A vulnerability in the Linux sudo command has been discovered that could allow unprivileged users to execute commands as root. Thankfully, this vulnerability only works in non-standard configurations ...

The bug allows users to bypass privilege restrictions to execute commands as root. A vulnerability in Sudo, a core command utility for Linux, could allow a user to execute commands as a root user even ...

Linux does exactly what you tell it - dangerous commands can wipe or brick your system. Common lethal commands: sudo rm -rf /*, sudo chmod -R 777 /, :(){ :|:& };:, dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda Never ...

There was a time when real system administrators just logged into Unix systems as root. But as we all know — with great power comes great responsibility. It’s too easy to do terrible things when you ...