Outdated defaults: Several Linux commands still operate with defaults designed for much older hardware and workflows, limiting efficiency for current users. Safer operations: Adjustments to rm, cp, ...

Why change defaults: Many Linux commands still use settings designed for 1970s hardware, which can be inefficient or risky for today’s interactive users. Simple safety boosts: Adding interactive ...

Quasar Linux RAT (QLNX) harvests DevOps credentials to enable software supply chain attacks with fileless execution and dual ...

Researchers found a Linux malware called QLNX that combines P2P networking, rootkits, PAM backdoors, and fileless execution ...

Dubbed Quasar Linux (QLNX), the RAT has a modular architecture, uses multiple persistence and detection evasion mechanisms, ...

CISA warns that the nine-year-old Linux Copy Fail flaw is being actively exploited, allowing local attackers to gain root ...

PamDOORa Linux backdoor abuses PAM modules for SSH persistence and credential theft, increasing Linux server compromise risks ...

Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for TechRepublic, The New Stack, and Linux New Media. He's covered a variety of topics ...

CVE-2026-31431, also known as Copy Fail, is a critical Linux kernel vulnerability that's been hiding out since 2017 and is ...

Quasar Linux (QLNX) is not an operating system, but a supply chain attack tool that is difficult to detect and remove.

Exposure therapy to the bash shell brought me to the tipping point, and I jumped ship to the Macintosh side of the house. It ...

I'm a Linux geek and have been using Ubuntu since its original release in 2004. These are the essential settings, apps, and ...