What a Linux root user can do - and 8 ways you should absolutely never use it

What a Linux root user can do - and 8 ways you should absolutely never use it ...
ZDNet

Alpine Linux Docker images ship a root account with no password

Alpine Linux Docker images distributed via the official Docker Hub portal for the past three years and a half have been using a blank (NULL) password for the root account, security researchers from ...
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Running everything on Linux as root is a bad idea: Here's why, and what to do instead

Despite appearing rather complex at first glance, the Linux terminal is a nifty tool for most tasks, be it installing new packages or troubleshooting the most obscure errors. That said, enabling root ...
Bleeping Computer

Bug in Alpine Linux Docker Image Leaves Root Account Unlocked

A security vulnerability in the Official Docker images based on the Alpine Linux distribution allowed for more than three years logging into the root account using a blank password. Tracked as ...
Linux Journal

Alpine Linux Docker Images Shipped with Unlock Root Accounts, Mozilla Offering a Research Grant to Embed Tor into Firefox, Plasma 5.16 to Get a Rewritten Notification System ...

News briefs for May 10, 2019. Alpine Linux Docker images available on Docker Hub shipped for three years with unlocked root accounts. Threatpost reports that "For three years, some Alpine Linux Docker ...