June was sweltering, but the summer heat didn’t slow down open-source software developers. Last month delivered a wave of app ...

More than 400 packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) are distributing a Linux rootkit and infostealer malware targeting credentials and access tokens. A report from the open-source intelligence ...

Another bad Linux kernel bug has appeared. Fragnesia can give unauthorized users root powers. More open-source security bugs are likely coming. According to Linus's law, "Given enough eyeballs, all ...

A new malicious package discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) has been found to impersonate a popular library for symbolic mathematics to deploy malicious payloads, including a cryptocurrency ...

The Pakistani APT36 cyberspies are using Linux .desktop files to load malware in new attacks against government and defense entities in India. Although the attacks described in the two reports use ...

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel attack chain that employs phishing emails to deliver an open-source backdoor called VShell. The "Linux-specific malware infection chain that starts ...

Criminals exploiting a critical vulnerability in open source Apache ActiveMQ middleware are fixing the flaw that allowed them access, after establishing persistence on Linux servers. Researchers at ...

DripDropper exploits an old server security hole. After infection, DripDropper patches the hole itself. Simple patch discipline could have stopped the exploit. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: ...

Your computer's disk drive stores all your important files. Photos, documents, videos, and everything lives on your disk. But what happens when your disk starts to fail? You could lose everything.

Microsoft has open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux, years after the platform's debut. The Windows Subsystem for Linux was first announced in 2016 and shipped with the Windows 10 Anniversary ...