Linus Torvalds announced the fourth release candidate (RC4) for the upcoming Linux Kernel version 6.18. Here's What's New.

The overall volume of kernel CVEs continues to climb: one security commentary noted the first 16 days of 2025 already saw 134 ...

CVE-2024-1086, a Linux kernel flaw, is now exploited in active ransomware campaigns The bug enables local privilege ...

Ubuntu's new "architecture variants" let you download packages optimized for x86-64-v2 or v3 chips, etc. This brings a slight (like 1%) performance boost for some apps. Ubuntu 25.10 includes an early ...

An immutable distribution increases the security of the OS. Linux offers several different immutable distributions. Most of these are general-purpose, so anyone can use them. What is an "immutable" ...

As online scams continue to rise, Google provides new ways to protect your data on your mobile device. Surprisingly, though, the company doesn't always enable them by default. In fact, one of the most ...

Linux 6.17 features significant CPU improvements. It addresses the eternal Spectre and Meltdown security holes. The next release, 6.18, will be a long-term support kernel. Linus Torvalds is the first ...

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Google is overhauling Android security with a new risk-based system. High-risk vulnerabilities will now be patched immediately, while most other fixes will arrive quarterly. This approach aims to ...

Google has released the September 2025 security update for Android devices, addressing a total of 84 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited flaws. The two flaws that were detected as ...

Google has shipped security updates to address 120 security flaws in its Android operating system as part of its monthly fixes for September 2025, including two issues that it said have been exploited ...