Microsoft is closing a security gap that has been open for roughly twenty years. Starting with the April 2026 Windows update, the company will remove default trust for kernel drivers signed through ...

Attackers can downgrade Windows kernel components to bypass security features such as Driver Signature Enforcement and deploy rootkits on fully patched systems. This is possible by taking control of ...

Linus Torvalds officially released Linux Kernel 7.1 final on June 14, 2026. He finished the release while traveling through a ...

The Linux kernel development team has officially released Linux Kernel 7.1, marking the first major update in the 7.x series.

Linus Torvalds gave the starting signal for Linux 7.1. In addition to a completely new NTFS driver, the extensive kernel ...

Hackers are abusing a legitimate but long-revoked EnCase kernel driver in an EDR killer that can detect 59 security tools in attempts to deactivate them. An EDR killer is a malicious tool created ...

Hackers are using open source tools to exploit a Windows policy loophole for kernel mode drivers to load malicious and unverified drivers with expired certificates, researchers have found. The ...