Linux gets double-quick double-update to fix kernel Oops!

By Paul Ducklin — March 13^th 2023 at 17:59

Linux doesn't BSoD. It has oopses and panics instead. (We show you how to make a kernel module to explore further.)

Serious Security: How to improve cryptography, resist supply chain attacks, and handle data breaches

By Paul Ducklin — January 4^th 2023 at 19:50

Lessons for us all: improve cryptography, fight cybercrime, own your supply chain... and don't steal my data and then pretend you're sorry.

By Paul Ducklin — January 1^st 2023 at 21:36

The bad news: the crooks have your SSH private keys. The good news: only users of the "nightly" build were affected.

By Paul Ducklin — March 10^th 2022 at 19:37

Latest episode - listen now!

By Paul Ducklin — March 8^th 2022 at 19:37

Even read-only files can be written to, leading to a dangerously general purpose elevation-of-privilege attack.

pipe-1200

By Paul Ducklin — February 1^st 2022 at 19:59

This bug is fiendishly hard to exploit - but if you patch, it won't be there to exploit at all.

By Paul Ducklin — January 26^th 2022 at 19:58

An elevation of privilege bug that could let a "mostly harmless" user give themselves a instant root shell

By Paul Ducklin — January 20^th 2022 at 17:28

Latest epsiode - listen now!

By Paul Ducklin — January 14^th 2022 at 21:58

Imagine if someone who didn't have your password could sneakily modify data that was encrypted with it.

By Paul Ducklin — October 28^th 2021 at 23:03

Microsoft Edge for Linux makes an Official landing.