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U.S. Dept. of Defense offers up tiny, secure Linux distribution

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The U.S. Department of Defense and the Air Force Research Laboratory have decided to respond and offer up a way to use a PC securely by developing a new lightweight and secure Linux distribution.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 22, 2011

OSSEC 2.6 Released

The OSSEC team is pleased to announce the general availability of v2.6. This version includes support for IPV6, a new tool for key management of

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 21, 2011

Best free alternatives to top-selling software

Later this month I'll be canceling my subscription to a leading security suite that runs on two of my home-office PCs. I'll replace it with Microsoft's free Security Essentials, which I've been using on my notebook since I bought it two years ago. I realized several months ago that I simply no longer needed to spend money for the convenience of an all-in-one security app.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 13, 2011

Vsftpd backdoor discovered in source code - update

Chris Evans, aka Scary Beasts, has confirmed that version 2.3.4 of vsftpd's downloadable source code was compromised and a backdoor added to the code. Evans, the author of vsftpd

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 05, 2011

2011 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors

The 2011 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors is a list of the most widespread and critical errors that can lead to serious vulnerabilities in software. They are often easy to find, and easy to exploit. They are dangerous because they will frequently allow attackers to completely take over the software, steal data, or prevent the software from working at all.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 01, 2011

Key questions to ask your service provider about security

Back in March, IT services provider Avanade Inc. conducted a global study of 573 business leaders, asking them about their primary IT focus areas for the next 12 months. It comes as no surprise that cloud computing, security and IT consolidation topped the charts. While 60% of the companies surveyed said cloud computing is a top IT priority for the next year, 75% of the C-level executives in those companies place it at the top of the priority list.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 24, 2011

Web Security: Forget Evolution, We Need a Revolution!

Not a week goes by without Web hacking

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 16, 2011

Editorial: Should We Thank the Hackers for These Security Breaches?

Drew Wilson argues that we should really be thanking some of these hackers who bring to attention security vulnerabilities and pay more attention to online security.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 15, 2011

libssh 0.5.0 released with asynchronous support

The developers of the multi-platform LGPLv2.1-licensed C library libssh, which implements SSHv2 (and SSHv1) on client and server side, have announced the release of version 0.5.0. According to the developers, there has been a rewrite of "huge parts of the libssh internals" to allow the library to be completely asynchronous in the future.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 02, 2011

Security researcher finds 'cookiejacking' risk in IE

A security researcher in Italy has discovered a flaw in Internet Explorer that he says could enable hackers to steal cookies from a PC and then log onto password-protected Web sites.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 26, 2011

Make your mark by stopping hackers

I remember being excited when I was asked to use a sledgehammer to tear down a covered garage that wasn't approved by the city. It had been standing beside my girlfriend's house for years. You could tell it was built intelligently and with love. The supporting beams were twice as thick as required by code, and every nail and screw was driven straight. The lumber itself was top shelf, not a knot or bend in it.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 24, 2011

Inside a Malicious PDF Attack

PDFs are widely used business file format, which makes them a common target for malware attacks. On the surface, PDFs are secure, but because they have so many

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 24, 2011

It's the human threat, stupid

Eric O'Neill, the former FBI operative who played a crucial role in the arrest and conviction of FBI agent Robert Hanssen for spying against the U.S. for the former Soviet Union and Russia, says security can't rely on tech alone.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 18, 2011

Securing Google Apps: A CIO Q&A

Boston-based Bay Cove Human Services is a non-profit organization that offers assistance and service to 4,000 people and families in Massachusetts. CIO Hilary Croach has several technology challenges to contend with. For starters, the agency has its hands in a number of service areas, including helping individuals with developmental disabilities, mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, and those who need support with aging.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 17, 2011

How to be an effective security buyer

In previous columns I have repeatedly emphasized the importance of interoperability and the danger of security fragmentation. Security is so fragmented that it is often hard to discern between hype and reality. Large security vendors try to draw you into a single-vendor closed integration package.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 02, 2011

Hacking The NOOK Color To Run Honeycomb

A few weeks ago, I posted my thoughts on Barnes & Noble

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 25, 2011

Knockd, to secure your ports on Linux

Today, I

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 19, 2011

Security fragmentation needs to end

A new week, a new rash of attacks against security vendors, email marketers and banks. It would be easy to point fingers and laugh at the irony, especially in the case of security vendors, but that would be both petty and shortsighted.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 14, 2011

59 Open Source Tools That Can Replace Popular Security Software

It's been about a year since we last updated our list of open source tools that can replace popular security software. This year's list includes many old favorites, but we also found some that we had previously overlooked.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 13, 2011

7 free security tools for Linux

One of the big advantages of using Linux is that its security tends to be so much better than that of the competing alternatives. That's due in large part to the way Linux assigns permissions, but it's also certainly true that the open source operating system is targeted by malware writers far less frequently than Windows is, in particular, simply because it's less widely used and so much more diverse.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 13, 2011

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