Major Linux Distros Are Exposed To A Root-Level Security Threat, Update ASAP by Bruno Ferreira — Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 02:40 PM EDT Comments ...

CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies about attackers targeting a high-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's OverlayFS subsystem that allows them to gain root privileges.

Attackers can exploit two newly discovered local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities to gain root privileges on systems running major Linux distributions. The first flaw (tracked as CVE ...

The second vulnerability, CVE-2025-6019, resides in libblockdev and can be triggered via the udisks daemon, which is installed by default on nearly all Linux distributions. Once a user obtains ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday placed a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating it has been ...

I've covered BlueStar Linux before, and, like many Linux distributions, there's a new release available. The best thing about the new release is that little has changed on the aesthetics front.

This Linux distro is the best alternative for your Windows 10 PC SDesk is a lightweight Linux distro with a familiar interface, making it a great option for anyone transitioning from Windows 11.

A government ministry in Denmark is preparing to phase out Microsoft software and switch to the open-source Linux and LibreOffice. The country’s Ministry for Digital Affairs will kick off the ...

OpenVPN Data Channel Offload (DCO) has been officially green-lit for inclusion in the Linux kernel and will be part of Linux version 6.16.

Meta platforms such as Instagram have marketed AI tools that let users create sexually explicit images of real people.

Take-Two and Gearbox Software are giving away Borderlands 2 on Steam for a limited time, a game that many consider the best in the series. Despite having “very positive” user reviews overall… ...