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Why Your Current Approach to Email Security May Not Be Enough

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Is your solution doing enough to protect your users? This article helps you to decide. These days, the words “spam email” and “data breach” are commonplace. With an estimated 3.8 billion email users worldwide (Radicati Group), it is no surprise that scammers and cyber criminals frequently utilize email as a vector to carry out their attacks. Most email users are aware of this exploitation, and many have taken what they believe are the necessary measures to secure their email accounts.

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New & Improved LinuxSecurity Site Coming Soon!

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After many months of development by a dedicated team of programmers and beta testers, the new LinuxSecurity is almost ready! With an all new look & feel, organizational changes, security events, and additions to our staff, we hope to better serve the Linux and open source community. Although there are many aesthetic improvements, a major part of our development has focused on creating a content structure and backend system that is easy to update.

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LinuxSecurity Migration Announcement

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As Linux and security evolves, so has Linuxsecurity.com! Since 1996, Linuxsecurity.com has been the most comprehensive resource for all things in the world of security and open source. And as open source continues its rise in securing the world's information, we are continuing our pursuit in being at the forefront of this exciting growth. So we are unveiling the new look of Linux Security.

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Security Highlights from Defcon 26

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Defcon 26 provided individuals and organizations with valuable tips and insight on security and the latest and most effective defenses. Here are some security-related highlights from the event.

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Securing a Linux Web Server

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With the significant prevalence of Linux web servers globally, security is often touted as a strength of the platform for such a purpose. However, a Linux based web server is only as secure as its configuration and very often many are quite vulnerable to compromise. While specific configurations vary wildly due to environments or specific use, there are various general steps that can be taken to insure basic security considerations are in place.

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Peter Smith Releases Linux Network Security Online

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Thanks so much to Peter Smith for announcing on linuxsecurity.com the release of his Linux Network Security book available free online. "In 2005 I wrote a book on Linux security. 8 years later and the publisher has gone out of business. Now that I'm free from restrictions on reproducing material from the book, I have decided to make the entire book available online."

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Password guessing with Medusa 2.0

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Medusa was created by the fine folks at foofus.net, in fact the much awaited Medusa 2.0 update was released in February of 2010. For a complete change log please visit

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