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Linux is not a standard environment. An enterprise can run many different flavors of Linux on its servers, desktops and specialized systems, each with its [...]

September 25, 2026

Debian VLC Medium Code Execution Denial of Service Vuln DSA-6515-1

September 25, 2026

Linux ext4 Patch Blocks an Out-of-Bounds Read From Damaged Metadata

Corrupted ext4 metadata can direct a Linux kernel copy past the inode region that is supposed to contain inline data.

September 25, 2026

SUSE glib2 Moderate Denial of Service Vulnerability CVE 2026-4348-1

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Poppler Low Integer Overflow Issues SUSE-2026-4349-1

September 25, 2026

SUSE OpenSUSE 15.5 Poppler Low Integer Overflow Vuln 2026-4349-1

September 25, 2026

USB/IP Teardown Race Can Rearm a Freed Linux Kernel Timer

A Linux USB/IP timer can restart after device teardown has begun, leaving the kernel callback able to use a virtual controller that has already been freed.

September 25, 2026

Why an Unlocked ext4 Buffer Can Restore Stale Directory Data

A Linux ext4 race can corrupt a directory while the filesystem converts it from inline storage to a regular block.

September 25, 2026

5G-Shark Lures Phones to Rogue 5G Cells Without Network Jamming

September 25, 2026

A Linux eBPF Trampoline Can Outlive the Program It Calls

A Linux eBPF security race can leave generated kernel code pointing at a BPF program after that program’s memory has been released.

September 25, 2026

Fake Google Security Team ad says ‘no script reading’ in voice phishing – then prints the script

Yes, criminals have job listings too. A Telegram user recruiting callers to work in an apparent Google Security Team voice-phishing scam told applicants [...]

September 25, 2026

Debian PHP 8.4 Critical Denial of Service Info Disclosure DSA-6514-1

September 25, 2026

Debian Chromium Critical Arbitrary Code Execution DSA-6513-1

September 25, 2026

ShinyHunters tells The Reg: We hacked the FBI to ‘protect our business’

ShinyHunters, the data theft and extortion crew that has stolen sensitive information belonging to millions of cancer patients, university and K-12 [...]

September 25, 2026

OpenAI wants you to use AI — but not to train its AI

Here’s an interesting concept: an AI company that fires people for using AI. It sounds like a strange way to run a company but there’s a real reason behind [...]

September 25, 2026

Crooks use fake desktop apps to fool HR staff into giving them remote access

You work in your company’s human resources department and use HR software to check employee information, benefits, and payroll. So, when you see a [...]

September 25, 2026

Microsoft’s new Copilot unifies enterprise context for code and chat

Microsoft’s Copilot super-app has arrived, two months after CEO Satya Nadella confirmed it was in development. It combines conversational Chat, the [...]

September 25, 2026

Bitget blames North Korea for $387.5M crypto wallet raid

The CEO of crypto exchange Bitget has confirmed that a cyberattack with all the hallmarks of a North Korean operation resulted in approximately $387.5 [...]

September 25, 2026

Been told to pay at a Bitcoin ATM? Read this first

Crypto ATM scams often follow a predictable script – here’s how to recognize it and what to do if you’ve already been caught out

September 25, 2026

Documentation placeholder domain used in ClickFix attacks

The domain name third-party[.]com is being used to serve malware to users — bad news for those following a little too literally online documentation that [...]

September 25, 2026

Mageia gpsd Important Command Injection Vulnern 2026-0454 CVE-2026-58459

September 25, 2026

Mageia 10 Security Advisory 2026-0453 udisks2 Important Local Escalation

September 25, 2026

Mageia 10 libalkimia Bugfix Advisory 2026-0137 Released Today

September 25, 2026

Rocky Linux 10 libxml2 Security Alert for Heap Overflow CVE-2026-86138

September 25, 2026

Rocky Linux unbound Critical RCE and Buffer Overflow Vuln RLSA-2026-71419

September 25, 2026

Rocky Linux 10 cockpit-image-builder Important SSRF Vulnern RLSA-2026-71543

September 25, 2026

openSUSE GIMP Important Remote Code Execution Vuln 2026-21959-1

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Haveged Important Local Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2026-41054

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Perl-Mojolicious Significant Local Escalation Flaw 2026-21956-1

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Gitoxide Moderate CRLF Injection Correction 2026-21955-1

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Leap 16.0 Osmo-Iuh Important Buffer Overflow Fix CVE-2026-75894

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Leap 16.0 2026-21952-1 Moderate Signkey Cert Update

September 25, 2026

openSUSE MozillaFirefox Important Privilege Escalation Issues 2026-21951-1

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Leap 16.0 389-ds Remote Code Execution Advisory 2026-21950-1

September 25, 2026

openSUSE kbd Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2026-72693 Alert

September 25, 2026

openSUSE sdbootutil Important Memory Leak Buffer Overflow Vuln 2026-21933-1

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Tumbleweed openAI Codex Moderate Update CVE-2026-63127

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Tumbleweed Helm Moderate Vulnerability Update 2026-11848-1

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Tumbleweed google-osconfig-agent Important CVE-2026-41178 Update

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Tumbleweed Forgejo Security Update Notice openSUSE-SU-2026-11846-1

September 25, 2026

openSUSE Advisory for flatpak-builder Moderate CVE-2026-86320

September 25, 2026

Which copy of that file is the real one? Dinner, off the record, in Midtown

EVENT: The Register is hosting a private dinner in New York on Tuesday 27 October for senior technology, infrastructure and data leaders, with LucidLink. [...]

September 25, 2026

GitLab issue email’s only security is obscurity

It was meant to make life simpler: a secret email address to which developers can send a message and create an issue in their GitLab project. But poor [...]

September 25, 2026

Oracle Linux 7 abrt Important Fix CVE-2026-54230 ELSA-2026-69121

September 25, 2026

Oracle Linux 7 yelp Important Fix Advisory ELSA-2026-57417 CVE-2026-13601

September 25, 2026

Oracle Linux 8 unbound Critical Heap Buffer Overflows ELSA-2026-70754

September 25, 2026

Only 26% of Detected CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Were Fully Remediated

September 25, 2026

Google plans Gemini 4 release before year-end

Google’s Gemini 4 AI model is in the early days of post-training, the phase in which a base AI model is refined to behave reliably, and should be released [...]

September 25, 2026

Salmon Introduces Execution Verification Infrastructure (EVI) for Securing AI Agents and Autonomous Systems

September 25, 2026

SectopRAT Abuses Legitimate Audio Software Files to Steal PC Data

September 25, 2026

IBM’s big cloud decision

A recent piece in Academy of Management Today by Daniel Butcher takes a fresh look at IBM’s pivot to cloud computing, and it’s worth your time. The article [...]

September 25, 2026

Mageia Python-Webob Important Open Redirect Issue Advisory 2026-0452

September 25, 2026

Mageia Unbound Critical Heap Overflow Remote Code Execution DoS 2026-0451

September 25, 2026

Mageia Python GitPython Key Denial of Service Vulnerability CVE-2026-87819

September 25, 2026

Mageia 10 Discover Bugfix Advisory – Important Update 2026-0136

September 25, 2026

Fedora WebKitGTK Critical Security Issues and Fixes 2026-40db9b80a2

September 25, 2026

Fedora 44 Squid 7.7 Proxy Update Advisory 2026-56c3705788