Ubuntu administrators running containerized workloads have a new Linux kernel security problem to watch closely. Public ...

Public exploits for four patched Linux kernel flaws let local users gain root; three require unprivileged user namespaces.

Andy Nguyen, the developer behind the PS5 Linux project that released earlier in 2026, has officially declared that he will ...

Earlier this year, longtime PlayStation hacker TheFlow shared a video of a modded PS5 running Linux and playing Grand Theft ...

Discovery of the Copy Fail Linux kernel exploit sparked widespread discussion and concern around Linux kernel security earlier this month, and that was for an exploit that had mostly already been ...

A recently patched Linux privilege escalation vulnerability now has a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that allows local attackers to gain root privileges on Arch Linux systems. The ...

Researchers have discovered malicious code circulating in the wild that hijacks the earliest stage boot process of Linux devices by exploiting a year-old firmware vulnerability when it remains ...

A working exploit for a Linux kernel flaw that has existed since 2011 is now publicly available, and any logged-in user can run it to gain full root control of an affected machine in roughly five ...

An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Admit it: the first thing you think of when ransomware is ...

The highly awaited open-source Linux mod for the latest PS5 consoles faces uncertainty about its future development.

Many security tools rely on the presence of known files associated with an exploit, attack or attacker to detect a compromised system. Once those files are found, the system can be further ...