Linux users should immediately patch a serious vulnerability to the sudo command that, if exploited, can allow unprivileged users gain root privileges on the host machine. Called Baron Samedit, the ...

The Linux server operating system, used globally to power the internet, along with cloud storage, back-end business operations, embedded systems, and high-performance supercomputers, has a tarnished ...

Patch now: A newly discovered critical Linux vulnerability probably affects your systems Your email has been sent Dubbed PwnKit, it's been sitting in a user policy module used in Linux distros for ...

Just what every Linux system administrator wants just before the holidays: A serious Linux kernel security bug. The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), a zero-day security research firm, announced a new Linux ...

Linux is generally considered the Fort Knox of operating system (OS) standards, but it is not completely immune to security exploits. And it's not just kids breaking and bypassing screensave locks, ...

Instead of guessing about security alerts, learn how to confirm your system status using the tools your distro already ...

A proposal to help Linus Torvalds keep up with patches for Linux has sparked a controversy over whether the operating system has outgrown its creator. On Monday, Rob Landley, a computer programmer, ...

Computer security only happens when software is kept up to date. That should be a basic tenet for business users and IT departments. Apparently, it isn’t. At least for some Linux users who ignore ...