PinTheft, a recently patched Linux privilege escalation vulnerability, now has a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) ...

Attackers have reduced the time to develop an exploit for a known vulnerability from 125 days to a mere half a day, thanks to the use of AI-assisted development, leaving vulnerability scanners ...

Linux is getting a security wake-up call - why it was inevitable and I'm not worried ...

As attackers ramp up their AI exploit development, the search for software vulnerabilities is changing rapidly.

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 ...

There was a way to elevate normal Linux users' privileges to root, granting threat actors admin access.

Additional Linux privilege escalation exploits related to long-existing bugs have been disclosed, so patch ASAP.

Cybersecurity researchers and threat actors are targeted by a fake proof of concept (PoC) CVE-2023-35829 exploit that installs a Linux password-stealing malware. Uptycs analysts discovered the ...

CVE-2026-46333 is a nine-year Linux kernel improper privilege management flaw introduced in November 2016 with a CVSS score ...

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