If you’re a regular reader of Root Access, you know the column offers a behind-the-scenes look into the important, yet often ...

Up until a few days back, Paytm, the popular payments player in the country, would ask for root permission on an Android smartphone. Soon a report followed that informed that Paytm has decided to stop ...

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Microsoft Authenticator is cracking down on rooted Android and jailbroken iPhones, blocking work and school Entra sign-ins on modified devices.

DirtyClone, tracked as CVE-2026-43503, is a Linux kernel vulnerability that allows any local user to gain root privileges.

Linux kernel privilege escalation exploit DirtyClone (CVE-2026-43503) is publicly documented: JFrog published a working attack walkthrough Thursday showing how any local user can gain root on ...

A recent update from LG has revealed security vulnerabilities present in webOS-enabled smart TVs. The exploits, which were first discovered by Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender, could have been ...

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 ...

Mandiant says CVE-2026-20245 was exploited as a Cisco SD-WAN zero-day to escalate admin access to root on a provider network.