Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that’s able to escalate untrusted users to root by exploiting a bug you don’t often see: a single errant character inside the kernel.

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 6.17 features significant CPU improvements. It addresses the eternal Spectre and Meltdown security holes. The next release, 6.18, will be a long-term support kernel. Linus Torvalds is the first ...

A new Microsoft announcement suggests it has found a way to deliver kernel-level visibility and capabilities to apps running in user mode. Experts conclude a ban on kernel access for cybersecurity ...

Why it matters: The kernel space is the core component of a computer operating system, where critical hardware management and device driver code reside in memory. If a kernel-level driver malfunctions ...

Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel. By late 2024, however, Rust enthusiasts were ...

Robbie has been an avid gamer for well over 20 years. During that time, he's watched countless franchises rise and fall. He's a big RPG fan but dabbles in a little bit of everything. Writing about ...

ABSTRACT: The Negative Binomial Multiple Change Point Algorithm is a hybrid change detection and estimation approach that works well for overdispersed and equidispersed count data. This simulation ...

CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against ongoing attacks targeting a high-severity Windows kernel vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2024-35250, this security flaw is due to an ...

Google has upgraded the kernel version of all Tensor-powered Pixels in the Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 release. The Google Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7 series, Pixel 8 series, Pixel Tablet, and Pixel Fold all ...

Microsoft has dropped heavy hints that change is coming to the way security products interact with the critical core of the Windows platform, its software kernel, spurred to action by the IT outage ...