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Security pioneer Alan Solomon uses Linux to avoid viruses

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Alan Solomon, creator of Dr Soloman's Antivirus, has admitted to using Linux to avoid viruses rather than try to combat them on Windows. His comments come after Symantec's Brian Dye estimated that antivirus systems do not even catch half of cyber attacks.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 12, 2014

It takes a hacker to catch a hacker, cyber security experts say

It takes a hacker to catch a hacker. That

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 06, 2014

5 easy ways to make a hacker

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 06, 2014

'Covert Redirect' OAuth flaw more chest-beat than Heartbleed

A recently reported new "vulnerability" in OAuth appears to be anything but. That unkind assessment has come from security specialists after a flaw called "Covert Redirect" made headlines that conflated the flaw with the Heartbleed vulnerability, a major security risk that legitimately sent administrators scrambling to fix their websites.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 05, 2014

Script fools n00b hackers into hacking themselves

Security experts have warned Facebook users in India not to fall for a new scam which tricks victims into

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 02, 2014

Hackers Can Mess With Traffic Lights to Jam Roads and Reroute Cars

The hacker in the Italian Job did it spectacularly. So did the fire sale team in Live Free or Die Hard. But can hackers really hijack traffic lights to cause gridlock and redirect cars?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 30, 2014

Hacker takes control of Ohio couple's baby monitor and screams 'bad things'

The parents of a 10-month-old baby in Ohio were left reeling when an unknown hacker took control of the infant

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 28, 2014

Internet Explorer bug used by hackers to attack U.S. firms

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security advised computer users to consider using alternatives to Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer browser until the company fixes a security flaw that hackers have used to launch attacks.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 28, 2014

The Hackers Who Recovered NASA

Sitting incongruously among the hangars and laboratories of NASA

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Apr 25, 2014

Top hacker says US spies on Australia

One of the world

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Apr 25, 2014

Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner hacked with glue mould

The researchers fooled the new handset using a mould made out of glue. The fingerprint sensor on Samsung's Galaxy S5 handset has been hacked less than a week after the device went on sale.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 16, 2014

Hackers From China Waste Little Time in Exploiting Heartbleed

For those who don't feel the urgency to install the latest security fixes for their computers, take note: Just a day after Heartbleed was revealed, attacks from a computer in China were launched.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 15, 2014

Hackers Lurking in Vents and Soda Machines

Unable to breach the computer network at a big oil company, hackers infected with malware the online menu of a Chinese restaurant that was popular with employees. When the workers browsed the menu, they inadvertently downloaded code that gave the attackers a foothold in the business

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 09, 2014

#OpIsrael: Anonymous attacks hundreds of Israeli websites

Hundreds of websites of Israeli ministries and organizations came under attack by Anonymous early Monday as part of the hacktivist group's anti-Israel operation, dubbed #OpIsrael.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 07, 2014

Forget Stealing Credit Cards, Now Hackers Just Straight-Up Blackmail You

While hackers tried to get rich by stealing millions of credit cards from Target, other cybercriminals have quietly tried another method to make a quick buck: Asking companies to pay them to go away.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 01, 2014

Feds want an expanded ability to hack criminal suspects

The United States Department of Justice wants to broaden its ability to hack criminal suspects

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 28, 2014

Hosting company describes security scare aimed at Bitcoin accounts

On Sunday morning, Nate Daiger, one of the owners of a small Los Angeles-based hosting company Chunk Host, received an odd email on his phone.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 27, 2014

Hackers text ATMs for cash via Windows XP flaws

Despite early warnings, pleading and even financial lures to upgrade systems from the Windows XP operating system, many of our core services are still running on the soon to be retired system.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 26, 2014

Ancient Linux servers: The blighted slum houses of the Internet

The Cisco blog post has been updated to change a key finding Ars reported in the following post. Contrary to Cisco's earlier reporting, the update says not all the servers compromised in the attack were running Linux version 2.6. "We have not identified the initial exploit vector for the stage zero URIs," the update stated.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 25, 2014

The Linux security spell is broken

I've been dipping into the coming-technology-overlord-no-more-freedom-apocalypse well quite a bit in recent weeks, so for a change, we'll leave that robot rabbit alone today. Instead, let's turn our attention to the mythical unicorn known as the totally secure Linux server.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 21, 2014

Linux Hacks & Cracks - Page 34

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