PC World

‘Bigger than Heartbleed’ Shellshock flaw leaves OS X, Linux, more open to attack

Well, this isn’t good. Akamai security researcher Stephane Chazelas has discovered a devastating flaw in the Unix Bash shell, leaving Linux machines, OS X machines, routers, older IoT devices, and ...
Ars Technica

Bug in Bash shell creates big security hole on anything with *nix in it [Updated]

UPDATE, 9/25: The Bash vulnerability, now dubbed by some as "Shellshock," has been reportedly found in use by an active exploit against Web servers. Additionally, the initial patch for the ...
The Verge

Apple replaces bash with zsh as the default shell in macOS Catalina

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Apple hasn’t explained exactly why it’s making this change, but bash isn’t exactly ...
ZDNet

Microsoft open sources PowerShell; brings it to Linux and Mac OS X

As recently rumored, Microsoft is open sourcing PowerShell and making a version of the tool available for Linux and Mac OS X. PowerShell is Microsoft's command-line shell and scripting language. As of ...
Threat Post

Major Bash Vulnerability Affects Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X

A critical remote code execution vulnerability in Bash, present in almost all Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X deployments, has been discovered. Experts advise immediate patching. A critical vulnerability in ...