Hackaday

This Week In Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, And Stuxnet Before Stuxnet Was Cool

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...
Microsoft

CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vulnerability enables Linux root privilege escalation across cloud environments

A high-severity Linux vulnerability, “Copy Fail” (CVE-2026-31431), enables root privilege escalation across cloud ...

"Copy Fail" is a rare Linux bug that can turn an unprivileged user into a root admin in seconds

Copy Fail could represent a significant security risk in the making. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at ...

Severe Linux Copy Fail security flaw uncovered using AI scanning help

Copy Fail was identified by Theori’s researchers with assistance from their Xint Code AI tool. According to a blog post, ...

Registry hack lets you bypass Windows 11 KB5083769, KB5083631 patch that blocks some apps

Microsoft earlier confirmed that its latest Windows 11 updates under KB5083769 and KB5083631 have new entries in its ...