Microsoft confirmed Friday that it will ship Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 in the upcoming Windows 10 20H1 (2004) release, though updates will be handled though Windows Update, and not the app. As we ...

Much of modern operating system functionality happens in and around the kernel. That’s a problem when you’re implementing monitoring and observability tools or adding low-level security tools because ...

Microsoft will soon include an entire custom-built Linux kernel (version 4.19) within Windows 10. The move may be surprising to many considering Microsoft's rather tepid response to the open-source OS ...

Linux kernel 3.17—part of the series codenamed “Shuffling Zombie Juror” (yes, really!)—is now out. This means great new features are coming to a Linux distribution near you, though the 3.17 kernel’s ...

Project Zero, Google's 0day bug-hunting team, today disclosed a zero-day elevation of privileges (EoP) vulnerability found in the Windows kernel and actively exploited in targeted attacks. The flaw is ...

Boffins at Microsoft discovered a buggy Huawei utility that could have given attackers a cheap way to undermine the security of the Windows kernel. Before anyone says that this is all part of a ...

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Microsoft has outlined why its new breed of Secured-core PCs, such as the Surface Pro X, are equipped to fight off ransomware and other malware that attack vulnerable hardware drivers to compromise a ...

Windows 11, the most-used consumer desktop operating system in the world, undoubtedly has its problems. Yet, despite those problems, it's the most refined version of the company's operating system, ...