In the ongoing development of Linux 6.17, the volume of Rust code and the number of associated abstractions continue to grow. As with recent releases, Rust is steadily establishing itself within the kernel as...
In late 2024, a new ransomware strain named FunkSec emerged on the cybercrime scene. It quickly drew attention due to its aggressive tactics and unconventional implementation. Within a short span, dozens of organizations across...
Amid the looming end of support for Windows 10 in October 2025 and the stringent hardware requirements imposed by Windows 11, many users find themselves in search of viable alternatives. One of the most...
The stable release of Suricata 8.0 has officially been unveiled—a powerful open-source intrusion detection and network traffic analysis system developed by the OISF foundation. This marks the first major update in two years since...
The leading cybersecurity agencies in the United States—CISA and the NSA—have issued a joint report urging software developers to adopt so-called memory-safe programming languages. These are technologies inherently designed to protect against critical memory-related...
On Friday evening, a surprising announcement introduced Tyr—a new graphics driver for the Linux kernel, written in Rust. Designed to support modern Arm Mali GPUs, the driver interfaces with the Direct Rendering Manager. Despite...
AngryOxide AngryOxide was developed as a way to learn Rust, netlink, kernel sockets, and WiFi exploitation all at once. The overall goal of this tool is to provide a single-interface survey capability with advanced...
On July 4, a revised set of patches was submitted to the Linux kernel mailing list. The patch provided support for using Rust as an auxiliary programming language in the Linux kernel. With Rust,...
According to the ITWire report, in an interview with Linus Torvalds, regarding the Linux kernel’s support for Rust, Linus responded that the Linux kernel does not yet support Rust and added that “getting to...
Google engineers expressed support for the introduction of Rust into the Linux kernel and listed some examples of Rust applied to driver development. In addition to the Linux kernel development mailing list, Google engineers...
