Proof-of-concept exploits have already surfaced online for a high-severity flaw in GNU C Library's dynamic loader, allowing local attackers to gain root privileges on major Linux distributions. Dubbed ...

Just give a Linux box to someone that does not know anything about computers, they install their web server on it and 5 months later you have a compromised box. Of course, if its not patched and basic ...

A researcher has successfully used the critical Dirty Pipe vulnerability in Linux to fully root two models of Android phones—a Pixel 6 Pro and Samsung S22—in a hack that demonstrates the power of ...

Several botnets are now using exploits targeting a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability to infect Linux servers running unpatched Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center installs.

Google will pay between $20,000 and $91,337 to researchers who create exploits of vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, the Kubernetes container management system, and Google Cloud's Kubernetes Engine.

Exploit code will soon become available for a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that a security researcher discovered and reported to Linux administrators in mid-June. The bug, which the ...

Linux is well-known for its security advantages over many other operating systems, but that doesn’t mean it’s immune to problems. A Linux kernel flaw first discovered earlier this month, for example, ...

During Pwn2Own hacking contest, participants were asked to compromise Microsoft Windows 11, Mozilla Firefox, VMware Workstation, NVIDIA Container Toolkit among other well-known systems. Security ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Admit it: the first thing you think of when ransomware is ...

Security researchers from the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) have uncovered a new buffer overflow vulnerability within the GNU C Library's dynamic loader, shedding light on this flaw's potential ...