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  • Linux developers create forum to air core flaws

    Developers of the Linux kernel created a security mailing list this week to air future vulnerability information regarding the open-source operating system's core code.

  • Flaws pop up in Linux kernel

    Linux users have been urged to fix a flaw in the core component of the open-source operating system, following the public release of code that could be used to crash Linux systems.

  • Linux servers at risk from trifecta of flaws

    Three separate security flaws could be used by an ordinary user to gain total control of a Linux server or workstation, security researchers have warned.

  • What Linux can learn from Windows

    In three months, Microsoft users will finally reap benefits from the company's new focus on security. The release of the second major update to Windows XP answers many long-standing design criticisms of its operating system.

  • Attempted attack on Linux kernel foiled

    An unknown intruder attempted to insert a Trojan horse program into the code of the next version of the Linux kernel stored at a publicly accessible database.

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