The power to grab root privileges is the ultimate evil in Unix and Linux systems. Kevin Backhouse, a member of the GitHub Security Lab, found the polkit security hole in the course of his duties. He ...
A vulnerability in the Linux sudo command has been discovered that could allow unprivileged users to execute commands as root. Thankfully, this vulnerability only works in non-standard configurations ...
Security researcher Sebastian Krahmer has recently discovered that a previously known security flaw in the systemd project can be used for more than crashing a Linux distro but also to grant local ...
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Most Linux users overlook Homebrew, but here’s why it’s worth trying
Homebrew (or “Brew”) began as a tool to ease installation on macOS, where Apple likes to lock everything down to its App ...
A newly discovered vulnerability in the Linux kernel allows attackers with access to a system to extend their rights and take over the system. Working test exploits for the kernels of current Linux ...
In the Linux Journal article “Implementing Encrypted Home Directories” (August 2003), I described how to encrypt home directories transparently. This article describes how to implement another ...
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