Introduced in 2007, the CIFSwitch Linux kernel bug allows users to modify CIFS key description fields and gain root ...

CVE-2026-23111 is a Linux kernel nf_tables use-after-free that lets an unprivileged local user escalate to root and escape a ...

Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that’s able to escalate untrusted users to root by ...

The new kernel's number ends in zero, but it's not a milestone release. Linux 7.0 boasts improvements in Rust, its scheduler - and it's further embracing AI. More than half a dozen distros will let ...

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Threat actors are using three publicly available proof-of-concept exploits to attack Microsoft Defender and turn the security platform's primary cleanup and protection functions against organizations ...

Rhea Finance and the Russia-linked Grinex exchange were hacked for a combined $21 million over the past two days. At least 12 DeFi protocols and crypto businesses have been attacked in just over two ...

LayerZero said that Kelp’s DVN setup caused the $290 million exploit, as investors questioned which protocol would step up to cover the shortfall. Interoperability protocol LayerZero claims that an ...

The software bug was capable of crashing an operating system used by firewalls, servers and network appliances. It went undetected for over 27 years. Last month, it was caught by Mythos, the latest AI ...

Hackers are exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-35616) in FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) to deliver an undocumented credential stealer called EKZ. The attacker ...

A weekend hack that saw almost $300 million drained from a little-known crypto project has triggered a crisis of confidence among decentralized-finance investors, with users pulling billions of ...

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