CVE-2026-31431 CVSS 7.8 flaw since 2017 enables root via 732-byte exploit, impacting major Linux distributions.

ZiChatBot malware spread via 3 PyPI packages in July 2025 uses Zulip APIs as C2, enabling stealthy attacks across systems ...

The flaw allows an unprivileged local user to write four controlled bytes into the page cache of any readable file on a Linux ...

Cisco has confirmed that the ArcaneDoor threat actor deployed a persistence mechanism that isn't handled by the security patches released by the company in September last year, affecting the operating ...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has disclosed that a U.S. federal civilian agency was compromised by FIRESTARTER malware on a Cisco ...

The new kernel's number ends in zero, but it's not a milestone release. Linux 7.0 boasts improvements in Rust, its scheduler - and it's further embracing AI. More than half a dozen distros will let ...

Torvalds and the Linux maintainers are taking a pragmatic approach to using AI in the kernel. AI or no AI, it's people, not LLMs, who are responsible for Linux's code. If you try to mess around with ...

Palo Alto Networks warned customers that suspected state-sponsored hackers have been exploiting a critical-severity PAN-OS ...

Cybersecurity agencies in the U.S. and U.K. are warning about a custom malware called Firestarter persisting on Cisco Firepower and Secure Firewall devices running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) or ...

What just happened? The stable Linux kernel 7.0 was officially released over the weekend, marking the first major version bump since version 6.0 launched in October 2022. The new release introduces ...

We’ve seen enough product announcements from Framework at this point that today’s updates feel more or less routine. The biggest new thing is an updated motherboard with Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 ...

"No, VS is Windows only and that isn't going to change," said Microsoft's Mads Kristensen today in a social media post in response to the question that keeps popping up about taking the flagship IDE ...