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DNS without DNSSec (DNS Security Extensions) is not secure. It's that simple.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 11, 2013

Employment: Security Hacker

Jim Stickley is a professional hacker. Companies hire him to attempt to hack into their financial information, and identify weaknesses in their security practices.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 06, 2013

Google zero-day disclosure change slammed, praised

Google's dramatic shift to a seven-day grace period before disclosing actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in software has drawn both praise and derision from security experts.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 03, 2013

Boston Bombing Investigation Exposed Successes, Failures of Surveillance Tech

Despite multiple photos and surveillance video images of two suspects involved in the Boston Marathon bombings last month, as well as state-of-the-art facial-recognition software and two government databases, investigators were unable to identify the two suspected perpetrators, even after releasing several of the images to the public.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 31, 2013

Facebook

Facebook will host a Capture the Flag competition to find the next generation of cyber security experts. The competition includes a total prize fund of

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 14, 2013

The 7 elements of a successful security awareness program

When we were asked to keynote a recent CSO event, it was a pleasant surprise that the top concern of the CSOs was "security culture." From performing many security assessments and penetration tests, it is sadly obvious that even the best technical security efforts will fail if their company has a weak security culture.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 03, 2013

Not all hackers bad: academic

The arrest of a 24-year-old Australian claiming to be the head of an international hacking ring and a Twitter hack that briefly sent Wall Street into a tailspin last week has shone the light on hackers as Perth prepares to host its first "hacker con".

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 01, 2013

Six open source security myths debunked - and eight real challenges to consider

Detractors of open source software often point to its broad developer base and open source code as a potential security risk. But that's not a fair assessment, according to Dr Ian Levy, technical director with the CESG, a department of the UK's GCHQ intelligence agency that advises UK government on IT security.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 23, 2013

How to hack a bank (theoretically)

Cyber security consultancy Context IS shares some of the techniques it has used to inflitrate financial institutions in 'red team' exercises

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 11, 2013

Hacker uses an Android to remotely attack and hijack an airplane

The Hack in the Box (#HITB2013AMS) security conference in Amsterdam has a very interesting lineup of talks [pdf]. One that jumped out was the Aircraft Hacking: Practical Aero Series presented by Hugo Teso, a security consultant at n.runs in Germany.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 11, 2013

Hacking for charity: How one former hacker is getting techies lending a hand in Africa

Over the course of a 15-year career as a security professional, Johnny Long - aka j0hnnyhax - led a team breaking into the systems (and occasionally the buildings) of major firms and US government agencies to identify their security holes.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 09, 2013

A Hacker's Secret Internet Census

Just how big is the Internet? An anonymous hacker claims to have answered the question via effective but illegal means. The result is a fascinating reflection of online usage around the world.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 25, 2013

Kali Linux Cracks Passwords and Finds Security Exploits on the Enterprise Level

Popular Wi-Fi password cracking tool Backtrack

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 13, 2013

Security Engineering - A Guide To Building Dependable Distributed Systems

When I wrote the first edition, we put the chapters online free after four years and found that this boosted sales of the paper edition. People would find a useful chapter online and then buy the book to have it as a reference. Wiley and I agreed to do the same with the second edition, and now, four years after publication, I am putting all the chapters online for free. Enjoy them

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 08, 2013

US students get cracking on Chinese malware code

Wesley McGrew, a research assistant at Mississippi State University, may be among the few people thrilled with the latest grim report into a years-long hacking campaign against dozens of U.S. companies and organizations.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 21, 2013

Cat collar gives away hacker

Security camera footage helped investigators identify a man suspected of sending online threats via remotely controlled computers, law enforcement sources said.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 14, 2013

Linux developers working on uniting Windows 8 Secure Boot fixes

Thanks to Microsoft's Windows 8 UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot there was no easy way to boot Linux, or any other operating system, on Windows 8 PCs. Now, there are two ways, the recently released Linux Foundation (LF) UEFI secure boot system and Matthew Garrett's shim system to boot Linux on these PCs. Soon, there will be only one unified way.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 11, 2013

Google challenges hackers to take on Chrome OS

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

Security Projects - Page 22

The End of the Road for Linux 6.11: A Call to Upgrade to Kernel 6.12

Exploring Arch Linux 2024.12.01: Security Implications & Notable Enhancements for Linux Admins

Deck the Halls with Enhanced Security: Linux Kernel 6.13's Top Features & Improvements