Nmap is an essential tool for anyone who's serious about network security. It can be installed on any Linux distribution.

Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-32463) in the sudo package that enables the execution of commands with root-level privileges on Linux operating systems. The U.S.

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From CP/M to Android, showcasing the most dominant desktop and mobile operating systems over four-and-a-half decades.

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This is what you should do if your VirtualBox VM boots only in the UEFI Interactive shell. We talk about Windows and Linux ...

The ping command is also commonly used to test network errors, check if two devices on a network are connected, or simply ...