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.

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Eighteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of June 30, 2026): apl-2.0: GNU APL is a free interpreter for the programming language APL. It is an implementation of the ISO stan ...

As enterprises rapidly embrace multimodal AI capable of understanding both text and images, security researchers are discovering that these powerful new capabilities introduce equally sophisticated ...

Claude Cowork is a special Claude Desktop build that works inside a folder you point it at—it reads, writes, and organizes files there while it runs a plan. Cowork is currently a macOS-only preview ...

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's own Fedora-derived Linux distro for Azure cloud workloads. Here is how it compares to Ubuntu, ...

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 ...

CVE-2026-43503 DirtyClone is the fourth DirtyFrag-family privilege escalation in six weeks. JFrog's public PoC raises the ...

Learn how to permanently and securely delete files on Linux using shred, fstrim, secure-delete, and btrfs snapshot removal.

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Tech pro ThioJoe breaks down the hidden functionality behind Windows shortcut files and how they really work. On Iran, Trump is committing the cardinal sin from the 'Art of the Deal' Moscow hit by ...