Linus plans to live forever. But just in case he doesn't, there's now a succession plan (though no actual successor).

At this point, most competitive online multiplayer games on the PC come with some kind of kernel-level anti-cheat software. As we’ve written before, this is software that runs with more elevated ...

Abstract: One of the most reliable and effective solutions against Return-Oriented Programming (ROP) attacks is the incorporation of Backward Edge Control-Flow Integrity. The most prominent ...

Gordon Ramsay’s “Next Level Chef” is expanding, and this holiday season, it begins with baked goods. “Next Level Baker” premieres on Fox this week, and it is set to test the skills of several bakers.

In brief: Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, and other forms of kernel-level anti-cheat are already notorious for digging deep into users' systems, locking games to Windows, and increasing the risk of serious ...

Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people (and the ...

What if you could strip away the layers of abstraction that operating systems impose and interact directly with your computer’s hardware? Imagine crafting a program where every instruction is executed ...

Adversaries from cybercrime gangs to nation-state cyberattack squads are fine-tuning weaponized AI with the goal of defeating new patches in 3 days or less. The quicker the attack, the more time to ...

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions have become a necessary final line of defense on endpoints. They monitor processes, flag anomalies, respond automatically to suspicious activity, and ...

The latest Steam update is bringing some much anticipated monitoring features. But, the trade-off is Steam now wants access to the Windows Kernel. Before you blindly give access, make sure you know ...