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Stop fighting Windows to learn Python: Why WSL changes everything

Unleash the power of Python without giving up Windows.

Linux cryptographic code flaw offers fast route to root

Developers of major Linux distributions have begun shipping patches to address a local privilege escalation (LPE) ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, And Stuxnet Before Stuxnet Was Cool

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...
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The tiny open-source apps that somehow became essential (and you've probably never heard of them)

Stop using bloated tools—these 5 tiny open-source apps quietly solve problems nobody else bothers to fix and do more with ...
Cybernews

One tiny exploit gives full Linux access: all kernels since 2017 are vulnerable

The critical "Copy Fail" bug (CVE-2026-31431) affects all Linux kernels since 2017, allowing unprivileged local users to gain ...
American Rifleman

A Retro Python: The Pietta Blacktooth Revolver

As the company did with the original Colt Single Action Army, Pietta sought to reproduce the Colt Python as closely to the ...

OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to “never talk about goblins”

The system prompt for OpenAI’s Codex CLI contains a perplexing and repeated warning for the most recent GPT model to “never ...