A new Linux kernel bug lets an ordinary, unprivileged user become root. It now hits Android too. Researchers have named it Bad Epoll. The Bad Epoll vulnerability carries the identifier CVE-2026-46242.

Is Linux Kernel 7.2 really 43 million lines? We verified the count with wc, cloc, tokei, and scc tools and explain why the ...

Security tooling is not written in a single language. Python powers most automation. C sits at the exploit layer. PowerShell ...

Linux 7.2 has removed the kernel-side strncpy API after a six-year cleanup, shifting low-level code toward explicit ...

Microsoft released security fixes for more than 200 vulnerabilities on June 9, 2026 — the largest single Patch Tuesday in the program's history since its founding in 2003 — while a security researcher ...

CISA warns that the nine-year-old Linux Copy Fail flaw is being actively exploited, allowing local attackers to gain root access on affected systems. A Linux kernel flaw is giving attackers a ...

With a hunch, and an hour of AI-assisted scanning, cybersecurity researchers identified and then figured out how to exploit a nine-year-old root escalation vulnerability affecting every Linux build ...

Researchers have finally cracked Fast16, mysterious code capable of silently tampering with calculation and simulation software. It was created in 2005—and likely deployed by the US or an ally. Vitaly ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. An autonomous agent found, analyzed and exploited a FreeBSD kernel vulnerability in four ...

Rust is becoming equal to assembler and C in programming the Linux kernel – at least officially, as there is still a lot of work to be done in practice. Rust is set to shed its "experimental phase" ...

Also of importance are a Kerberos vulnerability in Active Directory, a Visual Studio Copilot extension, and a Microsoft Graphics Component issue. A zero day elevation of privilege Windows kernel flaw ...