The insertion of a backdoor into code used by most Linux distributions was discovered and fixed ‘before it posed a significant risk to the broader Linux community,’ says Red Hat’s Vincent Danen. The ...

I also know how to manage Linux in my sleep, but a Hack is uncharted territory. On some level you probably already know this, but your hackintosh is pretty much just a Mac. For the most part, ...

Guardian Digital releases a version of Linux that's less vulnerable to attack, a niche the company hopes will gain it a foothold in the market for the Unix-like operating system. Stephen Shankland ...

WTF?! A well-known hacker has done the impossible. He got a stripped-down version of Linux to run on a 4-bit Intel chip from the early 1970s. Sure, it takes nearly five days for the kernel to boot, ...

If you’ve ever wanted real cybersecurity skills, the All-in-One Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle is a low-risk way to start for under $30. Cybersecurity sounds intimidating — right up until you ...

People talking about booting things on Turing machines might enjoy this recent one from Ken Shirriff on the Minuteman III missile's guidance system. It has NO RAM and uses serial processing, reading ...

Researchers uncover SSHStalker, an IRC botnet exploiting legacy Linux flaws and SSH servers to build persistent covert access.