In an age where data breaches and cyber threats are growing both in frequency and sophistication, securing your Linux system is more important than ever. Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux ...

Businesses around the world may not realize this, but they absolutely depend on Linux and open-source. Without those two pieces of technology, we wouldn't have nearly the services and sites we now ...

An immutable distribution increases the security of the OS. Linux offers several different immutable distributions. Most of these are general-purpose, so anyone can use them. What is an "immutable" ...

Secure Boot plays an important role in keeping your Windows system safe from rootkit attacks. While traditionally, this ...

In the world of Linux, where multi-user systems and server security are foundational principles, understanding file permissions and ownership is crucial. Whether you're a beginner exploring your first ...

A significant security gap in Linux runtime security caused by the 'io_uring' interface allows rootkits to operate undetected on systems while bypassing advanced Enterprise security software. The flaw ...

Three security bypasses have been discovered in Ubuntu Linux’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions, which could be enable a local attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in kernel components. The ...

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Earlier this month, open-source security innovator TuxCare launched an in-memory vulnerability scanner for Linux-native environments. TuxCare Radar is a Linux-first vulnerability scanner that cuts ...

Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10, three years after the release of RHEL 9. RHEL 10, as the name suggests, is geared toward enterprise users, and ...

There are gentle migration strategies that can delay the move away from Windows 10, which Microsoft will stop supporting in October 2025. Technically (and maybe even psychologically), the easiest step ...