Linux OS market share climbs towards 5%
The Year of the Linux Desktop has become something of a sad meme in recent years, but the truth is that Linux as an alternative to Windows and macOS has never been more popular —…
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Windows update breaks Linux dual-boot setups
Many PC users with Windows-and-Linux dual-boot setups woke up to a scary message this week: “Something has gone seriously wrong.” Apparently, the latest patch to Windows 10 and Windows 11 seems to damage secondary Linux…
“RegreSSHion” vulnerability in OpenSSH gives attackers root on Linux
Researchers have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the OpenSSH networking utility that can be exploited to give attackers complete control of Linux and Unix servers with no authentication required. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6387,…
Linux gets its own Windows-style Blue Screen of Death
Free operating system Linux is looking to Windows as its role model, at least in this one way: implementing its own Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) to warn users in cases of a kernel panic.…
Federal agency warns critical Linux vulnerability being actively exploited
Getty Images The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added a critical security bug in Linux to its list of vulnerabilities known to be actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1086…
Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach
Infrastructure used to maintain and distribute the Linux operating system kernel was infected for two years, starting in 2009, by sophisticated malware that managed to get a hold of one of the developers’ most closely…
German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating
Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany’s 16 states, on Wednesday confirmed plans to move tens of thousands of systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The announcement follows previously established plans to migrate the state government off Microsoft…
Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections
Enlarge / Internet Backdoor in a string of binary code in a shape of an eye. Getty Images Researchers have found a malicious backdoor in a compression tool that made its way into widely used…
Never-before-seen Linux malware gets installed using 1-day exploits
Getty Images 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 vulnerabilities. The newly…
Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits
Linux developers are in the process of patching a high-severity vulnerability that, in certain cases, allows the installation of malware that runs at the firmware level, giving infections access to the deepest parts of a…