AI Just Hacked One Of The World's Most Secure Operating Systems

An AI agent just autonomously exploited a FreeBSD kernel vulnerability in four hours, signaling a fundamental shift in the ...
Network World

Linux 7.0 debuts with some big changes for networking

One of the most impactful changes in the 7.0 networking stack is the optimization of the IPv6 TCP output path to cache flow ...
Tidbits

Kernel Vulnerability Causes Apple to Update All Operating Systems

If you’ve ever wondered if all of Apple’s operating systems—macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS—are really based on the same code, today’s updates should show just how true that is. We suspect this ...
CNET

New Linux kernel adds file-system support

Linux kernel version 2.6.30 has been released, adding support for new file systems, performance improvements, and new hardware drivers. The Linux kernel is the core used by GNU/Linux operating system ...
Wired

Enemies No More: Microsoft Brings the Linux Kernel to Windows

For decades, Microsoft Windows and the open source Linux operating system were polar opposites. Windows was developed by the biggest software company in the world, one that was no friend to open ...
ZDNet

Apple deprecating macOS kernel extensions (KEXTs) is a great win for security

At the WWDC conference last year, Apple announced plans to deprecate macOS "kernel extensions" (KEXTs) and replace them with a new mechanism called "system extensions." The first step towards this ...
ZDNet

What are open-source operating systems? Everything you need to know

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...