Despite appearing rather complex at first glance, the Linux terminal is a nifty tool for most tasks, be it installing new packages or troubleshooting the most obscure errors. That said, enabling root ...

ZDNET key takeaways Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux.Using the root account could lead to ...

Sudo, a utility found in dozens of Unix-like operating systems, has received a patch for a potentially serious bug that allows unprivileged users to easily obtain unfettered root privileges on ...

Linux users on Tuesday got a major dose of bad news—a 12-year-old vulnerability in a system tool called Polkit gives attackers unfettered root privileges on machines running most major distributions ...

We continue to investigate a phenomenon where normal applications inexplicably run with root privileges. As noted yesterday, this is a potentially serious security concern, as apps running with such ...

Microsoft has discovered vulnerabilities in system components commonly used on Linux desktops that could allow an attacker to elevate privileges to root and install malware. Gaining root privileges on ...

Cisco has released security updates to address a critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting SD-WAN vManage Software's remote management component. The company ...

A newly discovered 12-year-old vulnerability in a Linux system tool can give attackers root privileges on machines running the operating system. Discovered and described Tuesday by researchers at ...