The rise of Linux in the global server landscape hasn’t gone unnoticed. Today, the open-source operating system (OS) resides on critical servers and powers applications for a vast array of companies, ...
According to user reports following this month's Patch Tuesday, the August 2024 Windows security updates are breaking dual boot on some Linux systems with Secure Boot enabled. This issue is caused by ...
Most Linux distributions are considerably more secure than Windows out of the box. There are many reasons for that, including the inherent user and file permissions structure, the addition of ...
Facepalm: Microsoft recently released its latest batch of monthly security updates for Windows and other software products. However, a bug fix designed to address a Secure Boot vulnerability ...
But first, here are a few words about Linux and CVEs. Linux runs the world. It's on your Android phone; it's in your air-conditioning unit; it runs the web, powers supercomputers; the cloud; and maybe ...
Linux and Windows are quietly undergoing one of the biggest rewrites in their history, as artificial intelligence collides ...
Researchers have unearthed Linux malware that circulated in the wild for at least two years before being identified as a credential stealer that’s installed by the exploitation of recently patched ...
It’s a topic of fierce debate among high-tech cognoscenti: What’s more secure – “open source” code such as Linux and Apache, or proprietary “closed source” operating systems and applications, ...
As I’ve written in previous newsletters, studies about Linux vs. Windows security and vulnerabilities must be viewed with a critical eye, since many are funded by those with either a very pro- or anti ...
ESET researchers have identified multiple samples of Linux backdoor, which we have named WolfsBane, that we attribute with high confidence to the Gelsemium advanced persistent threat (APT) group. This ...