New ‘BlackSanta’ EDR killer spotted targeting HR departments

For more than a year, a Russian-speaking threat actor targeted human resource (HR) departments with malware that delivers a new EDR killer named BlackSanta.
Hackaday

Linux Fu: The USB WiFi Dongle Exercise

If you’ve used Linux for a long time, you know that we are spoiled these days. Getting a new piece of hardware back in the day was often a horrible affair, requiring custom kernels and lots ...
OSTechNix

How to Set Battery Charge Thresholds on Linux with TLP

Learn how to extend your Linux laptop's battery lifespan by setting charge thresholds with TLP. Step-by-step config for major Laptop brands.
Neowin

Linux kernel's 'd_genocide' function removed to align with inclusive language guidelines

The controversial d_genocide() function has been stripped from the Linux kernel's upcoming update. Introduced two years ago, the code's name likely violated inclusive language rules. A recent update ...
CNX Software

Linux 6.18 LTS release – Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures

Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 6.18 on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), which will likely become the next LTS kernel [update: it’s now official]: So I’ll have to admit ...
IEEE

Linux Kernel Module Security Framework for Real-Time Malware Detection and Prevention Compared to Traditional Security Approaches

Abstract: The Linux Kernel Module Security Framework is a real-time system that functions as a malware prevention solution to address traditional security weaknesses within Linux operating systems.
Linux Journal

The Most Critical Linux Kernel Breaches of 2025 So Far

The Linux kernel, foundational for servers, desktops, embedded systems, and cloud infrastructure, has been under heightened scrutiny. Several vulnerabilities have been exploited in real-world attacks, ...
Linux Journal

Bcachefs Ousted from Mainline Kernel: The Move to DKMS and What It Means

After years of debate and development, bcachefs—a modern copy-on-write filesystem once merged into the Linux kernel—is being removed from mainline. As of kernel 6.17, the in-kernel implementation has ...
GitHub

Linux Kernel 6.17.0-5 on Ubuntu 25.10 failing to autobuild dkms module

In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-5-generic/include/asm-generic/bug.h:22, from /usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-5-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h ...
Hackaday

BCacheFS Is Now A DKMS Module After Exile From The Linux Kernel

It’s been a tense few months for users of the BCacheFS filesystem, as amidst the occasional terse arguments and flowery self-praise on the Linux Kernel mailing list the future of this filesystem ...
ZDNet

Linux 6.16 brings faster file systems, improved confidential memory support, and more Rust support

The changes in the latest Linux kernel, Linux 6.16, may be small, but they include some significant ones. Linus Torvalds himself summed up this release as looking fine, small, and calm, but not ...