According to user reports following this month's Patch Tuesday, the August 2024 Windows security updates are breaking dual boot on some Linux systems with Secure Boot enabled. This issue is caused by ...

Facepalm: Microsoft recently released its latest batch of monthly security updates for Windows and other software products. However, a bug fix designed to address a Secure Boot vulnerability ...

Most Linux distributions are considerably more secure than Windows out of the box. There are many reasons for that, including the inherent user and file permissions structure, the addition of ...

As I’ve written in previous newsletters, studies about Linux vs. Windows security and vulnerabilities must be viewed with a critical eye, since many are funded by those with either a very pro- or anti ...

The rise of Linux in the global server landscape hasn’t gone unnoticed. Today, the open-source operating system (OS) resides on critical servers and powers applications for a vast array of companies, ...

It’s a topic of fierce debate among high-tech cognoscenti: What’s more secure – “open source” code such as Linux and Apache, or proprietary “closed source” operating systems and applications, ...

Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen framework that infects Linux machines with a wide assortment of modules that ...

Game developer Mason predicts Microsoft will abandon Windows for a Linux distribution within 15 years as gaming barriers fall ...