Researchers at Nebula Security have disclosed GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499), a 15-year-old Linux kernel flaw that lets any ...

A critical vulnerability dubbed Januscape patched in the Linux kernel-based virtualization module poses arbitrary code execution risk to multi-tenant cloud environments and virtualized enterprise ...

Iran-linked Cavern Manticore hackers used a modular C&C framework, likely built with AI assistance, to target Israeli ...

The Twenty-Ninth International Obfuscated C Code Contest – or IOCCC for short – is back again with the results of the 2025 competition. This year, one of the entrants has a unique new trick up their ...

Fedora Linux 45 could come with Shadow Stack enabled by default. If your hardware supports this, you will get extra protection from ROP attacks.

The PorteuX project has officially released PorteuX 2.6, bringing a new round of updates to the lightweight Slackware-based ...

Linux is regarded as one of the best operating systems for productivity, and these keyboard shortcuts can help push that even ...

Learning to program in C on an online platform can provide structured learning and a certification to show along with your resume. Learning C can still be useful in 2026, especially if you want to ...

France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further ...

Amid a push toward AI agents, with both Anthropic and OpenAI shipping multi-agent tools this week, Anthropic is more than ready to show off some of its more daring AI coding experiments. But as usual ...

PCWorld’s guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains: Debian, Red Hat/Fedora, Arch, Slackware, and Gentoo.