This may seem like a shock, but is it possible that the Linux patching has surpassed the Mac and Windows operating systems? Recent vulnerabilities in Adobe Macromedia Flash and Mozilla Firefox that ...

Live patching is a way of updating a running system without stopping it. It is best known as a technique for keeping Linux servers updated to the latest security levels without affecting downtime.

The US government is warning that a Linux flaw introduced more than a decade ago - and fixed more than a year ago - is being actively used in ransomware attacks.

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Linux creator Linus Torvalds officially released the Linux ...

As the most widely used paid Linux distribution in the enterprise, RHEL powers critical infrastructure in large-scale IT environments including many Fortune 500 organizations, financial institutions, ...

On a well-maintained Linux system, months can go by without needing to reboot. Sooner or later, however, a security patch to the Linux kernel will require you to reboot your machine. That's not a real ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. If there’s one thing that Linux needs to aid its march onwards it is (arguably) more enterprise robustness.

A new Linux kernel patch lets you cancel the process of your machine going into hibernation, but the bigger context of the ...

When a microprocessor vulnerability rocked the tech industry last year, companies scrambled to patch nearly every server they had. In Oracle’s case, that meant patching the operating system on about 1 ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. A research study comparing patch management in Microsoft ...