local user escalate to root and escape a ...

Sygnia says Velvet Ant modified Linux PAM and OpenSSH components to steal credentials and maintain stealthy access since 2016 ...

Open-source code has become a malware vector. For example, by the closest of shaves, an open-source developer discovered that Jia Tan, a chief programmer and maintainer of the Linux xz data ...

Eset uncovered two previously undocumented Windows variants of the China-linked SprySocks backdoor tied to FishMonger and ...

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WTF?! A well-known hacker has done the impossible. He got a stripped-down version of Linux to run on a 4-bit Intel chip from the early 1970s. Sure, it takes nearly five days for the kernel to boot, ...

The creators of Flipper Zero are working on a modular, portable computer built for those who want full control over their hardware.

Hacker conversation with Sri Lanka-born Isira Adithya, a successful bug bounty hunter driven by the desire to bend systems to ...