A new Linux kernel bug lets an ordinary, unprivileged user become root. It now hits Android too. Researchers have named it Bad Epoll. The Bad Epoll vulnerability carries the identifier CVE-2026-46242.

Apple has released iOS 26.5.2 for iPhone, a security-focused update that patches more than 25 vulnerabilities across the ...

Linux kernel privilege escalation exploit DirtyClone (CVE-2026-43503) is publicly documented: JFrog published a working attack walkthrough Thursday showing how any local user can gain root on ...

An eight-year-old Samsung KNOX vulnerability impacted millions of Android-powered Galaxy devices from the S9 to S25.

Linux exFAT performance gets a major boost in Linux 7.2 after kernel maintainer Namjae Jeon merged an IOmap conversion on ...

Hidden underground around the world lie 110 quadrillion kilometers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks—webs of ...

A newly discovered 732-byte Python exploit poses severe risks to Linux systems globally. Affecting distributions like Ubuntu and Red Hat, this flaw has gone unnoticed since 2017. AI researchers found ...

Astronomers have traced the filamentary skeleton of the universe back to its first billion years, producing the sharpest ...

The new kernel, Linux 7.1, brings a modern NTFS driver and activates Intel's FRED by default. Furthermore, the use of AI in development is causing a stir.

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 ...

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.