I put Ubuntu on an old Dell laptop to see if Linux could really replace Windows 11. See why my final destination was so worth ...
GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is a 15-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability that allows attackers to gain root privileges.
My SSH jump box was supposed to make remote access easier, not invite the entire internet to guess passwords.
Ever longed for a Linux distro to have with you at all times? Consider the super-fast, modular, and immutable Slackware-based ...
Security researchers at Armadin Inc. today detailed an attack chain that runs arbitrary commands as root inside the sandbox behind Anthropic PBC’s Claude Cowork, escaping the isolation layer, with a ...
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I tried NetBSD as a desktop, and it felt like stepping into the '90s in a good way
NetBSD is a real Unix that can run almost anywhere. Can it run as a desktop?
Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that’s able to escalate untrusted users to root by exploiting a bug you don’t often see: a single errant character inside the kernel.
Repeated prompts to enter your Git username and password are a frustrating annoyance developers can live without. Unfortunately, if your Git installation has not been configured to use a credential ...
A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...
A recently patched Linux privilege escalation vulnerability now has a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that allows local attackers to gain root privileges on Arch Linux systems. The ...
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