A technical breakdown of how a VPN works: packet handling, protocol comparisons, DNS and WebRTC leak vectors, kill switch ...

A brand new hot off the press Linux kernel 7.1 has been released bringing with it all the latest new and improved hardware support. From the release announcement So it's only Sunday morning back home, ...

Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux 7.1 with a rewritten NTFS filesystem driver, battery reporting for Apple Silicon devices and a Steam Deck OLED audio fix. Other notable changes ...

Abstract: The Linux kernel is the foundation of billions of contemporary computing systems, and ensuring its security and integrity is a necessity. Despite the Linux kernel's pivotal role, ...

Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that’s able to escalate untrusted users to root by exploiting a bug you don’t often see: a single errant character inside the kernel.

Security researchers have published a detailed, working exploit for a Linux kernel use-after-free that lets an unprivileged local user escalate to root and break out of a container. The flaw came down ...

Abstract: The Linux kernel offers nearly 20,000 configuration options, making it highly customizable but also extremely challenging to manually optimize for performance. The diversity of operating ...