In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has started to test the distribution of Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 kernels via Windows Update. When Microsoft announced WSL2, they ...

Details have been disclosed on a Windows kernel-mode driver privilege escalation vulnerability that was patched Tuesday by Microsoft. The vulnerabilities addressed in this month’s Patch Tuesday ...

Experts have uncovered a method allowing cybercriminals to bypass Windows security features such as Driver Signature Enforcement (DSE), and thus install rootkits on fully updated systems. A report ...

Linux is finally getting an important performance-boosting feature that has been present on Windows 11 and 10 for several ...

As the sand sifted through the hourglass on the countdown to the release of Windows Vista, a couple of enterprise security vendors, namely Symantec and McAfee, became quite vocal about their ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Updated November 14 with details of further Microsoft Windows ...

Bug affects all Windows versions released in the past 17 years The issue came to light earlier this year when enSilo researchers were analyzing the Windows kernel code. Omri Misgav, Security ...

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 ...