A recently patched Linux privilege escalation vulnerability now has a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that allows local attackers to gain root privileges on Arch Linux systems. The ...

It is quite an interesting patch week for Linux systems administrators out there. Researchers at Xint Code have discovered a nasty exploit that instantly grants root access to any local unprivileged ...

Discovery of the Copy Fail Linux kernel exploit sparked widespread discussion and concern around Linux kernel security earlier this month, and that was for an exploit that had mostly already been ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Admit it: the first thing you think of when ransomware is ...

Researchers have discovered malicious code circulating in the wild that hijacks the earliest stage boot process of Linux devices by exploiting a year-old firmware vulnerability when it remains ...

A newly disclosed use-after-free in the Linux kernel's epoll code, CVE-2026-46242, lets an unprivileged user get root on ...

Multiple Linux exploits have been uncovered over the last few weeks, including Copy Fail, and the newest of which are dubbed "PinTheft" and "SSH-keysign-pwn." Both have been recently patched, but ...

Update added below about this bootkit being created by students in Korea's Best of the Best (BoB) cybersecurity training program. The recently uncovered 'Bootkitty' Linux UEFI bootkit exploits the ...

A publicly documented exploit now shows any local user on an unpatched Linux system how to gain root access — and do it without leaving a single line in the kernel log or on-disk evidence for ...