An old Linux kernel flaw, CVE-2024-1086, is now actively exploited by ransomware gangs to gain root access and escalate attacks.

Two Windows vulnerabilities—one a zero-day that has been known to attackers since 2017 and the other a critical flaw that Microsoft initially tried and failed to patch recently—are under active ...

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

Learn what drop-in (.d) directories are in Linux and how they help manage configuration files safely. Keep main config files ...

The npm packages were available since July, have elaborately obfuscated malicious routines, and rely on a fake CAPTCHA to ...

Recently, security researchers Socket found 10 packages on npm targeting software developers, specifically those who use the ...

ZDNET key takeaways Snapshots are a crucial part of keeping your system running.You'll want to install the free Timeshift app ...

EDR tools aren't scanning Linux sandbox environments on Windows, giving cybercriminals a unique opportunity to work undetected.

Protecting cloud workloads running on the Windows operating system has long been a challenge due to the complexity and the ...

Ten typosquatted npm packages (Jul 4, 2025) delivered a 24MB PyInstaller info stealer using 4 obfuscation layers; ~9,900 ...

The Qilin ransomware operation was spotted executing Linux encryptors in Windows using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to ...

The group is abusing trusted remote management and file transfer tools to deliver a Linux encryptor on Windows machines.