That doesn't always work in practice though, with at least one high-profile example of a serious security flaw remaining in open-source operating systems for years before being spotted.

The operating system plays a significant role in security solutions. For example, if a vulnerability is found in a standard library used by the Linux kernel, every Linux device until it is patched has ...

We'd like to give you an example of a secondary operating system, but the fact that ... In classic pre-internet, security-through-obscurity style, we won't know how secure these OSes are until ...

This ensures, for example, that the data ... Because it’s a completely separate operating system, the baseband software is a prime target for hackers. Security flaws found in the baseband ...

Security policies are provided in macOS to restrict which apps can run outside of the usual protective system policies. Here's how macOS Sequoia can override system policies in some cases.

"Because of dependency on architecture and system changes to any current version of macOS (for example ... will provide security-related updates for older versions of its operating systems ...

Qubes OS defends at-risk enterprise users from targeted attacks, as well as drive-by malware and the Meltdown exploit. When nation-state adversaries frolic and gambol across your corporate network ...

When WannaCry ransomware hit last month, it highlighted a very serious security problem ... companies continue to run outdated and unsupported operating systems, as well as internet browsers. For ...

Originally most interfaces were CLIs, and they still exist within modern operating systems, for example the command prompt app in Windows, and Terminal in OS X. Multitasking means to be able to ...