Botched npm Update Crashes Linux Systems, Forces Users to Reinstall

A bug in npm (Node Package Manager), the most widely used JavaScript package manager, will change…

Ubuntu Gets in the User Data Collection Business

Canonical announced plans to roll out a user data and diagnostics collection system with Ubuntu 18.04…

It’s 2018 and You Can Still p0wn Your Linux Box by Plugging in a USB Stick

Linux users running KDE Plasma desktop environments need to apply patches to fix a bug that…

LKRG: Linux to Get a Loadable Kernel Module for Runtime Integrity Checking

Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux…

Linus Torvalds Thinks the Linux Spectre Patches are "UTTER GARBAGE"

Linus Torvalds wrote a scathing email to the Linux Kernel mailing list where he does not…

Jolla inks exclusive license to kick-start its Android alternative in China

 Mobile OS maker Jolla, whose Sailfish platform remains one of the few smartphone alternatives in play…