Threat actors supporting Russia's geopolitical interests are using Linux-based virtual machines (VMs) to obfuscate their activities from Windows endpoint security tools. The group is tracked as "Curly ...

CISA confirmed on Thursday that a high-severity privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel is now being exploited in ransomware attacks. Successful exploitation enables attackers with local access ...

Certifications from Red Hat, Oracle and SUSE are tailored to environments where those Linux distributions are prevalent. Vendor-neutral certifications emphasize core Linux principles applicable across ...

Here at Hackaday Central, we fancy that we know a little something about Linux. But if you’d tasked us to run any GUI program inside a Linux terminal, we’d have said that wasn’t possible. But, it ...

What if your operating system wasn’t just a tool, but a canvas for your workflow? Imagine a desktop environment so streamlined that every keystroke feels intentional, every application tailored to ...

The annual assertion by open-source developers that the year of the Linux desktop is here may finally be more than a mere catchphrase. According to the web traffic analysis website StatCounter, Linux ...

Google has revealed that it’s developing a Linux Terminal app to transform Android into a platform for on-device app development and eventually gaming. The app runs a Debian Linux environment in a ...

Linux is now the fourth most popular desktop operating system in America, according to the latest report from StatCounter. This comes at a time of record adoption for the niche OS, which has now ...

Two flaws, one undetected for over a decade, allow unintended root access on Ubuntu and Debian systems, prompting urgent patching across enterprise environments. Two new vulnerabilities have been ...

A security researcher has discovered a novel security flaw in the Linux kernel using the OpenAI o3 reasoning model. The new vulnerability has been documented under CVE-2025-37899. An official patch ...

The number of newly discovered Linux and macOS vulnerabilities increased dramatically in 2024, according to new analysis from Action1. The cybersecurity vendor’s 2025 Software Vulnerability Ratings ...

Weird Computing: As the "can it run Doom" phenomenon clearly demonstrates, people will try to do the weirdest things with extensible, accessible software platforms and applications. Excel, a program ...