CVE-2026-31431 exploited in Linux since 2017, enabling root access via simple PoC, increasing container and cloud risks.

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

Creating a home-based ethical hacking lab gives you a safe, legal space to practice penetration testing, network analysis, and exploit development. With the right hardware, virtualization software, ...

An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed "Copy Fail" that impacts Linux kernels ...

Copy Fail could represent a significant security risk in the making. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at ...

Researchers from cybersecurity firm Varonis have discovered an infostealer that collects browser credentials, including accounts and passwords, session cookies, and crypto wallets. An infostealer is a ...

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 ...

Thousands of men are members of Telegram groups and channels that advertise and sell hacking and surveillance services that can be used to harass friends, wives and girlfriends, and former partners, ...

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 ...

Prosecutors say Amit Forlit ran a global hacking operation on behalf of a Washington lobbying group that aimed to thwart environmental lawsuits against oil companies. By Karen Zraick Amit Forlit, who ...

During the annual CETaS showcase in London, experts discussed the potential cyber risk of tools such as Claude Mythos.

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