{"id":243734,"date":"2026-05-11T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/linux-is-getting-a-security-wake-up-call-why-it-was-inevitable-and-im-not-worried\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:00:11","slug":"linux-is-getting-a-security-wake-up-call-why-it-was-inevitable-and-im-not-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/linux-is-getting-a-security-wake-up-call-why-it-was-inevitable-and-im-not-worried\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux is getting a security wake-up call &#8211; why it was inevitable and I&#8217;m not worried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/linux-security-wake-up-call-copy-fail-dirty-frag-why-inevitable\/\">Linux is getting a security wake-up call &#8211; why it was inevitable and I&#8217;m not worried<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/linux-security-wake-up-call-copy-fail-dirty-frag-why-inevitable\/\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/linux-security-wake-up-call-copy-fail-dirty-frag-why-inevitable\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-11 11:12:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zdnet.com\">www.zdnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Jack Wallen \/ ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3> ZDNET key takeaways <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>There&#8217;s been a rise in Linux vulnerabilities.<\/li>\n<li>There are clear reasons why this is happening.<\/li>\n<li>Fortunately, the kernel development community is taking action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For decades, I&#8217;ve been reporting that Linux is the most secure operating system available. Although I still believe that to be true, such security is no longer guaranteed. In the span of a week, two dangerous vulnerabilities have been discovered: Copy Fail and Dirty Frag. Each of these flaws carries serious ramifications for users, admins, and organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>6 reasons a minimal Linux install might be the smartest move you make<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For some users, it&#8217;s like discovering their favorite breakfast cereal wasn&#8217;t cereal at all, but a bowl full of marbles and bearings. It&#8217;s a shock .But should it be? Let me first submit to you why I believe this was inevitable. <\/p>\n<h2> The why <\/h2>\n<p>When I started using Linux in the late 1990s, the idea that Linux could be hacked was laughable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I was 100% sure that the OS on my desktop was impenetrable. Over the past decades, I&#8217;ve only experienced one instance where a Linux machine was breached, and that was a poorly managed server I inherited to take care of. A rootkit had been installed, and the only way I could resolve the issue was to reinstall the OS and all of the software in use. <\/p>\n<p>That was it&#8230; and it helped to strengthen my belief that no one could conquer Linux security. <\/p>\n<p>The thing is, for the longest time, Linux lived under the protection of obscurity. Back then, few people even knew about Linux. Because Linux was rarely used, hackers had no reason to target it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, over the years, something important happened: Linux grew in popularity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: Thinking about switching to Linux? 10 things you need to know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First off, every enterprise organization around the world depends on Linux. Linux runs the cloud, AI, your smart fridge&#8230; You name it, and Linux is in it. Add to that the rise in Linux gaming, thanks to Steam, and Linux&#8217;s popularity is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/linux-security-wake-up-call-copy-fail-dirty-frag-why-inevitable\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux is getting a security wake-up call &#8211; why it was inevitable and I&#8217;m not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":243736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/d073e4751d7e129838790164faf3f0fa655cee10\/2026\/05\/11\/87b39cd6-c20e-40de-b25f-d905104f07e7\/linux.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71,57],"class_list":["post-243734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243738,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243734\/revisions\/243738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}