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Google challenges hackers to take on Chrome OS

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So you think you're a big-time hacker huh? Well Google invites you to show up at the CanSecWest security conference on March 7 in Vancouver, BC to see if you can crack your way into Chrome OS. And, to make it worth your time, Google is offering a pi worth of cash rewards.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 29, 2013

Mixing crowdsourcing and security to help hack for good: Bugcrowd

In a world where online attackers laugh in the face of legislation and jurisdiction, the best way to protect yourself might be to hire someone to identify your problems first. But why hire a single hacker when you can hire a team of them?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 24, 2013

Mozilla develops Minion security testing framework

The Mozilla Foundation is developing an open source security framework called Minion and plans to release a beta version in the first quarter of 2013. Minion will allow developers to subject their web applications to a security check.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 18, 2013

Should 'good' hackers be protected by law?

A Dutch MP who brought to light a security gap on a medical site is himself being accused of hacking crimes, pulling him into an ongoing debate in the Netherlands over 'ethical hacking.'

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 17, 2013

January 2013 Issue of Linux Journal: Security

Years ago, I had the brilliant idea that all my users in the finance department should have complex passwords. This made perfect sense to everyone, since dealing with millions of dollars of revenue is something that should be secured. So, the passwords were changed with complexity requirements enforced.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 03, 2013

5 tips to retain great security talent

You want the best on your security team. And once you have them, you want to keep them happy and keep them in your organization. Three security career and management experts weigh in on what security managers need to do to retain top-notch security talent.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 03, 2013

7 deadly sins of cloud computing

Automation, cost savings, and data redundancy -- no wonder cloud adoption is tempting. The CISO can rest easy knowing there is no vice in moving to the cloud to reap these rewards. What may keep her up at night is not knowing how many missteps the enterprise is making in the process.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 03, 2013

How to set up a safe and secure Web server

Fifteen years ago, you weren't a participant in the digital age unless you had your own homepage. Even in the late 1990s, services abounded to make personal pages easy to build and deploy

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 24, 2012

How Linux reads your fingerprints, helps national security

Gunnar Hellekson has many awesome-sounding job titles. He's the chief technology strategist for Red Hat's US Public Sector group, where he works with government departments to show them how open source can meet their needs, and with systems integrators to show them what they can do to provide the government with what it needs.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 24, 2012

Using security metrics to measure human awareness

It's been said that security is hard to measure. Producing measurable results around a lack of problems or incidents is challenging. But the field of security metrics has evolved considerably in recent years, giving security managers more resources to make the case for investing in security programs and technologies.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 17, 2012

Linux: It's Where the Jobs Are

Demand for Linux talent is on the rise, but finding those professionals is difficult. Eight in 10 (81%) survey respondents say that hiring Linux talent is a priority in 2012. This pressing matter is particularly evident when Linux demand is compared to hiring in other skill sets: 63 percent of hiring managers are increasing Linux hires relative to jobs created in other skill areas.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 26, 2012

Let someone break the rules to improve security

The lessons I learned letting my son break the rules hold true for security, too. Here's why sometimes breaking a rule leads to better compliance: 1. It creates an opportunity for an individual to practice autonomy, on the condition that they live with the consequences. This allows an individual to be recognized, and feel respected.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 17, 2012

BlackHole 2.0 gives hackers stealthier ways to pwn

A new version of the BlackHole exploit kit is now out on the web and ready to start infecting. The developer of the toolkit, who goes by the handle "Paunch," recently announced the availability of Blackhole 2.0, which removes much of its trove of known and patched exploits, and replaces them with a whole new crop

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 13, 2012

Hacker takes apart iPhone 5: Finds no fingerprint security or NFC

This does it, really. If the nine reasons we gave you on Monday weren

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 11, 2012

Tricks aren't protecting you from today's hackers

Security breaches happen so often nowadays, you're probably sick of hearing about them and all the ways you should beef up your accounts. Even if you feel you've heard it all already, though, unfortunately, today's password-cracking tools are more advanced and cut through the clever password tricks many of us use.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 28, 2012

6 Password Security Essentials For Developers

Solving the weak password challenge requires more than having consumers create strong passwords. Many businesses also need to get a clue about what counts as safe, weak, encrypted, or secure.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 20, 2012

How Not to Become Mat Honan: A Short Primer on Online Security

By now, you

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 08, 2012

Saving throw: securing democracy with stats, spreadsheets, and 10-sided dice

Armed with a set of 10-sided dice (we

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 07, 2012

Hey, Hackers: Defense Is Sexy, Too

Pleasing the crowd at the Black Hat and Def Con computer security conferences that took place in Las Vegas last week is relatively easy: simply hop on stage and confidently show how to compromise, or "pwn," a system that no one has hacked into before (see "Mobile Payment Chips Could Let Hackers into Your Phone").

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 01, 2012

Shuttleworth on Ubuntu Linux, Fedora, and the UEFI problem

Windows 8 PCs and tablets will lock out all other operating systems by default, and trying to find a way around it isn

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 21, 2012

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