ZDNET key takeaways Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux.Using the root account could lead to ...

You may have heard of the term “rooting your phone” and you may have seen that some apps on the Google Play Store require “root” access to work. But what is root? What is “rooting” your phone and why ...

On Linux, the umask defines how new files and directories inherit access rights. Linux uses your current umask value to ...

If you're using Apple's latest macOS High Sierra, you'll want to be wary of giving people access to your computer. Initially tweeted by developer Lemi Orhan Ergin, there's a super-easy exploit that ...

The root directory, or root folder, describes the uppermost folder on a hard drive partition. If your business computer contains a single partition, this partition will be the "C" drive and contains ...

A security researcher has found a way that an attacker could leverage the macOS version of Zoom to gain access over the entire operating system. Details of the exploit were released in a presentation ...

One of the benefits to running Magisk Manager on your rooted Android smartphone is that Magisk can hide root access from specific apps, which is helpful if an app won’t start because it detects you’ve ...

This week, the Apache Software Foundation has patched a severe vulnerability in the Apache (httpd) web server project that could --under certain circumstances-- allow rogue server scripts to execute ...

A vulnerability in KernelSU version 0.5.7 that could allow attackers to impersonate its manager application and gain root access has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. According to Zimperium ...