GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in ALL Linux distributions for 15 years(nebusec.ai)

74 points by djfergus 3 months ago | 16 comments

Echidna Enters a New Era of Symbolic Execution(gustavo-grieco.github.io)

16 points by galapago 1 year ago | 2 comments

Attacking UNIX Systems via CUPS(evilsocket.net)

385 points by NetBender 2 years ago | 280 comments

Security researcher evilsocket's writeup of a remote code execution attack on GNU/Linux and UNIX systems via CUPS and cups-browsed, plus notes on the disclosure process.

Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers(stackdiary.com)

411 points by skilled 2 years ago | 179 comments

Stackdiary news article reporting that Linksys Velop mesh routers transmit Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to servers in the US.

FreeBSD pf bypass when using IPv6(enricobassetti.it)

53 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 38 comments

Ubuntu 25.10 Replaces GNU Coreutils with Rust Uutils(altusintel.com)

22 points by donnachangstein 1 year ago | 8 comments

My first contribution to Linux(vkoskiv.com)

633 points by vkoskiv 1 year ago | 76 comments

A blog post recounting the author's experience upstreaming their first Linux kernel patch, fixing a hardware issue on a 2005 Fujitsu Lifebook S2110.

Open source security at Astral(astral.sh)

344 points by vinhnx 6 months ago | 95 comments

Astral blog post by William Woodruff describing the techniques Astral uses to secure its open source tools and their build, test, and release processes against supply chain attacks.

Anthropic invests $1.5M in the Python Software Foundation(discuss.python.org)

329 points by ayhanfuat 9 months ago | 151 comments

A Python discussion forum post from PSF staff announcing Anthropic's $1.5 million, two-year donation to the PSF focused on security work.

New Linux udisks flaw lets attackers get root on major Linux distros(bleepingcomputer.com)

336 points by smig0 1 year ago | 227 comments

BleepingComputer news article about a udisks vulnerability that lets attackers gain root privileges on major Linux distributions.

2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop(xeiaso.net)

767 points by todsacerdoti 9 months ago | 572 comments

Xe Iaso's blog note announcing a switch from Windows 11 to Fedora Linux as their main desktop OS in 2026, criticizing Microsoft's recent Windows changes.

What a Hacker Stole from Me(mynoise.net)

355 points by wonger_ 1 year ago | 106 comments

A myNoise blog post by founder Stéphane describing a hacker's attack on the myNoise website, first via code-injection attempts and then a different strategy.