CISA: High-severity Linux flaw now exploited by ransomware gangs

CISA confirmed on Thursday that a high-severity privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel is now being exploited in ...
ZDNet

Windows 10: This kernel malware is why you need Secured-core PCs, says Microsoft

Microsoft has outlined why its new breed of Secured-core PCs, such as the Surface Pro X, are equipped to fight off ransomware and other malware that attack vulnerable hardware drivers to compromise a ...
Computer Weekly

Vista kernel limits have security vendors on edge

Executives at Symantec Corp. and other security vendors say that some of the security technologies that Microsoft plans to introduce in Vista are making it harder for them to build products that ...
TechSpot

Linux 6.5 is a smooth-sailing upgrade for the open-source kernel

Why it matters: Linux is the open-source kernel you can literally find everywhere these days, the heart of both popular consumer operating systems and the most complex hyperscale or cloud setups.
Bleeping Computer

Windows 10 tests WSL2 Linux Kernel updates via Windows Update

In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has started to test the distribution of Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 kernels via Windows Update. When Microsoft announced WSL2, they ...
ZDNet

Linux 6.16 brings faster file systems, improved confidential memory support, and more Rust support

The changes in the latest Linux kernel, Linux 6.16, may be small, but they include some significant ones. Linus Torvalds himself summed up this release as looking fine, small, and calm, but not ...