Recent data from StatCounter indicates that Linux’s market share has ascended to an unprecedented 4.44% in July. This marks a substantial increase from the 3.12% recorded during the corresponding period...
Google unexpectedly discontinued support for the Chrome browser on the current long-term support operating system, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS “Bionic Beaver,” with the release of Chrome 128. This decision sparked a...
Debian 11, codenamed Bullseye and released on August 14, 2021, has now reached the end of its three-year regular security support period. Consequently, the Debian LTS team has taken over...
Security researchers have disclosed the technical details and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit codes for three vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-4206, CVE-2023-4207, and CVE-2023-4208) in the Linux kernel, impacting versions v3.18-rc1 to v6.5-rc4. These “use-after-free”...
In a recent disclosure, a security researcher has published detailed technical insights and proof-of-concept exploit code for a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel, identified as CVE-2023-6817. This high-severity flaw,...
The Linux Kernel 6.9 series, a non-long-term support (LTS) version released in May 2024, has officially reached its end of life. This means that users who have not yet upgraded...
Security researchers Lukas Maar, Stefan Gast, Martin Unterguggenberger, Mathias Oberhuber, and Stefan Mangard from the Graz University of Technology have discovered a new way to exploit vulnerabilities in the Linux...
Last Friday, the world experienced an unprecedented outage that disrupted multiple industries, including finance, media, transportation, and logistics. Many domestic users also encountered Windows system crashes, affecting their work and...
In a significant move to combat the escalating threat of Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, IPFire, the renowned open-source firewall distribution, has introduced robust SYN Flood Protection for its enterprise users. This...
OpenBSD, a Unix-like operating system and a successor of the BSD system, has long lacked support for hardware acceleration. While this omission has little impact on server users, it significantly...
A security researcher has published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code targeting a high-severity CVE-2024-1085 vulnerability in the Linux kernel. The vulnerability, residing in the Netfilter subsystem’s nftables component, could allow...
In a recent security disclosure, security researcher McPhail has identified a critical vulnerability in Snap, a popular package manager for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1724,...
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, today announced a significant expansion of its Long Term Support (LTS) offering, extending beyond traditional ‘deb’ packages to include a new distroless Docker image design-and-build...
Kali Linux, the renowned open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution, has officially released its latest version, Kali Linux 2024.2 This highly anticipated update, though slightly delayed, packs a punch with a plethora...
Parrot Security, the renowned Debian-based Linux distribution tailored for security experts and privacy-conscious users, has released its latest iteration, Parrot OS 6.1. This update brings a slew of improvements and...
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