After the CopyFail vulnerability gave root access from any user on almost all distributions last week, this week we’ve got DirtyFrag. This chains the vulnerability in CopyFail (xfrm-ESP) and ...

As adoption of MCP servers accelerates into the tens of thousands, developers and platform teams are increasingly responsible ...

Daemon Tools, a widely used app for mounting disk images, has been backdoored in a monthlong compromise that has pushed ...

A newly discovered vulnerability, CVE-2026-31431, known as the "Copy Fail" exploit, poses a significant risk to most modern Linux distributions. This flaw allows attackers, regardless of their access ...

University of Birmingham experts have created open-source computer software that helps scientists understand how fast-moving particles behave when they interact with electromagnetic waves in space.

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...

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The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) due to funding terms forcing a compromise on its commitment to ...

A PSF proposal to address vulnerabilities in Python and PyPi was recommended for funding, but it was declined because the terms barred “any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory ...