Learn how to permanently and securely delete files on Linux using shred, fstrim, secure-delete, and btrfs snapshot removal.

The Linux Foundation introduces Akrites, a joint effort to report, fix, and disclose vulnerabilities in open source software.

Not every distro is suited for every job.

Oh dear, the situation with the Arch Linux AUR got a fair bit worse since GamingOnLinux initially covered the malicious packages.

Researcher Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada disclosed CIFSwitch, a Linux privilege‑escalation flaw lingering for nearly 20 years Affects major distros including Mint, CentOS Stream 9, Rocky Linux 9, ...

Linux creator and lead developer Linus Torvalds warns that the Linux kernel's security mailing list has become "almost entirely unmanageable" due to a flood of AI-generated bug reports. In his Linux 7 ...

Reports without fixes, and people finding the ‘same things with the same tools,’ are causing a logjam. Reports without fixes, and people finding the ‘same things with the same tools,’ are causing a ...

There's been a rise in Linux vulnerabilities. There are clear reasons why this is happening. Fortunately, the kernel development community is taking action. For decades, I've been reporting that Linux ...

Linux users have been bitten by yet another vulnerability that gives containers and untrusted users the ability to gain root access, marking the second time in as many weeks that a severe threat has ...

Major Linux distributions are rushing to fix two new vulnerabilities after the disclosure embargo was broken. The vulnerability, comprised of two chained issues in subsystems of the Linux kernel and ...

CISA warns that the nine-year-old Linux Copy Fail flaw is being actively exploited, allowing local attackers to gain root access on affected systems.

A severe security vulnerability affecting almost every version of the Linux operating system has caught defenders off-guard and scrambling to patch after security researchers publicly released exploit ...