As security holes go, CVE-2023-4911, aka "Looney Tunables," isn't horrid. It has a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score of 7.8, which is ranked as important, not critical. On the other ...

If it's not one thing, it's another. After one real Linux problem -- the heap overflow bug in the Linux kernel's fs/fs_context.c program -- is found and fixed, then a new security problem is ...

US government agencies are warning that the Akira ransomware operation has been spotted encrypting Nutanix AHV virtual ...

The number of newly discovered Linux and macOS vulnerabilities increased dramatically in 2024, according to new analysis from Action1. The cybersecurity vendor’s 2025 Software Vulnerability Ratings ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added seven new Linux-related vulnerabilities to its catalog and warned that they’re being actively exploited. The vulnerabilities are ...

A local privilege escalation of (LPE) vulnerability in the software used to handle authorizations — and installed by default — on most major distributions of Linux is trivial to exploit, with one ...

Researchers found a total of 37 security vulnerabilities impacting four open-source Virtual Network Computing (VNC) implementations and present for the last 20 years, since 1999. The flaws were found ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As the risks of cyberattacks that are related to security vulnerabilities continuously grow ...

A kitchen-sink approach to building containers has loaded many with vulnerabilities. Here are the companies addressing the ...

Seal Security, a leader in open source vulnerability remediation, today announced the launch of Seal OS, the first holistic solution designed to automatically fix vulnerabilities in both Linux ...