Debian

Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 arrives with S3 storage support and parallel sync jobs

April 30, 2026

Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 is a maintenance and feature update built on Debian 13.4 “Trixie” that adds S3-compatible object storage as a supported backend and …

Everyone uses open source, but patching still moves too slowly

February 18, 2026

Enterprise security teams rely on open source across infrastructure, development pipelines, and production applications, even when they do not track it as a separate category …

OpenWrt One gains support for running Debian

January 22, 2026

Debian now runs on the OpenWrt One hardware platform following recent engineering work by Collabora. OpenWrt One is a developer focused router designed to support embedded …

Parrot OS shares its 2026 plans for security tools and platform support

January 13, 2026

Parrot OS is a Debian-based Linux distribution built for cybersecurity work. Security practitioners use it for penetration testing, digital forensics, malware analysis, and …

Debian 13.3 is now available with targeted corrections, updates

January 12, 2026

Debian 13.3 is the third maintenance update for the stable Debian 13 distribution, codenamed “trixie”. It updates package content to address security and other issues reported …

Debian seeks volunteers to rebuild its data protection team

January 7, 2026

The Debian Project is asking for volunteers to step in after its Data Protection Team became inactive. All three members of the team stepped down at the same time, leaving no …

Open-source server management platform Proxmox VE 9.0 released

August 6, 2025

Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) 9.0 introduces advancements in both storage and networking capabilities, addressing critical enterprise demands. A highlight is the …

Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)

July 1, 2025

If you haven’t recently updated the Sudo utility on your Linux box(es), you should do so now, to patch two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-32462, …

Chaining two LPEs to get “root”: Most Linux distros vulnerable (CVE-2025-6018, CVE-2025-6019)

June 18, 2025

Qualys researchers have unearthed two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-6018, CVE-2025-6019) that can be exploited in tandem to achieve root access on most …

Rsync vulnerabilities allow remote code execution on servers, patch quickly!

January 15, 2025

Six vulnerabilities have been fixed in the newest versions of Rsync (v3.4.0), two of which could be exploited by a malicious client to achieve arbitrary code execution on a …

XZ Utils backdoor update: Which Linux distros are affected and what can you do?

March 31, 2024

UPDATE: April 9, 09:23 AM ET A new story has been published: XZ Utils backdoor: Detection tools, scripts, rules The news that XZ Utils, a compression utility present in most …

Beware! Backdoor found in XZ utilities used by many Linux distros (CVE-2024-3094)

March 29, 2024

UPDATE: April 9, 09:23 AM ET Two stories have been published since this initial release: Which Linux distros are affected and what can you do? XZ Utils backdoor: Detection …