The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe ...
The Hacker News

New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions

CVE-2026-31431 CVSS 7.8 flaw since 2017 enables root via 732-byte exploit, impacting major Linux distributions.
Reuters

Backbase Launches the AI-Native Banking OS, Defining a New Category for Agentic Banking

NASHVILLE, TN, April 22, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Backbase today launched the AI-native Banking OS, the most significant evolution in the company's 22-year history, establishing a new market category in ...
The Independent

Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy

Archaeologists have found a papyrus copy of Homer’s Iliad in the gut of an ancient Egyptian mummy, the first time ever that a Greek literary text has been found incorporated into the preservation ...