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Qubes: The Open Source OS Built for Security

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This is why she and her team built Qubes OS, a security-focused open source operating system based on Fedora that, in essence, assumes that bugs are everywhere. Instead of running one kernel, Qubes isolates all functions into separate virtual machines using the Xen hypervisor.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2014

Infosec geniuses hack a Canon PRINTER and install DOOM

Security researchers have demonstrated a hack that allowed them to get into the web interface of a Canon Pixma printer before modifying its firmware to run the classic 90s computer game Doom.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 15, 2014

Hackers Build a Skype That

The web forum 4chan is known mostly as a place to share juvenile and, to put it mildly, politically incorrect images. But it

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 02, 2014

Paperclip Lock Picking Sets

Lockpicking has become a trademark skill of hackers all across the world, and is regularly taught at hackerspaces and maker faires. But a lot of the time, the sets have already been made or bought online somewhere. However, [Sean] has demonstrated how to create a lock picking set with ordinary paperclips in the video embedded at the end of this post.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 17, 2014

DARPA-derived secure microkernel goes open source tomorrow

A nippy microkernel mathematically proven to be bug free*, and used to protect drones from hacking, will be released as open source tomorrow.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 28, 2014

5 reasons why software bugs still plague us

Another month, another few dozen patches to install -- it's never-ending. It's frustrating. Software coding tools supposedly have security built in by default. We have "safe" programming languages. We have programmers using SDL (security development lifecycle) coding tools and techniques.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 14, 2014

10 things about: Jules Yap, hobbyist turned IKEA Hacker

What started out as a hobby collecting fun ideas to customise IKEA products became so big that the Swedish furniture giant threatened a lawsuit against Ipoh-born Jules Yap over trademark violation.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 07, 2014

A Hacker Looks at 40.

Wow. It

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 03, 2014

Wearable Tech - Can your life be hacked?

Paraphrasing the song made famous in the 1960s by The Troggs and wonderfully updated by Bill Nighy in "Love Actually" Big Data is really all around us. We are making more and more data about ourselves available to a broader audience. But what if that data is stolen? Is it useful to anyone?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 02, 2014

FBI used autistic New Yorker to nail Anonymous hacker

A British computer hacker arrested in 2011 for breaching the website of internet news company Gawker was apprehended with the help of a former acquaintance from outside Albany, New York, according to just leaked, previously unpublished court files.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 19, 2014

Heartbleed prompts joint vendor effort to boost OpenSSL, security

Reeling from the Heartbleed security fiasco, major IT vendors including Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Google and Cisco are backing a Linux Foundation initiative designed to boost open source projects considered critical to the industry.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 24, 2014

Linux Foundation enlists Microsoft, Google to prevent the next Heartbleed

If we've learned one lesson from the Heartbleed fisaco, it's this: It should never happen again. But just patching or upgrading a project as crucial as OpenSSL won't be enough in the long run. When the Internet's stability and security rest on a project, that project must be given solid material support that ensures both growth and dependibility.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 24, 2014

Open source trounces proprietary software for code defects, Coverity analysis finds

Forget bad headlines generated by the Heartbleed flaw, when it comes to code defects open source is still well ahead of proprietary software, generating fewer coding defects for every size of project, according to a new analysis by scanning service Coverity.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 18, 2014

Why a hacker got paid for finding the Heartbleed bug

Thank the hackers. This week's Heartbleed vulnerability has everyone running scared (see box below to read what you might do to protect yourself). The serious crack in the foundations of the supposedly secure internet was revealed earlier this week by a software engineer probing website security in his spare time.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 15, 2014

Thinking like a hacker reduces security breaches

Automated testing has its place in detecting IT security weaknesses but it cannot replace manual testing. The most effective means to protect data is a combination of manual testing and automated scans.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 01, 2014

Top 10 security tools in Kali Linux 1.0.6

When it comes to forensics, penetration and security testing Kali Linux

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 18, 2014

Programers at Sacramento's Hacker Lab write code for future

Coders, designers, programmers and dreamers of all ages stayed indoors over the rainy weekend to participate in a 30-hour development marathon aimed at kick-starting creative technology and product ideas that can bring Sacramento a little closer to Silicon Valley.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 11, 2014

Ask the Expert-Stefano Ortolani

We are launching a new series of interviews with Kaspersky Lab experts enquiring their opinion regarding cyber-security industry and related threats. Here, Dr. Stefano Ortolani tells us about the importance of programming and other special skills needed to become an expert in the cyber security industry.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 04, 2014

10 ways to prep for

IT security pros with the right skills are in big demand. Last year, the employment rate for information security managers averaged .9%, as we reported in High CISO employment rates means shortage for security industry. That's as close to actual full employment as one can get.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 15, 2014

January 2014 Issue of Linux Journal: Security

Back when we were kids, "security" meant little more than having a secret password to keep little siblings out of the treehouse. That's still the case in some situations. Take the title of this column, for instance. If you go to the #linuxjournal IRC channel on FreeNode, saying "Lapsang Souchong" will mark you as part of the inner circle. (Note, this does not make you one of the cool kids...possibly the exact opposite!)

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 07, 2014

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