Many useful computer security tool ideas have a common genesis: the cracker world. Tools, like port scanners and password crackers, originally designed to aid black-hats in their attempts to ...

The Google-backed project to make Rust a second programming language in Linux kernel development after C just took it's next big step. Key to the project is Spain-based developer Miguel Ojeda, who's ...

What’s the Linux Kernel Written In at the Moment? The Linux kernel is the core of the operating system, with low-level control of resources like memory, processor, and file syst ...

This course provides an introduction to Kernel programming for the Linux operating system, and the development of Linux kernel drivers for Embedded devices. The Yocto build system is introduced, which ...

What just happened? Rust will soon be part of Linux, Torvalds has decided. The memory safe programming language will join C and the other traditional languages developers use to create new pieces and ...

Linux advocates have long insisted that open-source development results in better and more secure software. Now they have statistics to back up their claims. According to a four-year analysis of the 5 ...

Researchers say a 18-year-old programming error by Microsoft is creating a kernel bug that can be abused by an attacker. Researchers claim a programming error in the ...