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

The Linux kernel community recently issued an EOL announcement regarding the 6.11 kernel series, urging sysadmins to upgrade quickly to 6.12. This announcement has significant ramifications for secure Linux system administration, ...
Dec 06, 2024
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Exploring Arch Linux 2024.12.01: Security Implications & Notable Enhancements for Linux Admins

The Arch Linux 2024.12.01 ISO release marks&n...
Dec 03, 2024
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19.Laptop Bed Esm H115

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

As Linux admins and infosec professionals prepare for t...
Dec 02, 2024
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1.Penguin Landscape Esm H115

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How to Fix a Windows Infection Using Linux

How to Fix a Windows Infection Using Linux

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If you use Linux on your company's desktop or server computers, you're already familiar with many of the security advantages the open source operating system offers over its Windows and Mac rivals. What many people don't realize, however, is that Linux can also be used to rescue a computer that has been crippled by malware.

Log management basics

Log management basics

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System logs generated by servers and other various network apparatus can create data is in vast quantities, and sooner or later, attempts at managing such information in an off-the-cuff fashion is no longer viable.

To Catch A Hacking Bird

To Catch A Hacking Bird

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The best way to secure your business, so the advice of many an IT security consultant appears to increasingly be, is to think like a hacker. Only by understanding how the bad guys get at your data can you truly prevent them succeeding: to catch a hacking bird, you have to become a hacking bird.

Outgrowing QuickBooks? Maybe open source ERP can help

Outgrowing QuickBooks? Maybe open source ERP can help

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Recent surveys have found that small and medium-size businesses are increasingly willing to consider open source tools. Not surprisingly, small businesses and large enterprises are predisposed to different categories of open source software. Survey data suggest that ERP is one category where small businesses are more likely to adopt open source than their large enterprise peers.

Two Top Tools for Cracking the PDF Nut

Two Top Tools for Cracking the PDF Nut

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Okular and Evince are two excellent, versatile PDF viewers for the Linux platform. The big difference between the two rests in the interface. Evince has a much simpler design. Okular is more focused on a graphical view. If all you do is view documents, then either of these two programs will serve your needs well.

In Security Outsourcers We Trust

In Security Outsourcers We Trust

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IT and business leaders acknowledge they don't have the staff or expertise to secure their data internally -- at least not without help from outside experts. If you work for a managed security service provider (MSSP), that's good news.

Anti-virus vendor trio plug website flaws

Anti-virus vendor trio plug website flaws

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White-hat hackers have uncovered vulnerabilities on the websites of anti-virus firms that created a phishing risk. Cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs of varying severity were found on the websites of Symantec (here), Eset (here) and Panda Security (here) by Team Elite, the white-hat hackers who discovered the flaws. We notified all three firms of the issue and all three responded by plugging the flaws in good time.

A Tale of Two Root Exploits, and Why We Shouldnt Panic

A Tale of Two Root Exploits, and Why We Shouldn't Panic

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"The article is alarmist," said Slashdot blogger Barbara Hudson, referring to a warning about a kernel bug. "It was ONE shared-hosting public-facing server at iWeb.com, among their tens of thousands of servers. "Are you running a publicly-facing shared-host server? No? Then don't worry about it, and when your distro comes out with a new kernel, just update."

Software security for developers

Software security for developers

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Just as software is everywhere, flaws in most of that software are everywhere too. Flaws in software can threaten the security and safety of the very systems on which they operate. The best way to prevent such vulnerabilities in software is to proactively incorporate security and other non-functional requirements into all phases of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Flash+Android: good and bad, stopping leaks, and more

Flash+Android: good and bad, stopping leaks, and more

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A quick burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team "Tomorrow's WikiLeakers may have to be sneakier than just dumping military docs onto a Lady Gaga disc. The futurists at Darpa are working on a project that would make it harder for troops to funnel classified material to WikiLeaks

Exploit code with DNS tunnel

Exploit code with DNS tunnel

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Hacker Ron Bowes has released various payloads that connect a shell's standard input and output with a suitable online counterpart through DNS. This allows attackers to bypass many firewalls and even attack systems that have no internet connection themselves.

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