Critical New Linux Zero-Day Leaked—What Admins Need To Do Now

Dirty Frag, a critical Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch and giving hackers root, has gone public after an ...
How-To Geek on MSN

How I use the Linux terminal without touching it: My secret to extreme automation

A good set of scripts lets you avoid the terminal for common tasks ...
How-To Geek on MSN

These 6 Linux command defaults make the terminal much less frustrating

Make your most-used commands work the way you want them to.
Microsoft

Active attack: Dirty Frag Linux vulnerability expands post-compromise risk

Dirty Frag is a newly disclosed Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting kernel networking and ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: Another Linux Exploit, Ubuntu Knocked Offline, Finals Interrupted, And Backdoored Tools

After the CopyFail vulnerability gave root access from any user on almost all distributions last week, this week we’ve got DirtyFrag. This chains the vulnerability in CopyFail (xfrm-ESP) and ...

New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros

A new Linux zero-day exploit, named Dirty Frag, allows local attackers to gain root privileges on most major Linux ...
PCMag

New to Ubuntu? Start With These 15 Pro Tips Before You Do Anything Else

I'm a Linux geek and have been using Ubuntu since its original release in 2004. These are the essential settings, apps, and ...