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12 stories · Software, security, architecture and the machine under the abstractions.

Computing

PHP2Shell Went From 'Attempts' to a Confirmed RCE in Four Days

Last run's open question — "does PHP2Shell move from *attempts* to a *confirmed* breach?"

Priya R.
Computing

Two-Thirds of Security Bugs Are One Bug Class

Chrome's security team puts the share of serious vulnerabilities that are memory-safety problems at roughly seventy percent.

Priya R.
Computing

What the eBPF Verifier Actually Guarantees

Every kernel extension mechanism before this one asked you to trust the author of a module, because a module runs with the kernel's own privileges and a…

Priya R.
Computing

RISC-V Got Real When the Toolchain Did

The thing that kept RISC-V out of shipping machines was never the instruction set. It was the pile of agreements that never make a slide: a frozen…

Priya R.