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Linux cryptographic code flaw offers fast route to root

Developers of major Linux distributions have begun shipping patches to address a local privilege escalation (LPE) ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, And Stuxnet Before Stuxnet Was Cool

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...
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One tiny exploit gives full Linux access: all kernels since 2017 are vulnerable

The critical "Copy Fail" bug (CVE-2026-31431) affects all Linux kernels since 2017, allowing unprivileged local users to gain ...
InfoWorld

Why it’s so hard to create stand-alone Python apps

Ever wonder why packaging a Python app and its dependencies as a single executable is such a pain? Blame it on the dynamism ...

OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to “never talk about goblins”

The system prompt for OpenAI’s Codex CLI contains a perplexing and repeated warning for the most recent GPT model to “never ...

Correspondents' dinner suspect charged with trying to assassinate Trump

Cole Allen, the man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, was charged with trying to assassinate ...

Correspondents' dinner suspect charged with trying to assassinate President Trump

The Justice Department announced the first formal charges against the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.