Together with the Linux Foundation, Google announced today that they would fund two Linux kernel developers' efforts as full-time maintainers exclusively focused on improving Linux security. "While ...

NEW YORK – February 11, 2020 – Offensive Security, the leading provider of hands-on cybersecurity training and certification, today announced a major update to its flagship Penetration Testing with ...

Want a good tech job? Then you need to know Linux and open-source software. One of the best ways to learn is via a Linux Foundation course. Read now With a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) ...

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Linux Foundation Research and the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) are pleased to release a new report titled "Secure Software Development ...

The power to grab root privileges is the ultimate evil in Unix and Linux systems. Kevin Backhouse, a member of the GitHub Security Lab, found the polkit security hole in the course of his duties. He ...

Google is now paying developers more money to work on securing their Linux kernels this year. The gesture may well be the start of the company’s bid to enforce a tighter grip on open source. Google’s ...

The truth behind Linux's security claims.

Recently released exploit code makes people running fully patched versions of Fedora and other Linux distributions vulnerable to drive-by attacks that can install keyloggers, backdoors, and other ...

Security researchers at ARMO have uncovered a significant vulnerability in Linux runtime security tools that stems from the io_uring interface, an asynchronous I/O mechanism that can completely bypass ...

If you're looking for a slightly different approach to bolstering your Linux server security, you might try disabling USB support. Jack Wallen shows you how on Ubuntu Server 16.04. This may sound like ...