The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows ...

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says the CopyFail bug is being actively used in hacking campaigns, and poses a major risk to servers and datacenters that rely on Linux.

In the December update to Python in Visual Studio Code, developers can experiment with a new preview feature that lets them run and debug Python code in the browser. What's more, developers have to ...

On Halloween 2018 a developer filed an issue in the GitHub repo for the VS Code Python extension, asking for the ability for users to "spin up multiple 'Python Interactive' windows." In August 2020, ...

PoC code has been released for DirtyDecrypt, a recently patched Linux kernel vulnerability allowing privilege escalation to ...

A new vulnerability dubbed Pack2TheRoot could be exploited in the PackageKit daemon to allow local Linux users to install or remove system packages and gain root permissions. The flaw is identified as ...

The actively exploited flaw builds on Dirty Pipe and Copy Fail techniques to overwrite page cache and gain full system ...

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Amtrak is seeking a preliminary injunction against Metro-North Railroad that would allow its non-revenue trains to run between New York City’s northern suburbs and Connecticut. Amtrak said Metro-North ...

Microsoft introduced a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with Windows 10. Initially it allowed you to run command line Linux utilities in Windows, but over time Microsoft added support for ...

Anthropic caused confusion and anger when it appeared to up the pricing for access to its popular Claude Code tool. Anthropic later said that it was testing a change for 2% of new users and Claude ...

Anthropic found issues with Claude Code after complaints that the popular tool had gotten worse. The company denied "nerfing" or intentionally degrading the model. Users had been complaining for weeks ...