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Strengthen Your Linux Software Development Pipeline with Code Security Scanners

Developers recognize the critical nature of protecting software systems as cyberattacks grow more sophisticated, thus necessitating robust security measures in development lifecycle processes. Code security scanners play a vital role here. These tool...
Oct 14, 2024
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Linux Security Modules (LSM): SELinux vs AppArmor vs TOMOYO

Linux has long been celebrated for its versatility, rob...
Sep 25, 2024
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1.Penguin Landscape Esm H115

OpenSSL's New Governance Structure: A Beacon of Progress for Open-Source Security

On July 24, 2024, OpenSSL took an extraordinary step to...
Jul 31, 2024
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5.ShakingHands Esm H115

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Android KitKat Security Teardown: 4 Hits, 1 Miss

Android KitKat Security Teardown: 4 Hits, 1 Miss

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The latest version of Google's Android operating system (version 4.4) -- known as "KitKat" and released last week -- includes a slew of changes: a streamlined footprint so it can run on devices with scant RAM, better animations and graphics acceleration, plus snappier device-wide search and a new phone dialer app. But what's new on the information security front?

How One Hackers Mistake Fashioned the Internet You Use Today

How One Hacker's Mistake Fashioned the Internet You Use Today

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The Department of Defense thought the Russians were attacking. An MIT computer called PREP was the first to be penetrated. It was Nov. 2, 1988, and the time was approximately 8 p.m. Within hours and into the following morning, an estimated 10% of all machines connected to the Internet would crash, overloaded with several copies of a mysterious program.

Attention, CISOs: Strategy is the only security

Attention, CISOs: Strategy is the only security

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According to the 2013 Chief Information Security Officers survey by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), 75 percent of CISOs responded that external attacks had increased. When asked what the main areas of risk as percentage of the overall risk are, 70 percent of CISOs responded that web applications represent an area of risk higher than network infrastructure. - See more at:

Richard Stallman on the Hacker Spirit at MIT

Richard Stallman on the Hacker Spirit at MIT

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Last week I noted that the GNU project was celebrating its 30th anniversary. I thought it might be interesting to hear what Richard Stallman had to say about the environment in which he came up with the idea for GNU. What follows is part of a long interview I conducted with him in 1999, when I was carrying out research for "Rebel Code".

Big Data Surveillance Results in Bad Policy

Big Data Surveillance Results in Bad Policy

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Evgeny Morozov makes a point about surveillance and big data: it just looks for useful correlations without worrying about causes, and leads people to implement "fixes" based simply on those correlations -- rather than understanding and correcting the underlying the causes.

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