Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel. Named Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), this is a loadable kernel module that will perform ...

Many useful computer security tool ideas have a common genesis: the cracker world. Tools, like port scanners and password crackers, originally designed to aid black-hats in their attempts to ...

A high-value Linux system was suspected of being compromised by a kernel-level backdoor. Traditional user-space detection methods were not enough, so the investigation focused on live system triage, ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Linux has consistently ranked among the top operating systems used in embedded system design. With the rapid growth in interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), the ability of ...

Have you ever felt the urge to make your own private binary format for use in Linux? Perhaps you have looked at creating the smallest possible binary when compiling a project, and felt disgusted with ...

extern int edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci); extern void edac_remove_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci); void edac_unregister_sysfs(struct mem_ctl_info *mci); extern int ...

The Transparent Inter Process Communication (TIPC) module has been designed to facilitate intra-cluster communication across Ethernet or UDP connections and is capable of service addressing, tracking, ...