A major Linux package scare just exposed how dangerous trust-based software ecosystems can get when abandoned packages fall into the wrong hands. This video breaks down the AUR malware wave, how ...

Generally, mainstream malware attacks tend to focus on consumer-oriented operating systems like Windows. It’s rare that Linux is specifically targeted which makes this discovery concerning. Linux ...

On the first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024, contestants demoed 19 zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows 11, Tesla, Ubuntu Linux and other devices and software to win $732,500 and a Tesla Model 3 car.

As attacks on the operating system grow more serious, the company is teasing a plan to bring “verifiable integrity” to Linux. If there’s one thing guaranteed to grab attention in the computer security ...

An inexperienced hacker managed to compromise over a dozen companies using AI agents to do most of the work, raising real ...

Linux developers have been trimming the fluff in recent years, removing support for older processors that hardly anyone uses ...

Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition (Jon Erickson, No Starch Press, 2008) is an intense, thorough and extremely well written book that can take you from basic hacking concepts to building ...