[Adam Outler] shows us how to expand the Linux tools available on Android without rooting the device. He does this by installing BusyBox. The binary is copied to the device using the Android Developer ...

Anyone who has ever rooted their Android-powered device should be familiar with two things: superuser and BusyBox. The former is a permissions management tool that lets you, the user, decide which ...

Lightweight virtual containers with PID 1. In this article, I demonstrate a method to build one Linux system within another using the latest utilities within the systemd suite of management tools. The ...

Researchers discovered 14 vulnerabilities in the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of the embedded OS used in many OT and IoT environments. They allow RCE, denial of service and data leaks. Researchers have ...

This is the third article in the series ``Building Tiny Linux Systems with BusyBox''. You'll need to refer to my last article (part 2) on kernel building in the January/February 2001 issue of ELJ if ...

Security researchers have found and reported 14 vulnerabilities in the BusyBox userspace tool that’s used in millions of embedded devices running Linux-based firmware. While the flaws don’t have high ...

The person behind a set of GPL-licensed Unix utilities called BusyBox has been engaged in a lawsuit against a dozen consumer electronics companies, accusing them of violating his copyright. The ...

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Xterasys has become the second company to settle its GPL infringement lawsuit with programmers of the Busybox collection of utilities. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...