With a hunch, and an hour of AI-assisted scanning, cybersecurity researchers identified and then figured out how to exploit a ...

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Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of ...

A public Linux loader has been released by security engineer Andy Nguyen, turning PS5 consoles into highly capable Linux PCs ...

Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) is a severe logic flaw in the Linux kernel affecting every distribution since 2017. Patch your ...

An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed "Copy Fail" that impacts Linux kernels ...

CVE-2026-31431 CVSS 7.8 flaw since 2017 enables root via 732-byte exploit, impacting major Linux distributions.

Got an ancient laptop or desktop lying around? Here's how to transform an old PC into an NAS, experiment with a new OS, build ...

If you regularly share your iPhone's data connection with your laptop or iPad, or let family members piggyback on your device's data, you'll be glad to learn that Apple recently made it a lot easier ...

Samsung’s Good Lock app is essentially a playground for customization, yet most people only skim the surface. I was no different, until I stumbled upon a really clever fingerprint trick. After a bit ...

When using ghost pad, changing the activation mode might cause recursive waiting and hang the pipeline. It's hard to fix it without bring in new issues, let's just add a timeout as a workaround. diff ...

DarkSword looms over iPhones that haven't been updated. AI image: ChatGPT/Cult of Mac Your iPhone is at serious risk of getting hacked if you haven’t updated it recently. Apple and security ...