Because Linux exists in more places than the average computer user might realize, and the Linux distributions, or variants, affected by this security flaw are among the most widely used.

In an exhaustive study of critical Linux vulnerabilities, a team of academic and government-backed researchers claim to have proven that almost all flaws could be mitigated to less than critical ...

No patches yet, can be mitigated, requires user interaction Final update After days of anticipation, what was billed as one or more critical unauthenticated remote-code execution vulnerabilities ...

The rise of Linux in the global server landscape hasn’t gone unnoticed. Today, the open-source operating system (OS) resides on critical servers and powers applications for a vast array of ...

Mission Critical Linux, which once hoped to lead a second, more mature generation of Linux companies, was forced to lay off 90 percent of its staff after unsuccessful attempts to attract a buyer.

Mission Critical Linux will debut a new version of its Linux clustering technology at next week's LinuxWorld show in San Francisco. It'll also announce a bundling pact with Hewlett-Packard.

Mission Critical Linux faces increasing competition from Red Hat, which is working on a high-end version of Linux that has some similarities to Convolo.

Linux developers are in the process of patching a high-severity vulnerability that, in certain cases, allows the installation of malware that runs at the firmware level, giving infections access ...