As someone who has traveled the bug-riddled Linux road countless times, let me tell you that invoking root-level access for all actions is a terrible idea, both from a malware standpoint and for the ...

A now-fixed Sudo vulnerability allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without requiring authentication. Sudo is a Unix program ...

Ubuntu developers have fixed a series of vulnerabilities that made it easy for standard users to gain coveted root privileges. “This blog post is about an astonishingly straightforward way to escalate ...