Acronis backup plugin flaw exploited in targeted attacks (CVE-2026-87886)
A Linux privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-87886) affecting Acronis’ backup extensions for cPanel, WebHost Manager (WHM), and Plesk, is…
Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS release patches security bugs across ten flavors
Canonical shipped Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS, bundling security updates and fixes for high-severity bugs into new installation media for…
CERN Renounces RHEL in Favor of Debian for Its Accelerator Controls Infrastructure
At MiniDebConf Winterthur, CERN engineers Federico Vaga and Nikos Tsipinakis detailed the organization’s plan to transition its accelerator-control…
OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux
ChatGPT is on desktops across the world, but there’s been one place where it’s been lacking: the Linux…
AI-generated reports push GNOME to shorten its disclosure window
Volunteer maintainers of open source projects now receive a steady flow of security vulnerability reports produced with AI…
Cloudflare uses eBPF to boost edge security & routing
Cloudflare has outlined how it uses eBPF across its edge network for DDoS mitigation, networking, firewalling, load balancing…
Rogue Line of Code Nearly Derailed a Toy Story Movie
With Toy Story 5 now in theaters, the Wall Street Journal revisits a tech catastrophe that nearly…
To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system | MIT News
A new kernel, or core program within an operating system, gives researchers a cleaner view of what’s happening…
How LinkedIn Identified a Kernel Lock Contention Issue Causing Recurring System Freezes
When LinkedIn engineers encountered short-lived, recurring outages where the database powering their user feed became unavailable and then…
Linus Torvalds says Linux security list is becoming ‘unmanageable’ due to AI bug reports
We’re making it clear that AI detected bugs are pretty much by definition not secret, and treating them…
This dual-screen Android handheld costs less than $100, but just got Linux
Nick Fernandez / Android Authority TL;DR ANBERNIC has released a brand-new Linux distribution for its dual-screen RG DS…
All Linux distros are affected by the new “Dirty Frag” vulnerability.
Posted May 8, 2026 at 1:24 PM UTC All Linux distros are affected by the new “Dirty Frag”…